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Obs. Frutex monoicus perennis fere metralis í'astigia- 

 to-ramosus; rami denuclati validi (3-7 mmcrass.) cortice 

 albescente obsoleto subfusco-striato vestiti, laxe v. con- 

 fertiuscule ramulosi, ramuli adscendentes v. modice pa- 

 tentes. Folia omnia laxe sed eximie undulato-subcri- 

 spata saepius reniotiuscula erecta v. patentia infera ma- 

 juscula (15-20 mm long. = 20-25 uim lat.) petiolo bre- 

 vissimo (2 mm long.) suffulta, supera sensim minora (6-12 

 mm long. =8-15 mmlat.) hastato-triangularia, lobis ba- 

 salibus valde productis subtriloba, margine utrinque 

 grosse 3-5-sinuato-undu]ata lobulis apicibusque obtusis 

 saepeque subretusis, albo -cinérea etiam in juventute, ad 

 epiphyllum non v. vix magis viridia. Flores masculi et 

 foeminei in ramulis apicalibus gracilibus elongatis fle~ 

 xuoso-subgeniculatis sessiles, glomerulos densos globo- 

 sos (3-4 mm diam. ) deorsum relaxatos sursum confertos 

 eff orinantes, masculi per anthesin subflavescentes. Theca 

 bractearum suborbicularis (4 mm alt. et lat.) sessilis 

 albo -cinérea coriacella valvis fere a basi liberis v. brevi- 

 ter connatis, deorsum saepius rotundata rarius subcu- 

 neata v. subreniformis, sursum obtusissime rotundata, 

 margine subminute repando -subdenticulata, dorso pla- 

 niuscula etsi callosa, tuberculis 4 subcylindraceis bigemi- 

 natis ornata. 



