pubescent when young; leaf blades (3.5) 7 - 12.5 (15.5) cm long, (1.5) 3 - 5 (6.5) cm wide, 
elliptic or obovate, apex acuminate, base acute, or short attenuate, (sparsely) pubescent when 
young, hairs straight, appressed, pubescent below, hairs straight, appressed, more or less 
persistent, triplinerved, midvein slightly sunken above, pubescent when young, strongly raised 
below, pubescent, secondary veins (2) 3 - 4 pairs, lower most pair marked above, strongly raised 
below, as thick as midvein, pubescent, upper pairs marked above, slightly raised below, tertiary 
veins flat above, slightly raised below, primary domatia present, usually only basal pair 
conspicuous, secondary domatia absent; inflorescence (4) 6.5 - 12.5 (13.5) cm long, axillary to 
leaves, or to foliose deciduous bracts (?), cymose-paniculate, pauciflorous, foliose bracts 
sometimes present at main branchings, peduncle (2) 3.5 - 6.5 (7.5) cm long, sparsely pubescent, 
rachis sparsely pubescent to glabrescent, flower pedicel (3.5) 4.5 - 6.5 (8) mm long, glabrous; 
flowers narrow campanulate, tepals 2.1 - 2.8 mm long, 1.4 - 1.9 mm wide, ovate, glabrous or 
sparse and minutely pubescent outside, short sericeous inside, outer ones sometimes glabrous 
toward their margins, stamens of whorls I & II 1.9 - 2.1 mm long, filaments sericeous along 
median section adaxially, glabrescent abaxially, anthers ca. 1 mm long, glabrous ad and 
adaxially, sporangia four, stamens of whorl III 2 - 2.3 mm long, filaments sericeous adaxially, 
glabrescent abaxially, anthers ca. 0.9 mm long, sparsely sericeous at base adaxially, glabrous 
abaxially, sporangia four, sometimes upper ones fused with lower ones, looking like three or two 
sporangia, glands 0.5 - 0.7 mm long, above filament base, in between the first third of its lenght, 
sericeous adaxially, staminodes 1.1 - 1.4 mm long, filament sericeous ad and abaxially, head 0.7 
- 1 mm long, cordate acuminate in outline, glabrous adaxially, sericeous at base in the middle 
abaxially, hypanthium 0.8 - 1.1 mm deep, glabrous or sparse and minutely pubescent outside, 
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