Guettarda abbottii Urb.

Guettarda abbottii Urban, Rcpcrt. Sp. Nov. 18: M2. 1922
Branches lerclo, dark-fcrruKinous, the young hranchlcts densely i)ilose or hirsute with spreading or ascending, brownish hairs, the internodes short; stijjules triangular, 4 mm. long, soon deciduous; leaves opposite, the stout jietioles 6-12 mm. long, densely pilose with ascending hairs; leaf-blades oblong to oval-elliptic or rarely ovate <jr narrcjwly obovate, 4—7 cm. long, 2-.3 cm. wide, roimded to acutish at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, coriaceous, green above, rather sparsely short-pilose or glabrate, the venation closely reticulate and dce[)ly impressed, beneath paler, densely short-pilose, the slender costa prominent, the lateral nerves slender, prominent, 6-8 on each side, ascending at an angle of 40-50 degrees, arcuate, the veins l^rominent and closely reticulate, the margin narrowly recurved; inflorescences axillary, densely ferruginous-villous, capitately 3-5-flowered, on stout peduncles 3-6 mm. long, the bracts linear-fdiform, 3-3.5 mm. long, the flowers sessile; calyx short-tubular, 2.5 mm. long, obsoletely bilobate; corolla 12 mm. long, the tube slightly ampliale above, antrorse-hirsute with short yellowish hairs, minutely pilose within, the 5 lobes obovate, 2.8 mm. long, glabrous within, scarcely one fourth as long as the lul)e; anthers linear, 1.5 min. long; style S mm. long, appressedpilosulous; ovary 3-celled.
Type locality: Mainland opposite San Gabriel, a snial! island west of San Lorenzo, on the south side of Samana Bay. Santo Domingo, at sea level.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Guettarda abbottii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được Urb. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1922.