obovatae, apice rotundatae retusae, coriaceae, supra viridia, sub- 

 nitidae, subtus albae. Flores subsessiles, fasciculati in axillis foli- 

 orum vel ramentorum a ramulis annotinis product!, pedicello 

 brevissimo crasso. Petali lamina concava, late ovata. Urceolus 

 stamineus calyce dimidio brevior vel calycem aequans, ad margi- 

 nem integer. Drupa ellipsoidea, endocarpio ellipsoideo-fusiformi, 

 6-sulcato, triloculari, loculis sterilibus 2, loculo fertili 1 cruci- 

 formi in sectione traversali, embryone valde compresso, cotyle- 



donibus oblongo-ovatis. 



Small TREE to 8 m. tall. TRUNK to 10 cm. in diameter with 

 red inner bark. BRANCHES terete, grey to greyish brown, rather 

 smooth, sometimes with warty "knobs" at intervals (remnants of 

 past inflorescences). BR ANCHLETS weakly distichous, consist- 

 ing of both long and short shoots but not strongly dimorphic, 

 diverging at 45° -75° from axis, somewhat flattened toward apex, 

 thick, rather rigid, 2.5 4 mm. in diameter, reddish brown, covered 

 with a waxy coating when new, sparsely provided with small, 

 punctate, whitish lenticels, with age becoming light to dark grey 

 or greyish brown. INTERNODES 2 14 mm. long on long 

 shoots, 1-3 mm. long on short shoots. RAMENTA absent or 

 sparse, when present appearing at base of long shoots 7 10 mm. 

 along axis, ca. 2.5 mm. long, black. STIPULES persistent but 

 wearing away with age, appressed to stem and spreading with age, 

 covered with waxy coating when new, triangular to ovate, 2-4 

 mm. long, subcoriaceous, estriate, light green, turning black with 

 age, apically obtuse to acutish, minutely 2-setulose, the setae 

 0.2-0.3 mm. long, early caducous and rarely observed, the keels 

 sub-alate, minutely fimbriate, some becoming entire, the margins 

 minutely fimbriate, becoming entire with age. LEAVES persist- 

 ent, scattered on long shoots or 1-3 produced at tips of branch- 

 lets, distichous, short petiolate, the lamina plane, elliptic to 

 oblong or broadly obovate, apically rounded and shallowly 

 retuse, with a minute black punctate mucron, revolute at margin, 

 rounded to broadly cuneate at base, 40 90(155) mm. long, 27-55 

 (70) mm. wide, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, adaxially light to 

 dark green, sometimes glaucescent or slightly shiny, abaxially 

 whitish or silvery, matt, bilineate with one distinct lateral line 5 8 

 mm. from each side of midrib, the central panel weakly distinct. 



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