Cercocarpus fothergilloides Kunth

Cercocarpus fothergilloides H.B.K. Nov. Gen
&Sp. 6: 233. 1823.
Shrub or low tree, 1-5 m. high; branches terete, smooth, glabrous, somewhat angled and sericeous when young; leaves simple, petioled, alternate; petioles 3-8 mm. long; blades obovate or oval, 2.5-4.5 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. broad, coriaceous, rounded at the apex, dentate-serrate except at the acute base, somewhat tomentose on both sides when young, in age green, glabrous and glossy above, pale and rugose beneath; lateral veins 7-10 on each side, very prominent beneath; flowers in fascicles of 5-10, pedicelled; tube of the hypanthium more or less sericeous, in flower about 5 mm. long, in fruit 7-9 mm. ; throat glabrous; limb puberulent within, sericeous without, together with the sepals 5 mm. wide; sepals ovatetriangular, obtuse; stamens about 20; filaments subulate-filiform, unequal; achenes 7-8 mm. long; style in fruit 4-5 cm. long.
Type locality: Near the city of Mexico. Distribution: Central Mexico.