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perulis magnis multis involute, perulis castaneis rotundato-triangularibus, in- 

 ter! oribiis majoribus 1J cm. longis 2cm. latis apice triangulari-acutis apiculatis 

 vel rotundato-apiculatis extus rufo-ferrugineo-tomentosis intus glabris, exteriori- 

 bus minoribus; rhachis panicularum recta erecta rubro-ferrugineo-tomentosa, 

 ramis panicularum simplicibus alternatis a se 1-2 cm. rernotis rectis, inferioribus 

 longioribus 6 cm. longis horizontaliter patentissimis, superioribus graclatim brevi- 

 oribus versus summum panicularum 3 cm. longis rectis ascendentibus sparse 

 brevissime-ferrugineo hirsutis apice umbellam unam gerentibus, umbellis in 

 circumscriptione globosis 2 J cm. in diarnetro circ. 50-radiatis, radiis (vel pedi- 

 cellis florum) toto directione patentissimis rectis Icin. longis gracilibus fer- 

 rugineo-pilosis ; bracteis ad basin ramorum panicularum sitis singulis lineari- 

 lanceolatis l^cm. longis ^cm. latis apice apiculato-acutis basi hand vel vix 

 contractis integris interiore saccato-concavis glabris extus convexis prope basin 

 hirsutis ; bracteolis prope medium ramorum panicularum duabus sitis linearibus 

 4-5 mm. longis acuniinatis basi saccatis extus prope basin hirsutis cseterum 

 glabris ; pedicellis vel radiis umbellarum basi bracteolis singulis linearibus 2 mm. 

 longis instructis ; receptaculum umbellarum globosurn minutum 2 mm. in 

 diametro ; pedicellis apice sub calyce distincte articulatis leviter dilatatis ad 

 bracteolas minutas 5-7 radiatim sitas expansis, bracteolis linearibus -| mm. longis. 

 Calyx glaber, tubo seini-globoso-obconico f mm. longo l^mm. lato, lobis 5 minutis 

 triangularibus ^ mm. longis totiusque latis apice obtusis glabris, sinibus inter 

 lobos rotundatis. Petala 5 caducissima oblongo-triangularia 1^ mm. longa 1 mm. 

 lata apice obtusa basi latissima integra extus primum hirsutissima demurn 

 glabra intus semper glabra. Stamina 5, filamentis dorso complanatis 2 mm. 

 longis ^ mm. latis apice angustissimis hirsutis, antheris oblongis albo-flavis prim- 

 um hirsutis demum glabris 1 mm. longis \ mm. lalis apice leviter basi profunde 

 2-lobatis. Discus conicus mm. altus basi 2 mm. latus basin styli obtegens. 

 Styli 5 a basi sursum usque ad prope apicem connati colurnniformes 1^ mm. 

 longi glabri prope apicem et sub apice plus minus dilatati, partibus dilatatis 

 globiforrnibus, supra partem dilatatam liberi radiatim patentes, partibus paten- 

 tibus \ mm. longis apice stigmatiferis, stigmatibus globosis. Ovarium cum calycis 

 tubo connatum semi-globosum 5-loculare, ovulis in loculo solitariis pendulis 

 anatropis, raphe ventrali. Bacca depresso-globosa 3 mm. longa plus quam 



