tomentose below, surface covered by an almost continuous layer of white waxy particles, 
indument persistent, pinnate to subtriplinerved, rarely triplinerved, midvein slightly marked to 
flat above, tomentose, red hairs present, conspicuous, indument rather persistent, strongly raised 
below, densely tomentose, secondary veins (6) 7 - 9 (10) pairs, flat to slightly raised above, 
glabrescent, raised below, particularly the lowest pair, tomentose, tertiary veins flat or slightly 
raised above, glabrous, slightly raised below, tomentose, primary domatia apparently present but 
not distinct, secondary domatia absent; inflorescence (4.5) 6 - 9.5 (10.5) cm long, axillary to 
leaves, cymose-paniculate, foliose bracts often present at main branchings, peduncle (3) 4 - 6.5 
cm long, tomentose, rachis tomentose, flower pedicel 2.5 - 4.5 (6) mm long, tomentose; flower 
urceolate, tepals 1.8 - 2.1 mm long, 1.3 - 1.8 mm wide, ovate to wide ovate, tomentose outside, 
red hairs present, sericeous inside, red hairs present, stamens of whorls I & II 1.2 - 1.4 mm long, 
filaments sparsely sericeous ad and abaxially along the median section, anthers 0.7 - 0.9 mm 
long, glabrous adaxially, glabrous abaxially or sparsely sericeous at the very base, theace four, in 
two pairs, introrse, stamens of whorl III 1.2 - 1.4 mm long, filaments (long) sericeous on the 
margins adaxially, sparsely sericeous along the median section abaxially, anthers 0.6 - 0.8 mm 
long, sericeous adaxially, except along the connective, glabrous abaxially, sporangia four, in two 
pairs, the upper ones latrorse, the lower ones extrorse (latrorse), glands 0.4 - 0.5 mm long, at the 
base of filament, ovate, sericeous adaxially at median section, glabrous elsewhere, staminodes 
0.7 - 0.9 mm long, pedicel glabrous or sparsely sericeous at base adaxially, long sericeous 
abaxially, head 0.5 mm long, triangular in outline, glabrous adaxially, long sericeous abaxially, 
mainly on lower two thirds, hypanthium 0.4 mm deep, tomentose outside, glabrous inside except 
for big patches of sericeous hairs between the base of third stamens and staminodes, pistil 1.6 - 
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