Vallesia conzattii Standl.

Vallesia conzattii Standley, Jour. Wash. Acad
15:480. 1925.
Shrub or small tree ; stems densely tomentulose when young, at length becoming glabrate ; leaves membranaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 6-10 cm. long, 2-2.5 cm. broad, acute to shortly and acutely acuminate, obscurely subcordate to truncate at the base, rather sparsely pilosulous above, densely tomentulose or puberulent beneath, the petioles 3-5 mm. long; inflorescence umbelliform, dichotomous to simple, densely tomentulose or puberulent, much shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing ntunerous, rather showy, white flowers; pedicels puberulent, 3-4 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate, acute to acuminate, 1-1.5 mm. long, essentially glabrous; corolla salverform, glabrous externally, the tube 7-8 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, inflated at the insertion of the stamens, constricted at the orifice, the lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, 4.5-5 mm. long, oblong-ovoid when convolute in the bud, spreading at anthesis; mature drupes lonknown.
Type locality: Tlacolula, Oaxaca. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.