Catesbaea grayi Griseb.

Catesbaea grayi Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 503. 1862
A shrub, glabrous nearly throughout, the branches green, the internodes 0.6-1.4 cm. long, thi' spines stout, subascending, 0.5-J cm. long; stipules minute, scaberulous; leaves opposite, the petioles 2 mm. long or shorter, the blades obovate, elliptic, or broadly oval, 6-15 mm. long, 3-12 mm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the base, rounded at the apex, thick-coriaceous, darkgreen and lustrous above, the costa sulcalc, paler beneath, the costa prominent, the lateral nerves obsolete, the margin more or less revolute; flowers solitary, 4-parted, the pedicels 3 mm. long or shorter; hypanthium obovoid, the calyx lobes lance-attenuate, short-connate, as long as the hypanthium; corolla 8-1(1 mm. long, the tube narrowly funnelform, the lobes semioval, rounded, about one third as long as the tube; stamens free from the corolla, obsoletely connate, the filaments shorter than the anthers; ovules 14-17 in each cell; fruit subglobose, white, 6 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: In forests. Monteverde, Cuba. Distribution: Province of Oriente, Cuba.