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teres lateraliter compressus, supra applanatus subcanaliculatus, anguste 
bialatus, alis apicem versus accrescentibus basin versus ad lineam 
prominentem vix alatam reductis, ad nodos incrassatus, glaber, sicco 
laete flavo-virens, basin versus lenticellis sparsis inspersus, 7—8 jugus, 
pinnarum juga sat distantia cc. 5 cm, par infimum cc. 10 cm a petioli 
basi distans; pinnae 12—25 cm longae subflexuosae, petiolo communi 
similes sed tenuiores ala paulo latiore revoluta, foliola cum foliolo ter- 
minale 10—12 juga, in foliis bipinnatis, in foliis subdecompositis saepe 
in eodem jugo foliolo simplici opposito adest pinna secundaria 5—7 
foliolata rhachide alata, foliolis oppositis vel alternis aucta, foliolo ter- 
minali inclusa ad 8 cm longa; foliola sessilia, lanceolato-oblonga vel 
lanceolata basi et apice acuta, longiuscule acute cuspidato-acuminata, 
mucronulata, glaberrima, laete flavido-viridia chartacea, subtus minu- 
tissime lepidota et + conspicue irregulariter nigro punctata, 5/09, 5/1. 
60/0 7°, mm margine revoluta sat variabili, integra vel saepius uni- 
lateraliter apicem versus serratura profunda solitaria, bina vel quaterna 
aucta, vel bilateraliter 1—5 serrata; nervis supra impressis subtus 
prominentibus, nervis lateralibus utroque latere cc. 6; folia novella e 
ramis hornotinis simul cum paniculis paucifloris florigeris erumpentes, 
omnino foliis evolutis similia, sed multo minora, foliolorum cuspide minus 
producto, obtusiore, lamina ut pinnarum rhachide pilis minutissimis in- 
spersa, petiolus ad 20 em pinnae ad 8 cm foliola ad 2,5 cm an ad var. 
parvifoliam nob. pertineat? 
Inflorescentia vulgo praecox e ramis annotinis vel e ligno vetere 
erumpens, rarius in speciminibus paucis subcoaetanea; flores in pani- 
culas terminales et axillares dispositi; panicularum rhachi subquadran- 
gularis 8—15 cm longa, siecó atropurpurea, lenticellis flavescentibus 
et pilis minutissimis sparsis inspersa, bracteae inferiores lineares 
acutae 4 mm longae puberulae superiores ut bracteolae subulato-fili- 
formes 3 et 2 mm longae; pedunculi pedicellique atropurpurei compla- 
nati, mediani 2—4 mm laterales 6—9 mm longi; calyx tubuloso-campanu- 
latus 5-dentatus, 9—11 mm longus, saepissime unilateraliter profunde 
fissus vel inaequaliter bilobus, dentibus sinuato-acutiusculis vel interdum 
subulatis cc. 2 mm altis, glaber, extus apicem versus minutissime sparse 
pilosulus, dentibus intus et extus pilosulis; corolla elongato-campanulato 
infundibiliformis 6—6,5 cm longa, medio 18—20 mm lata basi in tubum 
sat longiusculum 15 mm longum contracta, lobis © aequalibus rotun- 
datis 1 cm longis, vivo vinosa (ex collect. extus subglabrescens, basin 
versus pilis capitellato-glandulosis, sparse puberula, apicem versus pilulis 
paucis minutis, glanduliferis intermixtis inspersa, intus ad staminum in- 
sertionem glanduloso-pubescens, parte ventrali pilis albis longiusculis 
sparsis inspersa, lobis minute puberulis, ceterum glabra; stamina basi 
pilulis glanduliferis inspersa, majora 14, minora 11 mm longa, cc. 9 mm 
supra corollae basi affixa, staminodium 34 mm longum, complanatum 
marginibus pilis glanduliferis longiusculis densis vestitum. ovarium 
glabrum cum disco brevi cc. 5 mm altum, stylus 28 mm. 
