Phialanthus stillans Griseb.

Phialanthus stillans Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 140. 1866
Branches roughened by the persistent stipules, the branchlets densely leafy ; stipule-sheath truncate, ciliolate; leaves subsessile, the blades narrowly elliptic-oblong, 1.6-3.2 cm. long, 0.4—0.9 cm. wide, obtuse, acute at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, the lateral nerves obsolete; inflorescence 1 -few-flowered, sessile or short-pedunculate; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, 1 mm. long; corolla nearly 2 mm. long, the lobes obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, much longer than the tube ; anthers oblong.
Type locality: Summit of Mount Guajarbon, western Cuba.
Distribution; Limestone hillsides, Pinar del Rio and perhaps elsewhere in western Cuba.