9, P. chlorantha Sw. Leaves oval or rotund, dull green, 1-265 cm, in 
diamonter, nearly entire or obscurely callous-denticulate, the petioles 
2-5 em, long; flowers greenish-white, each subtended by a lanceolate bract 
3-4 mn,long, racemes 5-6 cm, long, on often naked peduncles 15-25 cm, long, 
the lowermost flower often distant; calyx-lobes about 1 mm. long, roundede> 
ovate; petals oval, 6-7 mn, long; anthers nearly 3 mm, long, mucronate at 
the bese, the filaments 4 ma, longs; style deflexed, 6-7 mm, long; mature 
nedicels 6-6 ma. long, the capsules depressed=globose, 7 mm, in diameter, 
~recuent at lower elevations in the duff of shaded woods; solitary. 
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