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ioa^i, opposite ramulosi , internodiis infcrioribus 4, supremis IJ cent, 

 longis, caule mullo tenuiores, ad nodos non tumidi, suhteretes? in sicco 

 fusci, sparse pubcruli, sed circuin nodos barbato-hirti. Folia interiora 

 caulina longius pctiolata, subrotunda, apice rotundato- vel concave, 

 hinc iere rotundato-obcordata, alia 2 cent, longa lataque, alia 2^ longa, 

 2 lata, tenniter trinervia tcI nervis lateralibus prope basin raraosis sub- 

 septemnervia ; medius ad apicem percurrit; omnes prope margines ramu- 

 losi, subtibssimi reticulati; petioli lati, 1— If cent, longi. Folia ra- 

 mea minora, brevius petiolata, ovata, ovato-oblonga , aut basi subcon- 

 tracta subrbombiformia , 2— 2|^ cent, longa, 1— Is lata, basi plerumque 

 rotundata, apice angustato aculiuscula, trinervia, aut nervis lateralibus 

 proxime ad basin bi-tripartitis subquinque- vol subscptemncrvia , et ut 

 caulina in sicco membranacea , subtilissime pcllucido-punctulata , supra 

 viridia paruni nitentia raro ad basin sed semper ad apicem pubcrula, infra 

 pallidissime glauca subglabrata vel sparse puberula, margine subrevoluto 

 versus apicem albo-ciliato , apice ipso pilis longioribus densioribus subpe- 

 nicillato. Petioli 4 — 5 mm. longi latiusculi, submembranacei, profunde 

 canaliculati , inprimis marginibus versus basin birto-ciliati. Amenta de- 

 6unt. (sec. spec. stcr. Herb. Mus. Paris.) 



Planta i'lorens primo adspectu a sterili longe divcrsa altior, compage 

 crassiore, Ibliis in sicco coriaceis parum translucidis insignis, cautius exa- 

 minata autem omnino congruit. Pvadix lasciculata fibrosa foliis putndis 

 muscisque immersa, caule m protradit erectum 30 cent, circiter altuni, 

 basi calamura scriptorium crassum, teretiusculum , primo simplicem, 

 inde ab | alt. a basi ramosum, ramis erecto-patentibus , solitariis, oppo- 

 sitis, plerumque verticiliatis caule multum tenuioribus simplicibns. Cau- 

 les ramique succulenti lierbacei virides sparse pubcruli, ad nodos parum 

 tmnidos pilis densioribus subbarbati, intcrnodia 2 — 3 cent, longa. Folia 

 opposita, caulina et ramorum, sunima aliquando tcrna, patula, in sicco 

 coriacea, opaca, luci obversa vix transparentia et glandulis opacis punc- 

 tata, supra saturate viridia in nervo medio appresse s^jarse pulwrula, 

 marginibus extenuatis deflexis pilis erecto-apprcssis , versus apicem con- 

 iertioribus inque apice longioribus subciliata, pilis aetata sensLin dimi- 

 nutis, subtus pallida glandulis fuscis ad lentcm punctata, petiolis tere- 

 tiusculis prolunde canaliculatis antice pubcsccnti-ciliatis , 2 mm.— IJ 

 cent, lonj^is (in inf. Ibliis scil. longioribus) sustenta , inferiora caulina 

 rotundata, obovata vel et lato-rotundata, 1—3 cent, longa, ramea plera- 

 que ovata vel subrhombeo-ovata , basi rotundata vel acutiuscule protracta, 

 apice acutiuscula, 1—3 cent, longa, 8 mm.— 2 cent, lata, omnia quinque- 

 vel subseptemncrvia , nervo scil. medio crassiusculo percurrente ad basio 

 utrinque 2—3 nervos emittente, tenues, quarum medius nudo oculo 

 perspicuc, reliqui o])soletius visibiles. Amenta in caule ramisque axil- 

 lariai (aliquando intcgro ramulo e bractcis oblongis minutis puberulis , 

 Joco Ibliorum , cilo dcciduis amentifcro, inflorescenliani coryuibosam 



