Hamelia longipes Standl.

Hamelia longipes Standley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 37: 53
1924.
A shrub or tree 2-6 meters high, glabrous throughout, the branches slender, with elongate
internodes; stipules deltoid-acuminate, 3-4 mm. long; leaves opposite, firm-membranaceous,
the slender petioles 2.5-4.5 cm. long; leaf-blades oval, elliptic, or oblong-elliptic, 15-25 cm.
long, 7 11 c in. wide, acute or rather abruptly short-acuminate, rounded to acute at the base,
ometin* ihorl decurrent, somewhat lustrous, concolorous, the lateral nerves about 10 pairs,
arcuate, ascending at a wide angle; inflorescence terminal, on a long or short peduncle, erect,
tnbo • . Mm. times 12 cm. long and 20 cm. broad, the rachis and pedicels bright-
red, the Glowers nol 01 scarcely secund, the slender pedicels 6-13 mm. long; calyx and hypanthiuin 3 mm. long, the calyx-lobes almost obsolete, short and broadly rounded; corolla palebuff, 16-17 mm. long, tubular, very slightly ampliate above, the lobes very short, ovate-deltoid, erect; fruit red, turning black at maturity, oblong-ovoid, about 7 mm. long and 4.5 mm. wide; seeds pale-brown, 0.5 mm. in diameter, coarsely punctate.
Type locality: In deep foresl al Escoba, mi the hay opposite Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, altitude about 150 meters.
Distribution: In wet upland forest near the Atlantic coast. Guatemala and Hondui

Hamelia longipes là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được Standl. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1924.