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pern] is magnis niultis involute, perulis castaneis rotunda to-triangularibus, iu- 

 terioribus majoribus 1^ cm. longis 2cm. latis apice triangulari-acutis apiculatis 

 vel rotundato-apiculatis extus rufo-ferrugineo-tomentosis intus glabris, exteriori- 

 bus minoribus; rliachis panicularum recta erecta rubro-ferrugineo-tomentosa, 

 ramis panicularum simplicibus alternatis a so 1-2 cm. reinotis rectis, inferioribus 

 longioribus 6 cm. longis horizontaliter patentissimis, superioribus gradatim brevi- 

 oribus versus summum panicularum 3 cm. longis rectis ascendentibus sparse 

 brevissirne-ferragineo hirsutis apice umbellam unam. gerentibus, uinbellis in 

 circumscriptione globosis 2| cm. in dianietro circ. 50-radiatis, radiis (vel pedi- 

 cellis flornm) toto directione patentissimis rectis 1cm, longis gracilibus fer- 

 rugineo-pilosis ; bracteis ad basin ramorum panicularum sitis singulis lineari- 

 lanceolatis l^cin. longis ^cm. latis apice apiculato-acutis basi haud vel vix 

 contractis integris interiore saccato-concavis glabris extus convexis prope basin 

 hirsutis ; bracteolis prope medium ramorum panicularum duabus sitis linearibus 

 4-5 mm. longis acuuiinatis basi saccatis extus prope basin hirsutis creterum 

 glabris ; pedicellis vel radiis umbellaruni basi bracteolis singulis linearibus 2 mm. 

 longis instructis ; receptaculum umbellarum globosum minutum 2 mm. in 

 diametro ; pedicellis apice sub calyce distincte articulatis leviter dilatatis ad 

 bracteolas minutas 5-7 radiatim sitas expansis, bracteolis linearibus -Jmm. longis. 

 Calyx glaber, tubo semi-globoso-obconico mm. lougo limui. lato, lobis 5 minutis 

 triangularibus -| mm. longis totiusq[ue latis apice obtusis glabris, sinibus inter 

 ]obos rotundatis. Petala 5 caducissima oblongo-triangularia 1| mm. longa I mm. 

 lata apice obtusa basi latissima integra extus primum hirsutissima demum 

 glabra intus semper glabra. Stamina 5, filamentis dorso complanatis 2 mm. 

 longis ^ mm. latis apice angustissimis hirsutis, antheris oblongis albo-flavis prim- 

 um hirsutis demum glabris 1 mm. longis ^ mm. lalis apice leviter basi profunde 

 2-lobatis. Discus conicus -| mm. altus basi 2 mm. latus basin styli obtegens. 

 Styli 5 a basi sursum usque ad prope apicem connati columniformes 1^ mm. 

 longi glabri prope apicem et sub apice plus minus dilatati, partibus dilatatis 

 globifornribus, supra partem dilatatam liberi radiatim patentes, partibus paten- 

 tibns | mm. longis apice stigmatiferis, stigmatibus globosis. Ovarium cum calycis 

 tubo connatum semi-giol)osuni 5-loculare, ovulis in loculo solitariis pendulis 

 anatropis, raphe ventral i. Bacca depresso-giobosa 3 mm. longa plus quam 



