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pallide fuscescentes emittens. ARamuli annulis transversis linearibus sesquiun- 
ciam circiter inter sese distantibus notati, novelli pariter ac petioli juniores, 
peduneuli, bracteze spathaceze gemmzeque stipulares pube appressá. fuscescente 
velutini. 
Fori alterna, remota, patentissima, 7 poll. ad pedem longa, 5-4 poll. lata, 
superne haud raro in cuspidem sesquipollicarem. arcuato-reflexam producta, 
inferne acuminata, integerrima, subundulata, supra saturate viridantia, gla- 
berrima, nitida ac venosa, subtus paullo pallidiora, obiter reticulato-venosa 
et ctate primá sub lente pilis sparsis appressis brevibus postea evanescentibus 
instructa, substantiz coriacez sat rigida. 
Pzrion plus pollicem longi, teretes, inferne clavato-incrassati, supra usque 
ad expansionem lamin:z foliaceze utrinque cincti margine angusto, elevato, 
inferne in cicatriculam ramuli circularem continuo, glabriusculi, siccando infra 
substriati. Stipule binz , oppositz, lineares, acuminatz, hinc secus longitudinem 
petiolo marginis instar membranacei ramulum exacte amplectentis basique huie 
inserti adnatze, mox deciduz, extrinsecus, utut jam diximus, pubentes. 
Pedunculi solitarii, terminales, ramulo continui, crassi, leviter arcuati, teretes, 
pube appressá ex toto fusco-velutini, infra florem cincti vestigio circulari bractece 
stipularis, lato-ovatze, membranaces, extus fusco-velutinz,, alabastrum ovale 
acutum ab initio ex integro obvolventis, mox deciduz. 
Fros magnus, lacteus, ast aéri expositus brevi pallide flavicans, tempore im- 
primis matutino odoris suavissimi, jam eminus percipiendi. Corolla e petalis 9-12, 
serie triplice vel quadruplice alternante digestis, s:stivatione semiimbricativis, 
quorum tria (rarius quatuor) externa, calycis vice fungentia, internis triente 
breviora, i. e. vix 2 poll. longa, 2-1 poll. lata, ovalia vel oblongo-ovalia, rotundata 
aut vix acutiuscula, submembranacea, nervis longitudinalibus laxe reticulatis 
immersis vix conspicuis percursa, utrobique porcata, initio erecta et concava, 
pallide sordideque virentia, postea reflexa, planiuscula et in colorem rubro-fuscum 
migrantia; interna 6-9 (s. petala proprie sic dicta) campanulatim conniventia, 
supra basin angustatam constricta, crassa; obovata, concava, superne dilatato- 
rotundata, sspe in mucronem exiguum rufescentem exeuntia, basin versus 
angustata atque crassissima, ibi extra convexa, intus plana et eminentiis aliquot 
linearibus notata, sursum ad marginem tenuiora, nervis immersis laxe reticulato- 
anastomosantibus , paginá convexá externá opaca et ex lacteo flavicantia, paginà 
concavá interná pallide ochracea, punctis immersis ornata materieque viscidà 
nitentia; intima tria intermediis tres poll. longis et fere 2 poll. latis aliquantulo 
latiora. 
SrAurINA circa semipollicaria, angusto-linearia, subtetragona, leviter curvata, 
tori basi dilatato plano-convexz articulatim inserta, laxe imbricata, glabra, 
flavicantia. 4ntherce biloculares, loculis » lateralibus angustis fere ad staminis 
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