Escallonia myrtilloides var. patens (Ruiz & Pav.) Sleumer

Escallonia poasana Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 23: 243. 1897
Shrub or small tree (?) with gray branches; leaves numerous, approximate or crowded
on short branchlets, the blades cuneate-obovate to broadly spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, cre-
nate, especially near the dilated apex, sparingly pubescent on both sides, especially when
young, pale and veiny beneath, deep-green above, the short petioles dilated and pubescent
at the base; flowers solitary on glandularpubescent pedicels; hypanthium glandular at
the base, finely pubescent above; sepals triangular, sometimes deltoid, acute or somewhat
acuminate, glandular-toothed, persistent; petals about 1 cm. long, the blade suborbicular,
slightly wider than the claw; capsule depressed, broadly rounded, 6-8 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Volcan Poas, Costa Rica. DistributionCosta Rica to Panama.