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Suffrutex elatns, raiuosus. Caiilis inferne nudus subero- 

 sus, ramis villis j^atentibiis elongatis densis et prtcterea in- 

 dumento brevi pubescente prseditus. Folia ovato-oblonga, 

 apice obtusiuseiila breviter apicnlata, marginibus deltoidee 

 convergentibus, basi cordata, petiolata; petiolus rigidiuscnlus 

 breviter fusco-pubescens et prpeterea villis raris caducis nunc 

 prteditus; lamina crassiusciila. supra pure viridis breviter ad- 

 presse puberula, subtus fuscescenti-subtomentelia, sordide vi- 

 ridis; nervatio reticulata, nervis anastomosantibus subtus 

 prominulis paginam inferiorem areolantibus; serratura con- 

 stans ex crenis mediocribus crebris ssepe duplicatis. Inflo- 

 rescentia laxe paniculata, axibus primariis basi glaberrimis 

 pruinosis, superne cum ramulis pilis brevibus villis longio- 

 ribus commixtis obtectis, bracteis lanceolato-setaceis parvis 

 pubescentibus ; verticillastri biflori, ± distantes, pedicellis 

 quam calix brevioribus breviter pubescentibus, bracteolis brac- 

 teis similibus. Calix sub anthesin campanulato-tubulascens, 

 pubescens, nervis parum prominulis, sequaliter 5-dentatus, 

 dentibus triangulari-sublanceolatis, pequalibus; maturus tubu- 

 losus, auctus, glabrescens nervis longitudinalibus valide trans- 

 versim scaliformiter anastomosantibus, intus superne villis 

 sparsis prceditus. Corolla magna, extus breviter pilosula, tubo 

 superne sensim ampliato, elongato, longe exserto; labrum 

 erectiusculum, ovatum, apice emarginatum; lobi laterales ro- 

 tundati, breves; labiolum cynibiforme, stipato-defractum, apice 

 minute pleuridiatum. Stamina proterandrica, super labiolum 

 dejecta, antheris glabris, roseo-cinctis, filamentis dense bar- 

 bato-pubescentibus. Stylus glaber, post staminum maturita- 

 tem longe exsertus, apice minute bifidus. Nuculee oblongte, 

 atrse, nitidse, obscure trigonee. 



Planta (ex cl. Lindman) 1 — 2 mm. alta, internodiis cau- 

 linaribus mediocribus (1 — 4 cm. longis), in inflorescenticC ramis 

 prsesertim in parte pruinosa magis elongatis. Foliorum lim- 

 bus superiicie ad 6 — 8x3 — 4 cm., petiolus 1—3 cm. longus; 

 crenarum culmina 1 — 3 mm. alta. Inflorescentia tota ad 40 

 cm. alta; pedicelli 2 — 5 mm. longi; bractese 1 — 1,5 mm. longcB. 

 Calicis sub anthesin 7 mm. longi tubus 5,5—6 mm. profun- 

 dus, dentes 1 — 1,5 mm. longi; calicis maturi 10 — 11 mm. longi 

 tubus circa 9 mm. profundus, dentes 2 mm. longi. Corolla calicis 

 OS circa 1,5 cm. exeedens, tubo circiter 1,5 cm. longo, labro 5 mm. 



