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herbacei, sordide virides vel sanguinei, glabri, nitidi, apice 
furfure rufo asperi; folia decussata, homoeomorpha, isopleura; 
petioli longi, teretes, supra obscure et anguste sulcati, san- 
guinei, nitidr, apice utrinque setis brevibus divergentibus bi- 
farie asperi, ceterum subglabri, rufo-leprosi; cuiusvis iugi folia 
in caule aequalia, in ramis lateralibus alternatim nunc trans- 
verse opposita et aequalia, nunc valde inaequalia, alterum cen- 
tripetale altero centrifugali multo minus; lamina ovato-lan- 
ceolata , basi anguste subcordata, apice sensim in acumen rectum 
vel subfalcatum obtusiusculum mucronulatum attenuata, supra 
basin usque ad apicem regulariter serrulata, herbacea, semi- 
pellucida, superne laete viridis, glaberrima, lucida, subtus paulo 
pallidior, nitidula, in nervis venisque furfure raro aspersa, ce- 
terum glabra, quintuplinervis et praeterea utrinque nervo sub- 
tili marginali cincta; nervi venis crebris transversis parallelis 
inter se coniuncti, intermedius subtus sanguineus; nervi ve- 
naeque supra conspicue sulcati, subtus costati; flores mi- 
nuti, in cymis axillaribus sessilibus congesti; pedicelli aequi- 
longi, breves, teretes, glabri, pallide sanguinei, nitiduli; calyx 
luteo-viridis, glaber, nitidulus, apice urceolatus, minute 5- 
dentatus; petala 5 lanceolata, acuta, glabra, rosea, nitidula, 
cum calycis dentibus alternantia, valde reflexa; filamenta 
10 aequalia, urceoli margini inserta, roseo-albida, glabra, ni- 
tore vitreo, parum curvata, apice subito attenuato recta; 
antherae oblongae, apice emarginatae, basi dorso calcare 
minuto praeditae, pallide flavae; stylus teres, pallide roseus, 
nitore vitreo, decurvatus, stigmate minuto terminatus; cap- 
sula globosa, obscure 4—5-sulcata, annulo minute 5-dentato 
umbilicata, 4—5-locularis , polysperma, iuvenilis sicut pedicel- 
lus luteo-viridis, nitidula , matura sicut pedicellus sicca, nigra; 
septa membranacea, brunnea; placentae breviter ungui- 
culatae, falcatae, ascendentes , Curvatae; semina minuta, 
ochracea, nitida, cuneiformia , angulata. 
Caulis usque ad 6 mm. crassus, internodiis 1—9 em. longis; petiolus 
usque ad 7 em. longus; lamina usque ad 15 cm. longa, 6,5 em. lata; calyx 
3mm, longus, 2 mm. latus; petala 4 mm. longa, vix 1,5 mm. lata; capsula 
5 mm. lata, 4 mm. longa, pedicello 6 mm. longo. 
