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oblongis vel rarius ellipticis vel ovalibus, subobovatis vel ; 

 plus minusve obcordatis, non pellucido-punctatis, glabris;; 

 inflorescentiis foliis brevioribus glabrescentibus ; germine 

 turbinato pilis adpressis sparsissimis obsito, glabrescenti, 

 2-loculari. 



Descriptio: Rami teretes glabri. Folia opposita, 

 glabra, petiolata petiolo semitereti, rugoso, supra sulcatO' 

 (c. 4 8 mm. lg.), oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel rarius 

 elliptica vel ovalia subobovata vel plus minusve obcordata,. 

 basi acuta vel obtusa, apice breviter acuminata obtusa vel 

 rarius rotundata vel emarginata, (c. 2,8 9 ctm. lg. et 1,8 

 3,3 ctm. lt.), coriacea, non pellucido-punctata, supra sae- 

 pissime impresso-punctata, rarius non punctata, nervo medio- 

 subimpresso vel vix impresso in parte infima subsulcato,. 

 venis utroque latere c. 12 13 venulisque interjectis non- 

 nullis et vena marginali arcuata, a margine c. 2 4 mm.. 

 remota, saepissime leviter impressis,. raro elevatis, subtus 

 pallida plus minusve inconspicue minute elevato-punctata 

 vel vix punctata, nervo medio valde prominente, venis ve^ 

 nulisque pluribus plus minusve elevatis. Inflorescentiae ra- 

 cemiformes flore terminali incompositae vel saepius ramis 

 duobis infimis iterum racemiformibus flore terminali com- 

 positae, sessiles, aut ex axillis cataphyllorum in parte in- 

 feriore innovationum aut ex axillis euphyllorum et his bre- 

 viores (c. 2,5- 5 ctm. lg.), axibus applanatis, glabrescen- 

 tibus vel glabratis vel pilis sparsis pubescentibus. Bracteae 

 ovatae vel superiores longiores, ovato-Ianceolatae obtusae vel 

 rarius acutae pubescentes (c. 1 2 mm. lg.). Flores late- 

 rales petiolati petiolo tereti, subtilissime plus minusve pube- 

 scenti (c. 0,3 2 ctm. lg.). Flos terminalis petiolatus vel 

 paene sessilis (petiolo c. 0,5 2,5 mm. Ig.) vel plane ses- 

 silis, bracteis duabus vacuis stipatus. Alabastra obovata 

 c. 3,5 mm. lg. Sepala rotundata extus glabra ciliata, intus 

 adpresse pubescentia, (exteriora c. 2 mm. lg., interiora c. 

 3 mm. lg.). Petala mihi tantum ex alabastris nota, paene 

 orbicularia, glabra ciliata. Flores aperti enim in meis spe- 

 ciminibus deflorati. Stamina glabra stylo breviora. Germen. 



