Hillia triflora (Oerst.) C. M. Taylor

Ravnia triflora Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. 1852: 49. 1852
Branchlets fleshy, thickened at the nodes, the internodes shorter than the leaves; stipules about 1.4 cm. long, thick; petioles very stout, 2-3 mm. long; leaf -blades elliptic or ellipticoblong, 5-10 cm. long, 2.4—4.5 cm. wide, obtuse or acute at the base, long-acuminate at the apex, thick-coriaceous, the costa scarcely prominent, the lateral veins obsolete or obscure, few; hypanthium 3-5 mm. long; calyx-lobes very unequal, acute, green, the longest about equaling the hypanthium; corolla rose-colored, 5-5.5 cm. long, attenuate at the base and 2 mm. thick, ampliate above and 7-10 mm. thick, the lobes about 3 mm. long; anthers 5 mm. long.
Type locality: Near Cartago and Candelaria, Costa Rica, at an altitude of 1800 to 2400 meters. Distribution: Costa Rica.