pubescente; tepalis integris in fructu persistentibus. 
Trees; twigs densely hirsute, hairs 0.4 - 0.6 mm long, rather erect, straight or slightly 
wavy; petiole (5.5) 8 - 12 (13.5) mm long, (0.8) 1 - 1.4 mm wide, densely hirsute, hairs as on 
twigs; leaf blades (4) 7 - 10.5 (12.5) cm long, (2) 2.5 - 4 (5.5) cm wide, obovate to oblanceolate, 
apex acute to acuminate, base acute to short attenuate, hirsute-tomentose above when young, 
glabrescent or glabrous with age, hirsute below, hairs as on stems, persistent, triplinerved or 
subtriplinerved, midvein sunken above, usually hirsute-tomentose, strongly raised below, densely 
hirsute, hairs erect, straight, persistent, secondary veins 4 - 5 pairs, well marked above, rather 
glabrous, strongly raised below, densely hirsute, tertiary veins flat above, glabrous, raised below, 
hirsute, primary and secondary domatia present but not distinct on lower surface, however, axils 
of several secondary and tertiary veins slightly swollen on upper surface; inflorescences (2) 3 - 
5.5 cm long, axillary to leaves, cymose-paniculate, usually last branchings congested, peduncle 
02 - 0.7 (1) cm long, densely tomentose, rachis densely tomentose, flower pedicel 1.1 - 1.8 mm 
long, tomentose; flower urceolate, tepals 2.2 - 3 mm long, 1.4 - 2 mm wide, ovate, tomentose 
outside, densely sericeous inside, red hairs present, abundant on inner tepals, stamens of whorls I 
& II 1.8 - 2 mm long, filaments sericeous on lower half adaxially, sericeous abaxially, anthers ca. 
1 mm long, glabrous adaxially, sericeous on lower half along median section abaxially, 
sometimes sparsely pubescent toward the margin, theacae four, in two pairs, introrse, stamens of 
whorl III 2 2.2 mm long, (stiff) sericeous adaxially, red hairs abundant, long sericeous on lower 
half abaxially, anthers ca. 1 mm long, sericeous all over adaxially, hairs mainly red, glabrous 
abaxially, sporangia four, in two pairs, upper ones latrorse, lower ones extrorse, glands 0.5 mm 
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