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acuta, marginibus utraque latere ad basin angnlo 150' se divari- 

 catis, interdnm circ. angnlo 180°, vel interdum angnlo plns 

 acnto divaricatis, vel basi cnneato- acuta, (folia novella rarius 

 rhomboidea 1-cuspidata), cuspidibus centralibus longioribus 2J cm. 

 longis, 2 cm. latis apice obtusis, cuspidibus lateralibus aîquilongis, 

 valde divaricatis, margine repandato-den'ata, prope basin sub- 

 integra, distincte o-nervia, nervis ad apicem cuspidum attingentibus 

 angnlo 40° a se divaricatis, venulis transversis reticulatis ad 

 basin foliorum semicirculos concentricos ducentibus, supra fusco- 

 pnrpurascentia, nervis venisque impressis, primum indumentis 

 rubescentibus obtecta, demum subglabrata, ad insertionem petiolo- 

 rum brevissime minute cordata 2-glandulosa, glandulis lentiformibns 

 1^ mm. longis, subtus indumentis mollissimis densissimis fulvo-albi- 

 cantibus densissime obtecta, indumentis pilis stellatis, nervis venisque 

 elevatis, petiolis 4-5 cm. longis indumentis densissime obtectis. 

 Flores paniculato-spicati, paniculis terminalibus vel rarius axillari- 

 bus, gracillimis recurvatis, crassiuscule filiformibus, 14 cm. -15 cm. 

 longis, pauci- vel multi-ramosis, ramis divaricatis, densissime 

 stellato-tomentosis. Fl. J : ad nodos plus minus tumidos spicarum 

 glomerati, bracteis minutis cuspidatis rotundatis | mm. longis, 

 pedicellis 2 mm. longis supra basin articulatis. Perianthium 3- 

 partitum, segmentis ovatis, 2 J mm. longis, 1| mm. latis, obtusis 

 extus stellato-tomentosis intus glabris. Stamina oo , circ. 2 mm. 

 longa, antheris latissimis locellis divaricatis distinctis ascendentibus 

 connectivis latissimis, fila mentis distinctis vel basi plus minus 

 connatis. Eudimentum ovarii 0. Fl. Ç ignoti. Fructus ad pani- 

 culam spicatum profuse dispositi, depresso-globosi, 5J mm. in 

 diametro, leviter 3-lobati, (apice plani, inermis), (latere rotundati 

 echinati, echinis reflexis 1 mm. longis), mollissime tomentosi, trival- 

 vatim déhiscentes, (valvis intus glabris), 3-spermi. Semina globosa 



