Rondeletia peduncularis A. Rich.

Rondeletia peduncularis A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 14
1850.
Shrub, 0.3-3 meters high, the branches stout, terete, grayish, strigillose when young, the internodes very short; stipules triangular, 1 mm. long or shorter, acuminate, erect, persistent, brown, glabrous; leaves opposite, often crowded, the petioles stout, 1-2.5 mm. long, glabrous, the blades obovate, oblong, or oblanceolate-oblong, 6-18 mm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, obtuse to attenuate at the base, rounded to acutish at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous, lustrous on the upper surface, the costa subprominent, the lateral veins obsolete, the margins thickened, often revolute; inflorescence terminal and axillary, mostly 1-flowered, sometimes 3-flowered, the peduncles slender, 2.5 cm. long or shorter, the pedicels 2-10 mm. long; bracts linear or oblong, foliaceous, the bractlets linear; hypanthium glabrous; calyx-lobes 5, spatulate or linearspatulate, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, obtuse, erect; corolla yellowishor deep-red, glabrous, the tube slender, 1 2 mm. long, naked in the throat, the 4 lobes oblong, 3-4 mm. long, obtuse, spreading; anthers and style included; capsule subglobose, 4—6 mm. long, dark-brown, glabrous; seeds rounded, 1 mm. long, yellowish-brown, punctulate.
Type locality: Vuelta de Abajo, Cuba.
Distribution: Rocky banks of streams, Oriente and Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

Rondeletia peduncularis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được A.Rich. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1850.