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the position of the whorls and when the leaves fall giving a 
nodulose character to the branches. Branchlets of the year 
reddened wax-glaucous about 1.5 mm. in diameter densely 
glandular, glands red ovoid on long setiform red greasy stalks 
or globular on short stalks; older branches soon becoming 
grey-white and red-punctulate with bases of fallen glands 
ultimately dark grey before decorticating. Foliage-buds small 
acute purple with wax-bloom ; outer scale-leaves keeled tailed 
from a rounded base glabrous ; innermost scale-leaves ligulate- 
spathulate membranous ; young leaves revolute (?), upper sur- 
face and margin glandular, glands with long stalks, the former 
also puberulous, under surface sprinkled with white capitate 
glands on short red stalks ; petiole glandular like upper surface. 
Leaves petiolate, as much as 5 cm. long; lamina rigid thickly 
leathery elliptic or elliptic-oblong as much as 4.3 cm. long 
and 2.5 cm. broad rounded at apex and apiculate, apiculus 
often 1.5 mm. long ending in a red tubercle-like hydathode, 
margin thickly cartilaginous recurved somewhat undulate and 
obscurely roughened with feet of fallen glands, base broadly 
obtuse or truncate or rounded and slightly cordulate; upper 
surface opaque smooth sprinkled with a few glands and flocks 
and spotted with bases of fallen similar glands and flocks, 
midrib grooved reddened and at the base lined by glands, 
primary veins concealed; under surface paler glaucous often 
pinkish punctulate all over with glands, midrib elevated, primary 
veins pink and with ultimate venation slightly raised ; petiole 
grooved as much as 7 mm. long red more or less glandular with 
setiform and other glands. Flowers in pairs (occasionally 3 or 1) 
each pair forming a 2-flowered terminal umbel ; bracts and brac- 
teoles unknown ; pedicels long slender 3 cm. or more long stiff 
erect glaucous and reddened more or less coated with setiform 
glands and shorter glands and with an occasional floccose hair. 
Calyx small about 2.5 mm. long; cup fleshy pulvinately swollen 
at base glabrous outside glaucous erubescent ; lobes equalling 
cup broadly triangular or semi-lunate or rounded glabrous on 
losi (glandulis stipitatis brevibus et setiformibus) mox glabrescentes. Alabastra 
cerifera. Folia ad m. longa; lamina rigide coriacea elliptica vel elliptico- 
oblonga ad 4.3 cm. longa 2.5 cm. lata longe apiculata basi late obtusa vel rotun- 
data vel subcordulata; supra o dulis floccisque plus minusve con- 
i osea 3.5 cm. longa ubique glabra 5-loba; lobi rotundati. 
ab = breviora; filamenta puberula. Discus 
Stylus basi glandulosus. 
