Rogiera cordata (Benth.) Planch.

Rondeletia intermedia Hemsl. Diag. PL Nov. 26. 1879
Shrub, the branches stout, terete, reddish-brown, lenticellate, densely strigose when young; stipules oblong, 6-10 mm. long, obtuse, reflexed, strigose outside; leaves opposite, the petioles very stout, 2-4 mm. long, strigose, the blades oval, oblong-oval, or ovate-oval, 6-12 cm. long, 3.5-5 cm. wide, rounded or subcordate at the base, acutish or obtuse at the apex, or sometimes abruptly and broadly short-acuminate, subcoriaceous, dark-green, glabrous above, sparsely strigose beneath or glabrous, the costa stout, prominent, the lateral veins slender, about 6 on each side, subarcuate, ascending at an angle of 45° or more; inflorescence terminal and axillary, cymose-corymbose, the cymes few-flowered, rather dense, the flowers shortpedicellate; bracts minute; hypanthium densely strigillose; calyx-lobes 5, ovatetriangular, 0.5-1 mm. long, acutish, erect; corolla pinkish-white, strigillose outside, the tube slender, 8-10 mm. long, villous within, yellow-pilose in the throat, the 5 lobes rounded; capsule globose, 3-3.5 mm. in diameter, dark-brown, strigose.
Type locality: Chiapas. Distribution: Chiapas and Oaxaca.

Rondeletia cordata Benth. PI. Hartw. 85. 1841
Rogiera cordata Planch. Fl. Serres 5: 442' 1849.
Shrub, 1-2.5 meters high, or a small tree, the branches stout, terete or subangulate, reddish-brown or grayish, sparsely strigose when young; stipules oblong-triangular, 6-15 mm. long, obtuse, reflexed, foliaceous, strigose outside; leaves opposite, sessile or nearly so, the blades narrowly ovate-oblong, ovate, or ovate-oval, 7-13 cm. long, 3-7 cm. wide, cordate or subcordate at the base, acute to acuminate at the apex, subcoriaceous, green above and glabrous, sublustrous, paler beneath, sparsely strigose along the veins or glabrous, the costa stout, prominent, the lateral veins prominent, 6-8 on each side, straight or subarcuate, ascending at an angle of 45° or more; inflorescence terminal and axillary, cymose-corymbose, 5-15 cm. broad, the peduncles 1-7 cm. long, the cymes usually many-flowered and dense, the flowers short-pedicellate; bracts often large and foliaceous, the bractlets minute; hypanthium strigillose; calyx-lobes 5, rounded to oblong, unequal, 0.5-1 mm. long, obtuse, erect; corolla pink or dull-red, thinly strigillose outside, the tube stout, 8-10 mm. long, hirsute within, densely yellow-pilose in the throat, the 5 lobes rounded, 2 mm. long, puberulent within; anthers and style exserted or included; capsule globose, 3-4 mm. in diameter, reddish-brown, strigillose; seeds numerous, minute, compressed, brownish-yellow.
Type locality: Near Guatemala City, Guatemala. Distribution: Guatemala.