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nno raiDo inflorescentiam terminalciD exsereote^ gractlique 

 altero sterili simplLcisaimo, hand raro circa aUernm ramom 

 yel circa caulera cirrhoae lorlo. . Ramu» infloreseenttam 

 ^uffulciens pendolus inferne teBDissinins capiJiarid, SQinino 

 apice aliquanfitm iDcrasaaias eompresso- trlgoutia vel eobtrj^ 

 qiteter noo laiere concaratna peDoam passeriDAiu crasena , in 

 iDflorescentiae rhadiin conlinnus, sparse piiosHs, 



Injlorescentiai Receptacula phua (4 — 6, rarrus 8) 

 foliacea coriacea (in vivo sul>s\icculeiila? ) vlridescciUia elon- 

 gato-snbqua^rangiilaria, latitiidine fnro acqiialia sed variae 

 Jougihidinis, 3 — - 14 cent. loiiga, 2 — 4 lata, angiilo iufc- 

 riore ^xterno rotnndato , marline exleriore siFb^iiinalo, in 

 Juinoribug rotondalo , ax.i comniuni ad varias aUitndines or- 

 diac snbspiralt alarnm ad instar circumposita el Reciindnrn 

 totam soam longilndinrm adnata^ media longiasima^ iiiferiora 

 €l anperiora brcriora ct lircTissiroa, reticalato-TCDoga, sparse 

 ti snbliHier, secus raargines conferliug pilosa, ex ntraqu6 

 pagiua niar^iiieque externo florifera, Tolius iiifloresccnliac 

 circnmscriptlo sablanceolata iilrinqne iruncala , rhachi baud 

 cxserta, rarissime florem pediceUatnm exscrente, Receptacula 

 'ade ab anthesi lougitadine iiicrescere hod vidcntnr, latiln-^ 

 dine antem exfendunlur^ nam florentia 2— a'/a, baccifera 

 "' — 4 ceot, lata, in iiniTersuni ioferiora panllam latiora- -~ 

 yenarum dichotome ramosissimaram ex axi ortarnm duplex 

 *ysteina distingnendnm, pro singula pagiuft ubbo. Flores 

 Bnpra dicbotomiaram angulis ita ordinali ut dicholamiae pa- 

 ginae Bnina Qorea alterius rcripiaot, qoare nnllnm Tideas 

 aexnm inter florem et vcDas ambientes; venae Bimimra ad 

 fl»ris tborum accedeules ex avergae paginae sjBtemati ortae 

 parenchyma penRlraat. Tres plernmqne nerToli tenues snb 

 floris tiaai proreptant. -^ Qnodai receptacnloroin Tenuiaa sa- 

 *»» fortes earnraqoe decursnin perpendas , Bnspicari liceblt, 

 «Me fceic iDfiorescenliam lerminalem compositam (paniciilam 



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