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ima saltcm basi cohacrente ancti. Foliola petioli apici haod 

 iucrassato umbellatim inserta pedicellata, 6 — 10, plenim- 

 qiie 7 — 9, magnitndine valde disparia, exteriora seil, multo 

 inajora, intima aliqnando valde dirainuta, omiiia in sicco ri- 

 gide merabrauacea vix coriaceo- raembranacea, glabra, sapra 

 atro-viridia, subtus pallida, pedicellis seraiteretibus autice 

 canalicnlalis 1/3 — 2, raro 3 cent. longis siistenta, obovato- 

 oblonga vel lauceolato- oblonga, versus basin cuneatam valde 

 angnstata in pedicellam fere decurrentia, apice brevi-acu- 

 miuata, maxinia 12 — 15 cent. longa, 5 — 6 snpra medinm 

 lata, alia 9 — 10 cent. longa, 21/2 — 31/2 'ata, intima sub- 

 inde vix 3 — 2 cent. longa^ niarginibns demiim aliquid iuro- 

 lutis spinuloso-serrata, scrraturis crebris densis inaequalibus 

 fere accumbeiitibus, versus basin et praesertim minora foliola 

 subintegerriraa; venulae e nervo medio patulae pleruraque al- 

 ternacj subtus praesertim prominulae et versus margines ana- 

 stomosantes. InfLorescentia (an terminalis?) snbpaniculata 

 ,18 cent, alta, axi auguloso ramos alternos 10 — 15 cent, 

 longos et longiores racemose Horiferos exserente, Bractea 

 ad cujusvis rarai basiu lato -linearis coriacea glabra revoluta 

 5 — 8 mm. longa. Rami ßoriferi racemos compositos spi- 

 catos filiformes refereutcs, inferue glabri superne fusce floc- 

 coso-puberuli, ramulos inferne sparsos, versus apiccm den- 

 sos, brevissimos geront quibus siugulis flores 6 — 2 inscrti 

 sunt. Racemult ejusraodi 4 — 1 mm. longi, summi in glo- 

 merulum fere coiitracti aliquando pedicellos fcrc umbellatim 

 dispositos suffülciunt. Bracteae ad basiu racemulorum sub- 

 naviculares lanccolatae minutae puberulae vel glabralac. Pe- 

 dicclli utplurimum racemose dispositH 1 — 1 '/2 "^'"- long' 

 sursuui purumper incrassali puberuli, siuguli hracteola exi- 

 gua teuera floccoso- pubernia sustenti. Flores omnes adhuc 

 clausi gloliosi vel ovato-globosi 1 — 2 mm. lougi, summi in 

 gingulo raccmulo majores, inferiores minores sed couformcs, 



