pubescent below, leaf surface concealed, hairs curly, persistent, triplinerved, sometimes 
subtriplinerved or trinerved, midvein marked above, pubescent to glabrescent, raised below, 
densely pubescent, sometimes glabrescent with age, secondary veins 3 -5 pairs, slightly marked 
above, glabrescent or glabrous, raised below, densely pubescent, tertiary veins rather 
inconspicuous above, slightly raised below, pubescent, primary domatia present, but frequently 
not distinct, secondary domatia present, usually not distinct; inflorescence (2) 3 - 11 cm long, 
axillary to leaves, solitary or several on very short axillary branches with deciduous bracts, 
cymose-paniculate, sometimes last two branchings congested, foliose bracts sometimes present at 
main branchings, peduncle absent or 0.2 - 4 cm long, pubescent to glabrescent, rachis sparsely 
pubescent to glabrous, flower pedicel (1.5) 2 - 3.5 (4.5) mm long, glabrous; flower urceolate to 
narrow campanulate, greenish, greenish white, greenish yellow, tepals 2.1 - 2.9 mm long, 1.5 - 
2.2 mm wide, ovate to widely ovate, sometimes elliptic, glabrous outside, sericeous inside, outer 
ones with upper half often glabrescent, red hairs present sometimes, stamens of whorls I & II 1.6 
- 2.2 mm long, filaments sericeous ad and abaxially, sometimes saprsely so adaxially and 
glabrous abaxially, anthers 0.9 - 1.2 mm long, glabrous except for few hairs at base abaxially, 
and on connective base adaxially, sporangia four, stamens of whorl III 1.7 - 2.2 mm long, 
filaments sericeous ad and abaxially, red hairs sometimes present adaxially, anthers 0.7 - 1 mm 
long, sericeous adaxially, sparsely so at connective base abaxially, sporangia two, rather 
uncommon one or two upper ones present, then very small, glands 0.5 - 0.6 mm long, at base of 
filament, sericeous adaxially, staminode 1 - 1.5 mm long, filament sericeous ad and abaxially, 
head 0.6 - 0.9 mm long, narrow cordate, short sericeous at base adaxially, long sericeous 
abaxially, mostly at median section, hypanthium 0.4 - 0.5 mm deep, glabrous outside, sericeous 
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