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tapering to the sharply acuminate apex, base obtuse to 

 suDeuneate, 2 cm. wide more or less, 20 to 25 cm lone 

 arranged in alternating rows 2 to 3 cm. apart, 'rather 



n!^ r °r S U ( L Unng *W ish S reen ; midrib pronounced be- 

 neath, light brown when dry, striate and pubescent beneath, 

 sunken and glabrous above; lateral nerves numerous 

 quite evident beneath; ligule inter«illary, erSct? dirtv 

 St r °thS'*££ f glabr !, te ' 2 to 3 ™*- l™g> obtusely rounded 

 fifi ™™ P f ' fre< J uentl y mequilaterally bifid; petiole .33 to 

 pph^. ih D /U ° Ut ' T l dged below ' upper side SUD ken, as- 

 Spm S^o X* over i a PP 1D ^ carinate, sides clasping the 

 stem, edges thinner but not ciliate, glabrate or dirtv 

 puberulent. Inflorescence erect and barely above the 

 humus covered ground, from the rootstocks; peduncle very 



ffarto tinsel™ ab K rUP% CUrVed ^wa^-d the flower 

 .In g i P . ' ? ^ OUDg oracts P ink ; flo wers few to sev- 

 erally clustered, but only one in anthesis at the same 

 time; rachis densely yellowish pubescent; flowers erect 

 loosely clustered; their subtending bracts 5 mm wide 

 nearly 2 cm. long, subhyaline, faintly parallel veTned' 



andTu^ett U nt el ^ r t°r d K ed at tbe a ^xf minutely puncUte 

 and pubescent at the base; calyx cylindric. fully 2 cm 



q« n aliy7 n ^h y e d P a nCtate ' gl 1 abr ° US «™ the bifid o?™: 

 ?h« ill ed P6X; Coro,la tube a trifle longer than 



the calyx, punctate; lobes 2.5 cm. long, oblong hyaline 



and occasionally bearing a blu mt S obtus ^ funded 



entirely glabrous; filamfnt ribbon ^S ^ ^ xeA ' 



anther cells linear, 2.5 mm Ions £?*♦ ^ ? labi ; ate 5 



at both ends, pulveruIenTon tnf' S^l^S^T 



apex; lateral lobules linear to soathu?^ I *\ the 



punctate, 1.5 mm wide divaiW* . !f ' m , m - long ' 



lobule erect, similar^ puncSS and ht u^^l middle 



rounded, 5 mm. across- a^y?e filiform ^k' 06 * eillpticall r 



by an obconic stigma ovary ^wSi** T''. tei ? illated 



bearing a pair of erect k^i^^^J^ pedicelled > 



length. Fruits few at the dktal e d 17X *?** 5 mnK in 



dark red, globose to suWllp^d Ll * lnfrufces cence, 



cm. in diameter. conspicuouT naniii^ aFg€r ° nes 125 



the apex, above ground bu tVene^^T'^ Wd 



^, obscure.y costate, subsesst,^ m^te^t 



