Cercocarpus mojadensis Schneid.

Cercocarpus mojadensis C. K. Schneid. Handb
Laubh. 1: 530. 1905.
A shrub or low tree; branches thick, densely short-villous ; leaves short-petioled; petioles thick, villous, about 5 mm. long; leaf-blades at first whitevillous on both sides, 2-4 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 mm. broad, oval or obovate, acute at the base, rounded or obtuse at the apex, whitetomentose beneath, irregularly dentate; lateral veins 5-8, very prominent beneath; flowers subsessile in fascicles of 3-5; tube of the hypanthium 6-7 mm. long, villous; limb campanulate, villous without, glabrate within, together with the sepals 3-4 mm. wide; sepals broadly triangular, acute; style very slender, in fruit 3-4 cm. long.
Type locality: Sierra Mojada Mountains, Coahuila. Distribution: Coahuila.