Flores 2198 (holotype, MEXU; isotypes, FCME, MO). 
Arbores parvae. Folia longa anguste elliptica aut lanceolata, apice acuminato vel 
obtusato, subtriplinervia aut triplinervia, infra villosa-tomentosa trichomatibus undulatis vel 
crispis, patulis; domatiis praesentibus ad axillas nonnullas venarum secundariarum et 
tertiariarum, pagina foliari utrinque ad domatia subplana. Inflorescentia ex cymis in paniculam 
aggregatis constans, bracteis foliaceis carens. Flos tepalis extus sicut pedicello dense tomentosis, 
hypanthiuo intus pubescente; tepalis integris (?) in fructu persistentibus. 
Small trees ?; twigs dense villous-tomentose, stem surface hardly seen through hairs, 
hairs 0.6 - 0.8 (1.2) mm, some wavy and more or less appressed, matted, others rather erect, more 
or less straight, persistent; petiole (11) 15 - 20 (23) mm long, 1.2 - 1.6 mm wide, dense villous- 
tomentose, hairs as on stems; leaf blades (6) 13.5 - 23 cm long, (2.5) 3.5 - 5 (6) cm wide, narrow 
elliptic to lanceolate, apex acuminate or (usually) blunt obtuse by arrest of apical meristem, base 
cuneate, villous-tomentose above and below, surfaces not concealed, hairs wavy to curly, long 
persistent, but finally glabrous above, subtriplinerved to triplinerved, midvein (rather) flat above, 
densely villous-tomentose, strongly raised below, dense villous-tomentose, hairs long persistent, 
secondary veins 5 - 7 pairs, flat above, raised below, dense villous-tomentose above and below, 
finally glabrous above, tertiary veins flat above, slightly raised below, primary domatia present at 
axils of several secondaries, sometimes inconspicuous, secondary domatia usually present at base 
of several tertiaries bases; inflorescences 4 - 11 cm long, axillary to leaves, cymose-paniculate, 
peduncle 2.5 - 7 cm long, villous-tomentose, rachis villous-tomentose, flower pedicels 2.5 - 3.5 
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