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I inch in diameter, strongly marked all over by the scars 

 of the fallen scales with which the suckers are clothed 

 when they first appear. Leaves oblong, acuminate, on 

 short pedicels, often approximated here and there by 

 threes, whence they acquire a sort of whorled appearance. 

 Racemes terminal, corymbose, Flowers white. 



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