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tulus; (rami nuUi, nl specimiiia nostra ipsa sint rami caulis ramosi! ■ — 

 in specimine uno tantum, ex axilla folii summi pari modo ac in Aclisia 

 indica Wght. ramus progreditur, paniculam gerens floriferam, dura 

 panicula terniinalis jam per longum tempus deflorata et fructibus ornata 

 sit); internodia i" longa, IV?'" crassa; vaginae laxae, ad apicem 

 caulis sese raginautes, obiique truucatae, in petiolum brevem transeuntes, 

 longitudinaliter uervoso-striatae, glabrae, plerumque 9'" longae, 2'" latae. 

 Folia in sumnio (nec infimoThnb.) caule approximata, basi iu petiolum 

 brevem atteuuata (nec amplexicaulia Thnb.), elllptico-lauceolata (nec 

 ensiformia Thnb.), acuminatissima, cum petiolo 6 — 12'" longo, 8 — 9" longa, 

 18 — 2 4'" lata tenuia, supra atrofusca (In sicc), retrorsum scabriuscula, 

 subtus pallida. , fere flavescentia (nec albida), (iu sicc.) tactu pariter nec 

 tantopere scabriuscula. Pedunculus terminalis erectus, foliatus, cane- 

 scenti-hirtus, foliis suramis longior, tereti - aneulatus ; siccaud.o nunc 

 sulcatus, foliis floralibus tribus munitus; f ol ia floralia subsessilia ample- 

 xicaulia, acuminatissima, 3" inter se distautia; infinium oblongum, SVj" 

 longum, 14'" latum; secundum ovatum, vix 2" longum, 9'" latum; tertium 

 minimum 2V2" ab inflorescentia distans, ovato-lanceolatum, 10'" longum, 

 basi 4'" latum. Panlcula (uec corymbus Thnb.) ovata orecta rara, 

 supra folia exserta, 2 — 2V2" alta, iVz" lata; rami 4— 6-ni in pseudo- 

 verticillos 4 — 5 sat distautes cougesti, patentes, racemosi, slmplices, 

 bracteis suffulti et bracteolls ad pedicellorum insertiones promlnulas 

 muiiiti, cauescenti - hirtuli, vix 9"' lougi; bracteae oblongae obtusae, 

 ramis adpressae, dein in fructifera panicula subreflexae, persistentes, 

 2^2 — 2" longae, 9'" latae; bracteolae miuutae glabrae, araplexantes, 

 ovatae acutae, tenues, fuscescentes (in sicc), diu persistentes, dein 

 deciduae, vix Vj'" longlores; pedicelli simul 2 — 3, succedauee 6 — 7 

 uniflori progredleutes, secundi , erecti , fructiferi crassiores subcurvati, 

 apicem versus paulo incrassati. Perigonium 6-phyllum, sub anthesi 

 patens, persisteus, externum herbaceum viride (in sicc. fuscum) glabrum; 

 foliola ovata acuta, basi leviter et subito angustata, concava, nervosa; 

 interna alba fusco-punctata obovato-subrotunda, dein oblongo-obovata, 

 tenula. Stamina 6 fertllia aequalla perslstentia; filamenta glabra, 

 plana, basi paulo crassiora, apicem versus atteuuata et saepe paulo cur- 

 vata; antherae filamentis aequilongae, erectae, complanatae subrotundae, 

 aut si loculi supra connexivum oblongum corrugatum complicatum con- 

 niventes evadant, a latere visae oblongae, equidem subcurvatae, utrinque 

 sed basi profundius blfidae, compressae; ioculi connectivi margini 

 utrinque adnati, subcurvati, teretiusculi, obtusi, per totara longitudinem 

 rima dehiscentes. G ermen oblongo-subglobosum, 3-loculare; gemmulae 

 in loculis biseriatae; stylus erectus; supra medlum incurvus, truncatus; 

 stigma subcapitatum papillosura, germinis verticem spectans. Fructus 

 perigonii foliojis adpressls aut subreflexis stanilnlbusque cincti, globosi. 



