Rogiera strigosa (Benth.) Borhidi

Rondeletia strigosa (Benth.) Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 27. 1879
Bouvardia strigosa Benth. PI. Hartw. 75. 1841.
Shrub, 6-10 dm. high, the branches stout, terete, brown, hirtellous or puberulent when young; stipules very short, subtruncate, strigose; leaves mostly ternate, sessile or nearly so, the blades ovate to ovate-oval, 1.5-5 cm. long, rounded or subtruncate at the base, acute to acuminate at the apex, thin, strigillose, dark-green above, paler beneath, the costa slender, prominent, the lateral veins few, most of them rising from near the base at an acute angle; inflorescence terminal, capitate, the flowers few or rarely solitary, short-pedicellate; bractlets minute; hypanthium densely strigose; calyx-lobes 5, linear or lance-linear, 6-10 mm. long, acute, ascending; corolla sparsely strigose outside, the tube slender, 2-2.5 cm. long, densely yellow-pilose in the throat, the 5 lobes obovate-orbicular, 5-10 mm. long, glabrous within, spreading; anthers and style included; capsule globose, about 6 mm. long, dark-brown, strigose.
Type locality: Zunil, Guatemala.
Distribution: Mountains of Guatemala and El Salvador.