352 GUTTIFERÆ (J. VESQUE). 
Arbor 13-20 m. alta, trunco 40-55 cm. diametiente, ramulis rectis, 
sat gracilibus, ultimis 2,5 mm. crassis, subquadrato-compressis, pæn- 
uitimis subteretibus 5 mm. crassis, siccitate irregulariter striatis, 
cortice atro-griseo vestitis, internodiis circa 28 mm. longis. Folia 
elliptica, apice obtusa v. obtusissime acuminata, basi cuneata in pe- 
tiolum semiteretem v. supra plus minusve canaliculatum contracta, 
1-10 cm. longa, 3-5 em. lata, rigide chartacea, supra nitidula, subtus 
opaca, margine irregulariter repando-undulata, petiolo 8-10 cm. 
longo, basi foveolà brevi late marginata instructo, nervo medio valido 
utrinque prominente, lateralibus circa 16, aperte parallelis (circit. 60°), 
leviter arcuatis, subtus vix conspicuis, supra immerso-prominulis, cum 
nervis brevioribus sepius singulis alternantibus, nervo marginali 
inconspicuo. 
Epidermidis superæ et inferæ cellule prope parietem externam 
undulatim, basi recte delineatæ, tabulares, circit. 14 in centesima 
parte millim. quadrati, cuticula crassiuscula levi v. ad cellulas acces- 
sorias stomatum tantum ostiolum versus striata. Stomata elliptica 
cellulas epidermidis superficie fere adæquantia, cellulis accessoriis 
latis lunatis. Hypoderma nullum. Mesophyllum bifaciale, circit. 14-se- 
riatum, 0,35 mm. crassum. Cellulæ paliformes 3-ordinatim dispositæ, 
superiores 6-plo, inferiores 3-plo longiores quam latiores, dimidium 
fere mesophyllum implentes. Nervorum lateralium fasciculi immersi, 
utrinque fibris mechanicis armati. Nervi medii fascicullus arcuatus, 
marginibus argute inflexus ad lateres subdisjunctus, vagina fibrosa 
inclusus. Glandulæ canaliformes mediocres in mesophyllo atque pa- 
renchymate nervorum numerosissim:e, e phloémate fasciculi haud ex- 
sules sed minores. Crystalla echinata in mesophyllo rara. 
Flores (masc.) in axillis foliorum ad pulvinos axillares paucifloros 
bracteatos et bracteolatos, v. potius racemos brevissimos, rachi de- 
florato 6 mm. longo, 3-7-floros inserti, bracteis bracteolisque (pro- 
phyllis) homomorphis, triangulari-navicularibus, 1-1,5 mm. longis, 
pedicellis erassiusculis, 4-5 mm. longis, 1,5-2 mm. crassis ; fere glo- 
bosi, 10 mm. diametientes. Sepala 4 valde inæqualia, exteriora trans- 
verse elliptica, 2 mm. longa, 4,5 mm. lata, coriacea, interiora orbi- 
culata, valde concava, coriacea, margine membranacea, 8-9 mm. 
longa et lata. Petala 4, cum sepalis (in globo) alterna imbricata, se- 
palis interioribus paulo longiora, obovata, apice obtusa v. rotundata 
v. truncata albicanti-fusca, ungue cuneato crassiuseulo carnosulo. 
Phalanges staminum 4, oppositipetalæ liberæ, pallide brunneze, spa- 
thulato-triangulares, 5,5 mm. longe, apice lato truncatæ, extus et 
intus. antheriferze. Antherae mæ minulæ, didymæ, loculis 
