Neea fagifolia Heimerl

Neea fagifolia Heimerl, Beitr. Syst. Nyct. 39. 1897
Branchlets sparsely tomentulose, glabrate in age, leafy at the apex, the internodes short; leaves opposite, the petioles 6-8 mm. long, the blades elliptic-lanceolate, 4.2-5.7 cm. long, 2.2-2.8 cm. wide, widest at the middle, attenuate to the acutish apex and the cuneate base, thin, lustrous above and glabrate, densely shortvillous beneath; peduncles of the staminate inflorescence 2-3 cm. long, the cymes short-pyramidal, the branches slender, the flowers sessile or very short-pedicellate, the perianth ellipsoid, 5 mm. long, shortly but distinctly narrowed at both ends, glabrous, 5-dentate, the teeth acute; stamens 6, unequal, half as long as the perianth ; pistillate flowers and fruit not known.
Type locality: Granada, Nicaragua. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.