Forsteronia acouci (Aubl.) A. DC.

Forsteronia viridescens Blake, Contr. Gray
Herb. 52: 80. 1917.
Fruticose liana; leaves coriaceous or sub coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 9-13 cm. long, 2.56 cm. broad, very shortly and abruptly acuminate, broadly obtuse or rounded at the base, glabrous throughout, glandular at the base of the midrib above, the petioles 3-6 mm. long; inflorescence thyrsiform, terminal or both terminal and lateral, somewhat shorter than the leaves, bearing numerous small greenish-white flowers; pedicels 0.9-1.8 mm. long, minutely puberulent-papillate ; calyx-lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, scarious, 0.9-1.3 mm. long, very minutely puberulent-papillate; corolla subrotate, densely puberulent-papillate externally, the tube 1.5-1.7 mm. long, about 0,75 mm. in diameter at the base, 1.75-2 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes broadly oblong to ovate-oblong, 1.8-2 mm. long, spreading; filaments free and distinct; anthers slightly exserted at the tips and there minutely and sparsely barbellate, 1.5-1.7 mm. long; nectaries much shorter than the apocarpous ovary; follicles unknown.
Type locality: Near Manatee I^agoon, British Honduras. Distribution: British Honduras.