Hoffmannia conzattii B. L. Rob.

Hoffmannia conzattii B. L. Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 45: 406
1910.
Coffea oh&vala Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 412. 1831. (Not Hoffmannia obovata Standlev, 1929.)
A simple or branched shrub, glabrous throughout, the branches subterete, with usually short internodes; stipules ovate, caducous; leaves opposite, membranaceous, the petioles slender or stout, 2-2.5 cm. long; leaf-blades elliptic to oblong-obovate or oblanceolate-oblong, 10-20 cm. long, 3.5-9 cm. wide, abruptly short-acuminate, long-attenuate to the base or abruptly decurrent and contracted, deep-green above, paler and densely puncticulate beneath, the costa stout and prominent, the lateral nerves 8 or more pairs, ascending at a wide angle, arcuate; cymes axillary, sessile or nearly so, dense, about 6-flowered, the pedicels equaling or shorter than the hypanthium; hypanthium subglobose, 2.5 mm. long, the 4 calyx-lobes minute, obtuse or acutish; corolla about 6 mm. long, sometimes slightly longer, the lobes narrowly oblong, spreading, slightly longer than the tube ; anthers linear, exserted, almost equaling the corollalobes.
Tvpk locality: Colonia Melchor Ocampo, Canton de Cordoba, Veracruz, altitude 1200 meters. Distribution: Wet mountain forests of Veracruz.