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Arbor 15-25-metralis, succo proprio albo, ramis robustis supra- 
axillaribus, siccitate molliter virgatis. Folia elliptica v. ovata acutius- 
cula v. obtusa, rarius brevissime et obtuse acuminata, basi obtusa 
v. aculiuscula, chartacea, margine haud v. vix repanda, circit. 14- 
20 cm. longa, 5-9 cm. lata, petiolo robusto, supra concavo, circit. 
4,5-2 em. longo, basi foveolà alta marginata instructo, nervo medio 
valido, utrinque prominente, lateralibus tenuibus utrinque prominulis 
leviter arcuatis numerosis, aperte parallelis, nervo submarginali 
tenui connexis, cum nervis brevioribus interpositis irregulariter 
alternantibus. 
Epidermidis supere cellule recte delineatæ crystallophoræ, tabu- 
lares, parietibus lateralibus tenuibus minute punctatis, cuticulà crassà 
levi. Epidermidis inferæ cellule recte v. curve delineatæ, caeterum 
conformes, cuticulà mediocri striatà. Stomata oblongo-elliptica, cellulis 
epidermidis minora, cellulis accessoriis lunalis. Hypoderma nullum. 
Mesophyllum bifaciale v. passim subcentricum, circit. 0,42 mm. cras- 
sum. Cellulæ paliformes 2-3 ordinatim dispositæ, ordinis superi 4-plo 
longiores quam latioresnonnunquam transverse divisæ, ordinis secundi 
2-A-plo longiores quam latiores; parenchymatis spongiosi cellula 
inferiores sepe more cellularum paliformium elongatæ. Venarum 
fasciculi immersi, utrinque fibris mechanicis armati v. vaginà fibrosà 
subcontinuà inclusi. Glandula canaliformes parvæ in mesophylli 
regionibus superà et inferà. Crystalla echinata in mesopbyllo, pris- 
matica v. 9-pluri-geminata v. cruci-v. stelli-formia in epidermidis 
cellulis solitaria (nonne calcium sulfat. ?). . 
Flores ad apices ramulorum pauci fasciculati (cymæ contract). 
Folia superiora sub inflorescentia sspe in bracteas lanceolatas pe- 
liolatas mutata; pedicelli basi bracteolis intermixti. Flor. masc. 
circit. 4,5 em. lati, pedicellis cireit. 12 mm. longis. Sepala 4, crassius- 
cula, exteriora ovata obtusa circit. 10 mm. longa, interiora angus- 
liora. Petala 4, tenuiora longiora, oblonga. Phalanges 4, sepalis 
oppositæ polyandræ, filamentis breviter liberis, antheris recurvis fere 
hippocrepicis 2-locularibus, loculis parallelis, rimà late hiante dehis- 
centibus. Rudimentum pistilli fungiforme, capite plano, stipite paulo 
latiore, phalanges longitudine adæquans. Flor. fem. Sepala, petala 
maris. Stamina pauca, irregulariter disposita, solitaria v. bina v. terna 
plus minus approximata, libera, brevia, filamento crassiusculo, brevi, 
anthera hippocrepiformi v. rarius rotundata. Ovarium ovatum in sty- 
Jum brevem crassum contractum, stigmate integro hemisphærico coro- 
natum, 4-loculare. 
