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superiora solitaria, brevissime petiolata, obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, interdum emarginata, basi 
cuneata, integerrima, plana, subreticulato- venosa, membranacea, glabra, nitida, Subconcoloria, pollicaria, 
45-5 lineas lata. Paxrcunz terminales, ramosissimew, subcorymbose, bracteatz; ramis ramulisque sparsis vel 
Oppositis, angulatis, glabris. Bnacrem parve, pungentes, persistentes. Fromzs haud suppetunt. CpsunE 
( fig. 1. 2.) pedicellata, subternz, oblongz, trigonz, basi styli mucronatz, loves, glabrz, fusca, ad basim 
calyce persistente cinctz, triloculares, loculicido-trivalves, quinque lineas longa; placenta centralis ( frg. 4.) 
tardius libera , triangularis; loculi (abortu?) monospermi (ex Bonpl.); valve ( fig. 5.) concave, coriacez, 
ad medium linea longitudinali, angulo placenta respondente, notatz. Pedicelli medio bi-, basi unibracteati ; 
bracteis lineari- lanceolatis , acutis, glabris. Calyx in fructu pentaphyllus; foliolis suborbiculatis, imbricatis, 
inequalibus, glabris, nitidis, capsula arcte adpressis ipsaque quadruplo brevioribus. SrwrwA oblonga, com- 
pressa , margine membranaceo-alata, interne concava ( fig. 6.) , externe convexa (ig. 5.), fusca, glabra, 
apice interiore affixa; ala subintegra, apice basique emarginata. ErrsprnwiUx tenuissime membranaceum , 
endospermio adhaerens. EwDosPrmurUM (Jig. 7.) semini conforme, tenue, carnosum. Ex»snyo inclusus 
(fig. 8. 9.) , rectus, longitudine fere endospermii, compressus. Coryrzpoxzs foliacez, ovatz, obtuse, basi 
cordate, carnosz. RapicvrA cylindracea, acutiuscula , cotyledonibus triplo brevior, infera, inde hilo 
contraria. f 
Nonnisi fragmenta suppetunt. 
