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non pellucido-punctatis, glabris, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceo- 

 latis saepissime longe acuminatis, basi rotundatis, levis- 

 sime subcordatis; inflorescentiis paene glabris, saepissime 

 pseudodichasiis I 3 floris, raro racemiformibus 5-floris (flore 

 terminali) ; sepalis rotundatis inaequilongis , germine cylin- 

 drico-obconico brevi, 2-loculari. 



Descriptio: Rami teretes glabri. Folia opposita, 

 glabra, brevissime petiolata petiolo subtereti supra sulcato 

 plus minusve torto (c. 1 mm. lg.), lanceolata vel ovato- 

 lanceolata saepissime longe acuminata, basi rotundata, le- 

 vissime subcordata, apice obtusa, chartacea, non pellucido- 

 punctata, (c. 2 7 ctm. lg. et 0,6 1,8 ctm. lt.), supra sub- 

 tilissime, saepe inconspicue, impresso-punctata, nervo medio 

 impresso, venis inconspicuis vel plane evanescentibus, subtus 

 minutissime, saepe inconspicue fusco-elevato-punctata nervo 

 medio prominente, venis venaque marginali , c. 1 mm. a 

 margine remota, plus minusve inconspicuis. Inflorescentiae 

 (c. 7 18 mm. lg.) paene glabrae foliis multo breviores et 

 sub his saepe occultae, saepissime pseudodichasia 1 3 flora, 

 raro racemiformes flore terminali 5-florae, pedunculatae pe- 

 dunculo (c. 5 9 mm. lg.), paribus 1 2 bractearum vacu- 

 arum et internodio primo brevi vel brevissimo, ramis ap- 

 planatis ut veris dichasiis unifloris evolutis. Bracteae brac- 

 teolaeque ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae acutae ciliatae (c. 1,5 

 mm. lg.). Flores sessiles*). Alabastra obovoidea basi co- 

 nico-angustata glabra (c. 4 mm. lg.). Sepala 4, rotundata 

 supra suppubescentia (extima c. 1 mm. lg., intima c. 1,5 

 mm. lg.). Petala 4 ovato-orbicularia subtus pubescentia, 

 supra glabra (c. 2 mm. lg.). Stamina glabra (c. 4 mm. \g.). 

 Germen cylindrico-obconicum breve (c. 1 mm. lg.) biloculare. 

 Stylus paene glaber tantum pilis paucis adpressis huc illuc 

 (c. 5 mm. lg.). Hypanthii libera pars glabra (c. 2 mm. lg.) 

 margine staminifero pubescenti. 



Glaziou: n. 13452. 



*) Germine brevi cylindrico-obconico brevissime petiolati esse videntur. 



