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smoothish, yellowish brown except the epidermis. Leaves 

 submembranous, descending, very deep green above, much 

 paler beneath, curing subequally brown on both sides, flat 

 or only the abruptly acute to acuminate tips recurved; base 

 broadly obtuse, the young ones densely covered beneath with 

 olivaceus soft hairs, oblong, glabrous except the primary nerves 

 beneath, quite variable in size, only the average ones 6 by 

 16 cm., the entire margins slightly involute at least in the 

 dry state; midvein prominent and more or less hairy be- 

 neath, glabrous and shallowly g'-ooved along the upper side; 

 lateral nerves of 7 pairs, strongly ascending and curved 

 toward their ends, also strigose, reticulations coarse and 

 evident from beneath only; petiole nearly black even in the 

 fresh state, terete and with a deep channel on the upper 

 side, similarly pubescent at first, ultimately glabrous, very 

 stout. Inflorescence axillary, all the stalks with calyx deep 

 green and provided with blackish hairs which turn olivaceus 

 upon drying, varying from 1 to 3 cm. long; peduncles 1 

 to 3-clustered, branched from below the nnddle, subtended 

 by deciduous bracts; branchlets few, divaricate, subtended 

 by similar pubescent bracts; flowers clustered toward the 

 ends ot the ultimate branchlets, subtended by bracteoles, 

 faintly fragrant; calyx bristly reddish or blackish hairy, 

 united at the base, deep green, triangularly acute, 2 mm. 

 long or less, unequal in size; petals of 2 unequal series; 

 the outer 3 sepal like, green, cordately ovate, 3 mm. long, 

 about as wide across the base, suberect, pubescent on the 

 back, glabrate on the ventral side; the 3 inner petals ca- 

 ducous, thick but rather soft in texture, nearly viridis, 

 clawed at the base, the middle portion somewhat constricted, 

 the upper one half oblongish and rounded at the apex, the 

 basal portion erect and overarching the stamens and pistils, 

 otherwise strongly reflexed, rugose, roughened by numerous 

 papillae, glabrate, 9 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, broadly 

 linear; anthers not very numerous, 1 to 1.5 mm. long, 

 subsessile, connective quite small and flattened at the base 

 into a short stipe, the sacs well toward the apex of the 

 dorsal side; pistils about as many as stamens, glabrous, shorter 

 than 1 mm., curved, minutely apiculate, somewhat compressed. 

 Type specimen numbers 12858 and 12645, A. D. E Elmer, 



