clumped on very short axillary branches, then axillary to small deciduous bracts, cymose 
paniculate, usually last branchings congested, rarely with small foliose bracts, peduncle (0.5) 1 - 
3 (4) cm long, pubescent, rachis glabrescent, flower pedicel (2) 2.5 - 3.5 (4.5) mm long, 
glabrescent or glabrous, sometimes glaucous; flower urceolate (?), tepals 2.2 - 3 mm long, 1.5 - 
2.1 mm wide, ovate, glabrous outside, sericeous inside, outer ones sometimes glabrescent 
toward their margins, red hairs present sometimes, stamens of whorls I & II 1.6 - 1.9 mm long, 
filament sparsely sericeous at the base adaxially, glabrous abaxially, anthers ca. 1 mm long, 
glabrous ad and abaxially, sporangia four, stamens of whorl III 1.8 -2 mm long, filament long 
sericeous adaxially, red hairs present, sparsely sericeous along median section abaxially, anthers 
0.7 - 0.9 mm long, sericeous adaxially, glabrous abaxially, sporangia two, sometimes one or two 
upper ones present, then tiny, glands ca. 0.5 mm long, at filament base, sericeous adaxially, 
staminode 1.2 - 1.4 mm long, filament long sericeous adaxially, sometimes only upper half, 
sparsely sericeous ababxially, head 0.6 - 1 mm long, triangular-cordate in outline, sericeous at 
base adaxially, (sparsely) long sericeous abaxially, hypanthium ca. 0.5 - 0.6 mm deep, glabrous 
outside, sericeous inside, pubescence sometimes in strips, red hairs present, pistil 2.2 - 3.1 mm 
long, glabrous, ovary 0.9 - 1.2 mm long, 0.7 - 1 mm wide; fruit 9 - 10 mm long, 6 - 7 mm wide, 
ellipsoid, cupule 2.5 - 4.5 mm long, 3.5 - 4.5 mm wide, pedicel 1.5 - 5 mm long, 0.7 - 1.2 mm 
wide, tepals persistent. 
Flowers present in October - November. Fruits in December. Vegetation type: mata (no 
specific type mentioned), ca. 600 - 700 m altitude. Presently this species is known only from the 
nearby region to the city of S40 Paulo (Sao Paulo), Brazil. 
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