saepe basi contracta. Inflorescentia axillaris, racemiform- 
is, rarenter bifurcata, multi- (usque ad 250-) flora, aliquid 
cincinnalis, 4-10 (plerumque plus minusve 8) em. longa. 
Pedicelli comparate robusti, 8-8 (plerumque 5-6) mm. 
longi, minute sed densius hirtello-pilosi, gracilibus cum 
bracteis minutissimis acuminatissime linguiformibus vel 
triangulari-subulatis, dense hirtello-pilosulis. Flores parvi 
sed satis robusti, albo-flavidi, aliquid mucosi. Sepala quin- 
que; sepala duo exteriora subcoriacea, extus tomentulosa, 
intus glabra, subovalia, apice rotundata, plus minusve 1.8 
min. longa et 1.2 mm. lata, margine pseudofimbrillifera 
vel villoso-ciliata; sepala interiora tria majora, satis mem- 
branacea, rotundata, intus glabra, plus minusve 2.8 mm. 
longa, fere aequaliter lata, valde inflexis cum marginibus 
sparse villosiusculis. Tori glandulae minutae linguiformes, 
dense pilosae. Petala quattuor, submembranacea, inte- 
gra, obovata, intus minute pilosiuscula, 2.8 mm. longa, 
2 mm. lata, margine non villosiuscula. Stamina octo, 
circa pistillum inserta, ex floribus haud exserta. Stami- 
num filamenta complanata, pilis albis longioribus lanatis- 
que extus vestita, 1 mm. longa. Antherae glabrae, 0.7 
mm. longae. Ovarium globosum, glabrum, plus minusve 
1 mm. in diametro, crasso cum stylo glabro in circuitu 
triangulari, 0.6 mm. lato, 1 mm. longo; stigma profunde 
(usque ad 0.8 mm.) trifidum lobis crassis. Fructus capsu- 
laris, trivalvis, subdrupaceus, in maturitate rubens, gus- 
tatu astringens amarusque; capsula oblique ovoidea, in 
stipitem attenuata, rostrata (styli reliquiis coronata), ecos- 
tata et exalata, epicarpio parum crasso, praeter stipitis 
basim glabra (capsula sicca valde crustacea, superficie lae- 
vigata enervia ecostataque), 10-14 mm. longa, 4-7 mim. 
lata, rostro usque ad 2 mm. longo. Semina globosa, quasi 
omnino arillata, 
Extensive, woody liana. Stems stout, up to 12 em. 
in diameter at the base, with a milky-white astringent 
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