Hoffmannia cauliflora Hemsl.

Hoffmannia cauliflora Hcmsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 30. 1879
A shrub, the branches stout, glabrous; leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, subsessile, the blades broadly ovate-elliptic, 15-22.5 cm. long or larger, strongly attenuate at the base, obtusely acuminate at the apex, somewhat fleshy, more or less ferruginous-puberulentwhen young, the lateral nerves prominent, arcuate; flowers 4-parted, glabrous, pedicellate, the cymes short, several-flowered, the branches and pedicels slender, ebracteate; calyx and hvpanthium 4 mm. long or shorter, the calyx-lobes very short; corolla tubular-funnelform, 2.5 cm. long, the tube gradually ampliate upward, the lobes ovate, acute, subpatent, 4 mm. long; stamens included; ovary 3-4-celled.
Type locality: Guatemala.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.