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Frutex inermis, erectus, 2-orgyalis. Rami angulati, leviter sul- 

 cati, calamum scriptorium crassitie adaequantes, cortice 

 fusco-cinereo obducti, apicem versus fulvo-tomentosi. Fo- 

 lia sparsa, petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, coriacea, 

 rigida, margine callosa, integerrima, supr^ glabra, lucida, 

 subtiis villosa, basi attenuata, costa medi^ subtiis prominen- 

 ti, nervis plurimis incurvatis, reticulatim connexis, venosis- 

 sima, sesqui- v. quadri-uncialia, tunc pollicem v. sesquipol- 

 licem lata. Fetioli semiteretes, tomentosi, supra canaliculati, 

 semunciales. F/ores terminales, numerosi(7 — 14)corymbosi, 

 SerratuliB coronala magnitudine et facie similes. Pedunculi 

 teretes, copies^ fulvo-tomentosi, semi- v. pollicares. Involu- 

 crum ovatum, multiplici ordine polyphyllum, imbricatum, 

 basi ventricosum ; squamis exterioribiis ovatis, acuminatis, 

 integerrimis, adpressis, cartilagineis, extiis pubescentibus ; 

 iniimis elongatis, linearibus, mucronulatis, recurvato-patu- 

 lis, radium efFormantibus. Receptacidum paleis capillaceis 

 fulvis tectum. FloscuU periphccrice plures (8 — 10) herma- 

 phroditi, bilabiati, purpurei, fere sesquipoUicares ; labio 

 exiaiore maximo, ligulato, patente, obtus^ 4 — 5-dentato, 

 subtus tuboque sericeo-villosissimo, nervis tantiim primariis 

 5 V. 6, rectis, parallelis ; interiore subsetaceo, canaliculato, 

 indiviso ; disci unicus, tubulosus, limbo 5-fidus, genitalibus 

 long^ inclusis (an sterilibus ?) basi callos^, extiis villosissi- 

 mus : lobis ovato-oblongis, obtusis : nervis primariis validis, 

 infra loborum sinus alte bipartitis ; secundariis 2 interstinc- 

 tis, parallelis, tantiim a basi ad medium et ultra manifestis, 

 supern^ obscurioribus, demilm evanescentibus, hinc reverb 

 non recurrentibus. Filamenta in tubum membranaceum 

 connata, inti^s villosa, exserta, infern^ tubo flosculi adhae- 

 rentia. Anthem connatse, cost4 dilatat^, appendice lan- 

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