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coloratis dense castaneo-ciliolatis. Folia chartacea vel chartaceo-coriacea lineari- 

 oblanceolata vel oblongo-oblanceolata 5-12 cm. longa 14-26 mm. lata apice 

 cuspidato-acuminata basi gradatim angustata ima basi obtusa ad extremitatem 

 acuta, costa supra irnpressa subtus complanato-elevata, venis supra subtusque 

 tenuissime visis planis haud impressis haud elevatis gracillimis, venulis haud 

 visis, venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere circ. 10-12, mediis a costa 

 angulo 50" egressis, margine integerrirna haud recurva pagine supra glaberrima 

 in exsiccato flavo-fulvescentia subtus purpureo-rubescentia glabra subglaucescen- 

 tia, petiolis 5-15 mm. longis glabris intus canaliculatis in exsiccato fuscentibus. 

 Paniculae ad folia superiora axillares cum pedunculis 8-10cm. longse pauci-flo- 

 ratse, pedunculis 4-5 cm. longis glabris conaplanatis, pedicellis ultimis circ. 1cm. 

 longis apice haud dilatatis ad calycem haud abeuntibus glabris. Calyx cum 

 segmentis 6-7 mm. longus extus glaber intus densissime hirsutus fere 6-fidus, 

 segmentis lineari-oblongis 5 mm. longis 2^ mm. latis apice obtusissimis basi haud 

 contractis circ. 10 nerviis, nervis pa- 

 rallelis, intus fere glabris sed prope 

 apice hirsutis et ad basin strigoso-hir- 

 sutis margine integris extus glabris 

 sursum tenuissime pubescentibus vel 

 subglabris. Stamina ordinis I. et II. 

 eglandulosa, filamentis linearibus com- 

 planatis 2J mm. longis glabris ad basin 

 hirsutis, antheris lineari-oblongis 1^- 

 1^ mm. longis ^ mm. latis apice obtusis 

 glabris introrsum 4-locellatis ; ordinis 

 III. filamentis basi plus minus dilatatis 



Fig. 57, Maehilus arisanensis HAYA- 

 TA ; a, a flower ; b, a stamen of the outer 

 series ; c, a istamen of the inner series, one 

 is seen from within, the other from without, 

 two inferior cells are extrorse, while the 

 other superior introrse. 



plus hirsutis utroque latere glandulis stipitiformibus 1 mm. longis auctis, antheris 

 extrorsum 4-locellatis; stamina ordinis IV. abortiva (staminodia) linearia lmm. 

 longa ^mm. lata apice triangulari-acuta complanata extus intusque hirsuta apice 

 glabra. Ovarium glabrum obovoideum vel globosum 2 mm. longum minus quam 

 2 mm. latum apice apiculato-contractum cum stylo articulatum basi truncatum 

 1 mm. latum, stylo filiformi 2-2^ mm. longo glabro, stigmate leviter 2-lobato. 

 Fructus perfecte globosus 8-9 mm. in diametro, pedicellis incrassatis 7 mm. 



