lidiora, oblanceolata, apice obtusa, basi cuneata, margine 
valde revoluta, plerumque 4.5 cm. longa, 1.5 em. lata, 
nervis lateralibus numerosis,supra obscuris sed infra pro- 
minulis, inter se 0.5-1 mm. distantibus. Inflorescentiae 
abbreviatae, in ramulis lateralibus sessiles, umbelliformes, 
ramulis floriferis dense foliatis. Pedicelli in quoque fas- 
ciculo 6-8, straminei, plusminusve 8 mm. longi, basi 
bracteolis minutis, usque ad 1 mm. longis. Alabastrum 
subglobosum, 5-6 mm. in diametro. Sepala purpurea, 
subaequalia, subcrassa, late ovata, apice rotundata, mar- 
gine integra, circiter 2 mm. longa, 2-2.2 mm. lata. Pet- 
ala sanguinea apicem versus saepe purpurea, aestivatione 
non contorta, firme membranacea, valde cucullata, orbic- 
ularia, 9 mm. lata, margine integra, 8-9 mm. longa, 
utrinque glaberrima. Discus extrastaminalis 1.2-1.5 mm. 
altus, valde incrassatus. Synandrium atropurpureum, 
tubo lageniformi petalis subaequali, 6-7 mm. longum, 
laciniis maxime crassissimis, rugosis, lineari-triangulari- 
bus, stylum versus arcuatis, transversale triangularibus, 
2—2.3 mm. longis, 1.8 mm. latis, parte tubiformi 3—-3.2 
mm. longa, antheris linearibus, ternis, flavis, 1.8 mm. lon- 
gis, 0.6 mm. latis. Ovarium glabrum, oblongo-ovoideum, 
2.8 mm. longum, 1.8 mm. in diametro, in stylum 4 
mm. longum, apice profunde stellatim quinquedivisum, 
brachiis crassissimis, 2.2 mm. longis, attenuatum. Fruc- 
tus adhuc ignotus. 
Symphonia microphylla can be distinguished at once 
from the other two species of the genus through its very 
small, oblanceolate, obtuse leaves which are not grouped 
exclusively at the tips of the branchlets but are borne 
more or less along most of their length. The flowers are 
smaller than those of Symphonia globulifera, and the um- 
bels are fewer-flowered and less dense than those of JS. 
utilissima. In floral structure, the lobes of the synangium 
are much fleshier, and the stigma-bearing arms of the 
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