omnino glabra supra illustria subtus opaca lutescentia 
reticulo venularum fere omnino immerso. Inflorescentia 
interpetiolatis subterminalis subsessilis glomerate com- 
posita pluriflora; pedunculis pedicellisque perbrevibus; 
bracteis minimis glabris. Calycis laciniae late ovales apice 
rotundatae plusminusve inaequales 2.5-8 mm. longae 
extus glabrae intus supra basim squamellas liguliformes 
2-4 gerentes. Corollae albae lobis margine roseo-tinger- 
entibus; tubo cylindrico ca. 1.7 em. longo, basi ca. 1.5 
mm. diam. medio staminigero parte dimidio superiore 
extus dense minuteque velutino-papillato basim versus 
glabro; lobis patulis valde oblongo-dolabriformibus ca. 
1 cm. longis supra dense minute velutino-papillatis. 
Antherae sessiles angustissime lanceolatae longe acu- 
minatae ca. 5 mm. longae thecarum parte basali angus- 
tissima recta. Ovari carpella oblongo-fusiformia ca. 1.5 
mm. longa glabra basi nectario dimidio longitudine 
cincta; stigmate late pentagono-umbraculiformi obtuse 
apiculato ca. 0.7 mm. longo. Fructus ignoti. 
‘This new species is apparently most closely related to 
Tabernaemontana coriacea Link ex R. & S., but it differs 
significantly in the narrower leaves, the subsessile glom- 
erate inflorescences, the low stature and, particularly, 
in the thin, loosely exfoliating periderm of the older 
branches. 
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