above, pubescent to glabrous, raised below, pubescent, hairs mostly dark red, secondary veins (3) 
4 - 5 pairs, lowest pair rather sunken above, raised below, other pairs slightly marked above, 
raised below, all covered with abundant red hairs, tertiary veins inconspicuous above, distinct but 
raised below, covered with abundant red hairs, domatia not present (not evident ?); inflorescence 
(3) 4.5 - 8.5 (11) cm long, axillary to leaves, sometimes to foliose bracts soon deciduous, toward 
twigs tips, foliose bracts sometimes present at main branchings, cymose-paniculate, peduncle 
(0.2) 0.5 - 3 (5) cm long, sparsely pubescent, rachis sparsely pubescent to glabrescent, flower 
pedicel (1.5) 2 - 3 (4) mm long, glabrous; flower narrowly campanulate, whitish, yellowish or 
greenish, tepals 2 - 2.7 mm long, 1.3 - 1.7 mm wide, ovate or elliptic, glabrous outside, sericeous 
inside, outer ones sometimes glabrescent toward their margins, red hairs present, stamens of 
whorls I & II 1.5 - 1.9 mm long, filament glabrous ad and abaxially, sometimes sparsely 
sericeous at base on both surfaces, anthers 0. 8 - 1.1 mm long, glabrous, sporangia four, stamens 
of whorl II 1.5 - 1.9 mm long, densely sericeous ad and abaxially, sometimes sparsely so 
abaxially, red hairs present, anthers 0.6 - 0.9 mm long, densely sericeous adaxially, rarely 
glabrescent, red hairs present, glabrous abaxially, sporangia two, rarely the two upper ones 
present, then small and connected with the lower ones, glands ca. 0.5 mm long, at or just above 
filament base, sericeous adaxially, staminode 0.9 - 1.2 mm long, filament densely long sericeous 
ad and abaxially, red hairs present, head 0.5 - 0.7 mm long, cordate-triangular in outline, 
sericeous adaxially at the base, abaxially along median section, hypanthium ca. 0.5 mm deep, 
glabrous outside, sericeous inside, red hairs usually present, sometimes pubescence patchy or in 
strips, pistil 1.8 - 2.2 mm long, glabrous, ovary 0.8 - 1.1 mm long, 0.8 - 1 mm wide; fruit not 
known, tepals partially (?) persistent. 
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