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lignum pallide ochraceo-fuscum v. albidum, durum, a. 
tignariis inprimis ad tabulas fabricandas aptum habetur. 
Rami teretes, epidermide solubili. Ramuli teretiusculi vel 
internodiis inprimis apicem versus compressis, pubescentes 
v. parce tomentosi. Folia opposita, coriacea, rigida, pe- 
tiolo 5—8%m Jongo, sæpissime cum basi nervi medii nigre- 
scente, supra tomentello , glandulis ad basin petiolis el- 
sr 
lipticis v. fere orbicularibus, oblonga v. oblongo-elliptica, 
"interdum subobovata, basi obtusa, rotundata v. interdum i i 
anguste subcordata, apice breviter acuminata, obtusa, | 
margine undulata, - subreflexa , supra puberula , opaca, 
nervis impressis rugulosa, rele venularum prominulo, 
subtus nervo medio lateralibusque numerosis parallelis 
prope marginem in nervum marginalem crassum anastomo= É 
Fa 
santibus et venulis valde prominentibus, dense pubescentia, 
canescentia, nervis in fuscum transeuntibus ; 6—12" 
longa, 21—31m Jata. Racemi terminales, elongati, multi- 
flori, 25 et forte ultra longi, compositi; - flores 2—4 
in pedunculis brevissimis, oppositis longe pedicellati, ver- 
ticillos plus minusve remotos efformantes; pedicelli cen- 
timetrum longi, pedunculi rachisque dense pubescentes; 03 
bracteæ et bracteolæ deciduæ, oblongæ, pubescentes, vi- 
rides. Calycis foliola 2 exteriora lateralia minora, lato- 
oblonga, apice rotundata, 8"" longa, anteriora latiora, 
obovato-orbicularia v. fere orbicularia, 82" longa et to- 
tidem circiter lata, rotundata v. subemarginata, omnia 
foliacea, viridia, basi intus maculata, margine undulata et 
subcrispa, utrinque pubescentia, ciliata; quintum posticum 
reliquis fere æquilongum sed latius, naviculari-concavum, 
extus serice0o-canescens, intus glabrum, basi in calcar 
ipsi æquilongum, c. 7% longum, clavatum, crassum, pilis 
patentibus villosum extepsum.  Petalum unicum, late ob- 
cordatum, apice emarginatum, margine crispum, glabrum, 
membranaceum , primo album, deinde flavum, basi lineis 
