Plants terrestrial, rarely epiphytic, 0.4-3.0 m. tall, glabrous; leaves all cauline, shortly petiolate, narrowly lanceolate to broadly ovate, acuminate, 6-30 cm. long; panicles 3-50 cm. long, 2-25 cm. broad, bearing many small white flowers; pedicels solitary, 1-10 mm. long, white or deep red; perianth segments ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long; berries globu- lar, 0.3-0.4 cm. thick.
Abundant in the highland forests of Chiri- qui, and extremely variable in size and general aspect; occasionally epiphytic.
