(5) pairs, basal pair sharply ascending, parallel to leaf margin most of their length, sunken above, 
strongly raised below, glabrescent or glabrous, other secondaries much less conspicuous, slightly 
raised below, tertiary veins flat above, glabrous, distinct but rather flat below, glabrous, primary 
domatia present, just the lowest pair, secondary domatia absent; inflorescence (3.5) 6 - 11 (15.5) 
cm long, axillary to tiny deciduous bracts, and disposed in very short racemes, cymose- 
paniculate, peduncle (1) 3 - 6 (8.5) cm long, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent, rachis glabrescent 
to glabrous, flower pedicel (3) 4 - 6 (7.5) mm long, glabrous or glabrescent; flower urceolate, 
tepals 1.8 - 2.5 mm long, 1.2 - 1.9 mm wide, ovate, glabrous outside, sericeous inside, outer ones 
sparsely so, stamens of whorls I & II 1.5 - 2 mm long, glabrous or sparsely sericeous adaxially, 
glabrous to sparsely sericeous abaxially, anthers 0.8 - 0.9 mm long, glabrous ad and abaxially, 
sporangia four, introrse, stamens of whorl III 1.5 - 2 mm long, filaments sparsely sericeous or 
glabrescent adaxially, glabrous abaxially, anthers 0.6 - 0.7 mm long, glabrous ad and abaxially, 
sometimes sparsely sericeous on lower half adaxially, sporangia four, upper ones latrorse, lower 
ones latrorse-extrorse, glands 0.5 - 0.7 mm long, at filament base, wide ovate, glabrous ad and 
abaxially, staminodes 0.8 - 1.3 mm long, filaments sparsely long sericeous ad and abaxially, head 
0.5 - 0.9 mm long, ovate-triangular in outline, glabrous ad and abaxially, hypanthium 0.3 - 1 mm 
deep, glabrous outside and inside, pistil 1.5 - 2.8 mm long, ovary 0.9 - 1.4 mm long, 0.7 - 1.1 
mm wide; fruit 13 - 21 mm long, 8 - 14 mm wide, ellipsoid, cupule 9 - 16.5 mm long, 8.5 - 11 
mm wide, gradually narrowing to a bottom 1.2 - 2 mm wide, pedicel not distinct, tepals partially 
persistent. 
Flowers are present from January to March, and ripe fruits from late June to August. No 
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