Largeflower Woodvine

Sabicea cinerea Aubl. PI. Guian. 193. 1775
Schwenkfelda cinerea Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 452. 1797.
Scandent shrub, the branchlets arachnoid-tomentose; leaf-blades mostly elliptic, about
1 1 cm. long and 5.5 cm. wide, arachnoid-tomentose above when young, glabrate in age, densely
covered beneath with a pale-yellow tomentum; inflorescence sessile, dense, the flowers sessile
or subsessile; bracts oval, 9 mm. long and 8 mm. wide or smaller, conspicuous, involucre-like;
calyx-lobes lanceolate or oblong, about 7 mm. long; corolla white, densely hirsute outside, the
tube 12-15 mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, about 6 mm. long; fruit rose or purple, about 8 mm.
in diameter.
Type locality: Guiana.
Distribution: Porto Rico; also in the Guianas.