Brongniartia parvifolia Rose

Brongniartia parvifolia Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat Herb. 12: 268. 1909.
A low spreading shrub, 1.5-5 dm. high; young branches densely pilose; leaves 3-6 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, similar to the leaflets; petiole and rachis densely pilose; leaflets 19-31, lanceolate or narrowly lance-elliptic, acute at both ends, cuspidate, 6-10 mm. long, pilose on both sides; flowers solitary in the axils; pedicels about 1 cm. long, pilose; bractlets ovate, acute, pilose; calyx glabrous without, 8 mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla dark -red, 15 mm. long; pod glabrous, 2.5-4 cm. long, 3-4-seeded.
Type locality: Between San Geronimo and La Venta, Oaxaca.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.