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but not very freely, purplish, rough with minute spreading scale-like projections, 

 up to I inch diameter at base, where it is strongly rooted ; young branches yV i^ch 

 diameter, branches widely divergent. Leaves alternate, longer than the intemodes, 



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patent, obovate, sessile, flattish, face convex longitudinally and transversely, 

 about j inch long, over J inch broad, over ^V i^ch thick, glabrous, greyish green ; 

 young leaves with a whitish bloom, quite flat on face. Inflorescence terminal, 

 of I to 4^flowers. " Sepals Unear, 3 mm. long, distinct nearly to the base, petals 

 yellow, distinct, longer than the sepals ; stamens 10 ; carpels 5, widely spreading, 

 with long styles." 



