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Arbuscula vel arbor, saepe e basi valde ramosa, 5—25 M alta, 0.10-- 

 1 M. diam. aut latiore, cortice betulino, exasperato, aetate progressa atrato, 

 desquamante. R a m u 1 i patentes, nutantes, teretes, laeves, novelli tomentosi 

 glabrescentes, sparse resinoso-punctati, sparse lenticeilati. Folia obovata, 

 vel late-oblonga, basi subcuneala saepe rotundata. breviter in petiolum atte- 

 nuata, apice rotundata, margine vix recurvula, supra glabra demum lucida, 

 minutissime glandulosa, nitidula, atro-viridia, subtus appresse pulverulento- 

 glaucescentia, in sicco saepe fulva, opaca, abscondite resinoso-punctata, costa 

 subtus subglabra, elevata, nervis 5-15, obsolete reticulato-venosis; 4.-12 c.M. 

 longa, 2.-6 c.M. lata, sapore amaro et subsalso; petiolus mediocris 

 glabrescens, 0 5-2 c.M. longus. Inflorescentia terminalisj paniculata, 

 bracteata raro subfoliosa, 3-15 c. M. longa, 10-15 c. M. diam.; 

 p a n i c u 1 a e terminales et ex axillis foliorum supremorum, solitariae aut 

 geminatae pedunculatae, ramis 1-3 pedunculatis, cymis densis cepha- 

 loideis aut rarius elongatis dissiti-floris, 1-1.5 c.M. longis, 1-2 c.M. latis, 

 e floribus 2-12 decussatis composita, pedunculis viridibus vel subfuscis 

 obsolete quadrangularibus, dense appresse furfuraceis subglabrescentibus, 

 dense resinoso-punctatis, et glandulis verrucosis dense adspersis, b r a c t e i s 

 parvis, sessilibus rotundato-ovatis, extus a basi ad medium usque dense 

 tomentosis apicem versus glabratis, viridibus mox atratis, scariosis deciduis, 

 b'r a c t e o 1 u 1 i s binis, rotundo-ovatis vel subreniformibus obtusis, extus 

 rugosis, inferne usque ad medium dense tomentosis apicem versus glabris, 

 lucidentibus, infus glabris, vel inferne albo-pilosis, utrimque resinoso- 

 punctatis, ciliatis, 0.3-0.5 c.M. diam. Flores sessiles, pro geuere magni, 

 suaveolentes, 0.7-1 c.M. longi, 1.2-1.5 c. M. diam. Calyx persistens, 

 magnus, laciniis subinaequalibus, rotundo-ovatis, subtrinervis, dense ciliatis, 

 extus rugulosis, viridibus, mox scariosis, inferne dense albo-tomentosis, 

 superne glabris, nitidis, intus glabris, lucescentibus, utrinque sparse resinoso- 

 punctatis, 0,5-0.6 c.M. longis, 0.3-0.5 c.M. latis. Corolla pro geuere 

 magna, flava mox subaurantiaca, crassiuscula, post antliesin delapsa, 

 subregularis, pro 2 / 3 incisa, tubo campanulato, calycem aequale vel vix 



