apex of shorter branchlets, distichous, petiolate, the lamina plane 

 or somewhat undulate, elliptic to oblong, rarely oblong-obovate 

 or lanceolate, apically retuse, strongly undulate at margin, 

 basally cuneate, 25 55 mm. long, 15-25 mm. wide, chartaceous, 

 medium green adaxially, pale green abaxially, somewhat shiny 

 adaxially, dull abaxially, elineate, the central panel abaxially 

 faintly demarcated by more prominent and more densely reticu- 

 late veinlets, the adaxial midrib slightly raised, slender, narrowly 

 acute in cross section, yellowish green, the lateral nerves 8- 1 1 per 

 side, rather straight or arcuately curved, diverging 55°-80° from 

 midrib, prominulous adaxially, prominulous to obscure abax- 

 ially, the veinlets finely reticulate, distinct to rather obscure. 

 PETIOLE 1 .5-3 mm. long, 0.4 0.8 mm. in diameter, green, dry- 

 ing dark brown, semi-circular in cross section, adaxially canalicu- 

 late. FLOWERS 1-2 in axils of mature current season's twigs, 

 more or less scattered, the flower color unknown. BRAC- 

 TEOLES 3 per flower, small, broadly triangular, 0.5 0.6 mm. 

 long, membranaceous, early disintegrating, apically obtuse to 

 acuminate, I setulose, the seta 0.5 mm. long, early caducous. 

 PEDICEL slender, pentangular, 5-6 mm. long, 0.7-0.8 mm. in 

 diameter. CALYX 1 .5 mm. long, deeply divided, the lobes ovate, 

 1.0-1.3 mm. long, apically obtuse to short acuminate with an 

 obtuse acumen. PETAL LAMINA spreading, more or less plane, 

 oblong-elliptic, rounded at apex, 2.0 mm. long, 1 .5 mm. wide, the 

 claw 0.5 mm. long, the ligule 0.9 mm. long, trilobulate with 2 

 longer lateral lobes and 1 shorter medial lobe, the lobes broadly 

 ovate, apically rounded. STAMINAL CUP about 3/4 the length 

 of calyx, 0.7 mm. long, the margin entire. BRACHYSTYLOUS 

 FLOWERS: filaments 2.0 2.5 mm. long; anthers not seen; styles 

 free, 1 mm. long, reflexed in young fruit; stigma depressed- 

 capitate, 0.3 mm. long. DOLICHOSTYLOUS FLOWERS: not 

 seen. OVARY: not seen. DRUPE oblong-ellipsoid, rounded at 



apex, 1 1 14mm. long, 7 



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Coimbra), the mesocarp 0.3 0.8 mm. thick, the endocarp oblong- 

 ovoid, 6 sulcate, unilocular, the endosperm occupying about 1/2 

 of locule; some fruits abnormal, gall-infested. EMBRYO 9 mm. 



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