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tomentosi, ferruginei, seniores glabrescentes, cinerascentes, nitiduli, cor- 

 tice rimis raris longitudinalibus pallide cinereis flsso; petioli brevis- 

 simi, teretes, ferrugineo - tomentosi ; folia novissima supra dense 

 cinereo-puberula, subtus in nervo intermedio praecipue ferrugineo- 

 tomentosa, marginibus lateralibus vix involutis, acumine subglabro lsete 

 viridi supra innovationes incurvo, adolescentia herbacea, supra laete 

 viridia, farina cinerea abstergibili vestita, subtus pallide viridia, pilis 

 stellatis raris ferrugineis obspersa, nervo intermedio subtus dense ferru- 

 gineo -tomentoso, adulta tenuia, rigidiuscula, membranaceo- herbacea, 

 longe obovata, basi angusta subcordata, acumine acutiusculo terminata, 

 supra glaberrima, nitidula, saturate viridia, sub lente glandulis sparsis 

 immersis punctata, subtus subopaca, pallide viridia, in nervo intermedio 

 parce ferrugineo-tomentosa, ceterum glabra, pinninervia ; nervus inter- 

 medius subtus pallidus, laterales utrinsecus 5-7, supra sicut nervus inter- 

 medius obscure sulcati, subtus paulo prominentes, saluratius quam inter- 

 venia virides, pellucidi, arcubus marginalibus venisque raris oblique 

 transversis angulatis inter se conjuncli; paniculae (terminatae !) parvae, 

 ca. 15-20- florae, in ramis brevibus lateralibus terminales, compositae; 

 pedunculi teretes, dense ferrugineo-tomentosi ; paniculae rami laterales 

 1-5-flori; bracteae et bracteolae (in ramo quovis 1-4) sessiles, parvae, 

 squamiformes, ovatae, acutae, virides, nitidulae, subglabrae; cujusvis floris 

 pedicellus proprius (supra bracteas) brevissimus, obconicus, basi ferru- 

 gineus, apice glabrescens; alabastra globosa; sepala crassa, coriacea, 

 arcte imbricala, convexa, orbicularia, subaequalia, extus basi ferruginea, 

 ceterum glabra, viridia, nitidula, margine ciliolata, intus glabra, pallide 

 viridia; corolla odore gravi gratissimo hyacinthino, in alabaslro extus 

 dense et appresse strigosa, ferruginea, metalli limati instar nitida, in 

 anthesi la te infundibularis, magis aperta quam in E. tomentosa, subrotata, 

 profunde 5-fida, lobis late obcordatis, dextrorsum contorto-induplicatis, 

 tubo brevissimo, obconico, extus nit'ido, albo, intus rubro, deorsum in 

 fascias 5 mesopetalas trianguläres, extus dense et appresse ferrugineo- 

 slrigosas, intus rubras glabras nitidas fisso, loborum segmentis latera- 

 libus implicatis, quam fasciae lenuioribus, attamen multo crassioribus et 

 magis carnosis quam in E. tomentosa, glabris, flavis, nitidulis, margine 

 paulo involuto, crispatulo, vix fimbriolato; filamenta 5 bre via, crassa, 

 alba (in alabastro rosea), nitida, glabra, basi in annnlum commissuralem 

 flavum nitidum connata necdentata; antherae cordatse, apice roslratse, 

 pallide fiavee, rimis 2 lateralibus longitudinalibus extrorsum déhiscentes, 

 supra Stigma connivenles, in alabastro stigmatis sulcis impressae; discus 



