Pinochia corymbosa subsp. corymbosa

Forsteronia corymbosa (Jacq.) G. Meyer, Fl. Esseq. 134. 1818
Echites corymbosa Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 13. 1760. Pertploca umbellaia Aubl. PI. Guian. 273. 1775. [Fide Urban.] Parsonsia corymbosa R. Br.; R. & S. Syst. Veg. 4: 402. 1819. Thyrsanthus corymbosus Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 97. 1878.
Fruticose liana; leaves coriaceous, obovate to broadly oval, 3-7 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. broad, obtuse to rounded at the apex, or very shortly and abruptly submucronulateacuminate, broadly obtuse at the base, eglandular above, wholly glabrous, or minutely barbellate in the axils of the lateral veins beneath, these relatively distant, arcuate, the petioles 3-11 mm. long; inflorescence aggregate-dichasial, terminal, about as long as the leaves or somewhat shorter, bearing numerous small red flowers; pedicels 2-5 mm. long, minutely pubemlent-papillate to glabrous; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, 1.7-2.5 mm. long, papillate to glabrous externally; corolla subrotate, the tube 1.9-2.5 mm. long, 1-1.25 mm. in diameter at the base and 1.25-2.5 mm. in diameter at the orifice, glabrous externally, the lobes oblong-lingulate, 4-5 mm. long, minutely papillate within, spreading; anthers glabrous, wholly exserted; nectaries about as long as the ovary; follicles rather short and stout, sharply divaricate, rigid and nearly straight, not acuminate, 11-14 cm. long, glabrous.
Typ^ LOCauty: [Hispaniola.]
Distribution: Cuba and Hispaniola.