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narrowly ovoid acute and about 4mm. in diameter — crustaceo- 

 coriaceous tawny about 8 mm. long, the lower part rounded 

 sheathing about 3 mm. long and broad prolonged upwards 

 into a tail of about 5 mm. long, outside eglandular more 

 or less greasily flocco."se, intermediate scale -leaves longer 

 and broader without tails but mucronate somewhat ovate, 

 innermost scale-leaves convolute membranaceous yellow- 

 brown as much as 2-7 cm. long and 4 mm. broad acute 

 often mucronulate, greasily floccose on the back at the apex 

 and on the margin, glabrous inside except at the sericeous 

 apex ; juvenile leaves revolute the upper surface and the 

 midrib of the lower surface very densely tomentose with 

 long many-branched floccose hairs which are often greasy 

 rufously coloured and are intricately interwoven, rest of 

 the lower surface very glabrous ; juvenile petiole greasily 

 tomentose. Leaves petiolate as much as 12'5 cm. long; 

 lamina papery lanceolate as much as 11*5 cm. long and 

 3 cm. broad somewhat acuminate at the apex where is a 

 terminal horny tubercle, margin somewhat flat obscurely 

 undulate crenulate and marked by the vestiges of juvenile 

 fallen hairs, base cuneate; upper surface brown-olive coloured 

 mat the midrib grooved the primary veins as many as 15 

 pairs inconspicuous, the whole surface smooth and glabrous 

 but marked occasionally by the vestiges of j u venile flocks ; 

 under surface paler often tawny somewhat glossy, mid- 

 rib reddening and with the primary veins elevated glab- 

 rescent punctulate or marked by the vestiges of fallen 

 flocks or somewhat densel}^ floccose tomentose with greasy 

 hairs, the whole surface elsewhere glabrous epunctulate, 

 the reticulation of the veinlets slightly conspicuous, the 

 epidermis epapillate ; petiole about 1 cm. long red some- 

 what thick somewhat glabrescent marked by vestiges of 

 juvenile flocks. Flowers as many as eight (even fewer) 

 in a racemose-umbel with a slender axis as much as 

 1"5 cm. long and more or less clad with floccose inter- 

 twined hairs ; bracts deciduous unknown ; bracteoles ruf- 

 escent very narrowly ligulate as much as 1*2 cm. long- 

 and silkilj'- pilose; pedicels about 1'5 cm. long, slender 

 reddish-brown very glabrous but occasionally provided 

 with a few floccose hairs. Calj'x minute cupular fleshy 

 about 1*5 mm. long, cup very glabrous, o-lobed ; lobes semi- 



