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ovato-acutata (ad 5-8 cent, longa, 2 ~ cent, lata), basi inaequali- 

 rotundata, hinc subauriculata, suramo apice obtusata, subintegra 

 v. inaequali-sinuata, membranacea rigidula, supra in sieeo sallem 

 dense ferruginea glabrataque, subtus pallida lenuiterqne tonien- 

 tella, penninervia, ad basin sub-3-nervia, laxc rcliculalo-venosa ; 

 costa cum petiolo nervisque subtus tcnuiter ferrugineo-tomentellis. 

 Flores crebri in racemos terminales et ad folia ramulorum su- 

 prema axillares cymigerosque disposili; pedicellis (ad { cent, 

 longis) graeilibus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis. Calyx 5-partitus, 

 val valus; foliolis membranaeeis reliculato-venosis, exlus remote 

 slellato-pubescentibus ferrugineisque, postant hesin nonnihil auctis 

 et p^r dies nonnullos (non autem diu) persistenlibus (ad 1 cent, 

 longis). Petala calyce paulo breviora tcnuioraque, basi longïuscule 

 attenuata, imbricata (alba odoreque suavi don a ta). Stamina co ; 

 filamentis liberis capillaceis; antheris oblongis basilixis; conne- 

 ctivo incrassato ; loculis adnatis inlrorsis, sublateraliter rimosis. 

 Germen liberum, 3-gonum; stylo gracili staminibus petalisque 

 paulo longiore, ad apicem clavalo ibique 3-gono et 3-suleo ; angulis 

 lineari-stignulosis. Placenlse 3, pariétales, in loculo unicovix ad 

 médium prominulse; centro omnino vacuo. Ovula in placenlis 

 septiformibus singulis 2-na, paulo supra basin utrinque inserla, 

 adscendentia ; rapbeintrorsa; micropyleexlrorsum infera. Fruclus 

 maturus pyramidato-3-gonus, ob basin breviter altenuatam sub- 

 (usiformis (ad *2 cent, longus, 1 \ cent, latus), supernelongius an- 

 gustatus, extus ferrugineo-tomentellus, maturus calyce baud sti- 

 patus demumquc secus angulos capsulari-dehiscens; valvis medio 

 intus placentiferis, 1-2-spermis. Semina subereeta; testa glabra 

 (fuscata); embryonis(pallide viridis) cotyledonibus tbliaceis valde 

 corrugato-conduplicatis; albumine carnoso (albido) baud parco. 

 — Species certe bujus generis (eharact. inde nonnibil refor- 

 mand.), ob petala quam in typo longiora, stamina numerosiora, 

 fruclusque indolem calyce accreto baud diutius cinctum, valde 

 conspicua sectionemque, ut videtur, peculiarem sistens, orilur 

 in dilione siamensi, prov. Angkor inque locis vicinis vigens, ad 

 aquas dilius crescens ibique nonnunquam adeo Ire juens ut nulla 



