Malanea erecta Seem.

Malanea erecta vSeem. Bot. Voy. Herald 136. 1854 An erect shrub 1-2.5 meters high, the branches terete, the branchlets subtetragonous, appressed-pilose; stipules subfoliaceous, ovate-oblong, acute, much longer than the petiole' leaves petiolate, the blades ovate-elliptic, 7.5-10 cm. long, 5 cm. wide, acuminate al eai h end lustrous above, paler beneath and appressed-pilose, becoming glabrate; panicles axillary, the branches appressed-pilose, the flowers short-pedicellate, the bracts linear; calyx and hypanthium appressed-pilose, the calyx-lobes acute; corolla white, glabrous outside, villous within the lobes ovate, acute; anthers linear; fruit ovoid-oblong, glabrous, 2-celled.
Type locality: Taboga Island, Panama. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.