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Descriptio: Rami teretes glabri, novelli internodiis 

 compressis rufescenti-pubescentes. Folia in innovationibus 

 novioribus novissimisque opposita petiolata, petiolo (c. 47.2™"*' 

 longo) semitereti superne canaliculato rufescenti - pubes- 

 cente ; lamina subinæquilatera obovata, vel rarius ovali, basi 

 acuta vel obtusa vel rotundata, apice obtusa vel rotundata 

 et sæpissime emarginata, (c. 25 — 45™™' longa et c. 20 — 

 28™™- lata), pellucido - punctata (adultissimorum interdum 

 impellucida) ; supra glabra, nervo medio impresso pilis spar- 

 sis adpressis pubescente, venis utroque latere circiter 7 

 patentibus vel pæne patentissimis cum venulis interjectis 

 plurimis reticulatis elevatis, vena marginali valde arcuata 

 indistincta; subtus glabrata, nervo medio prominente venis 

 venulisque minus elevatis. Gymæ corymbiformes circiter 

 3 — 9-flora rufescenti-pubescentes, bracteis bracteolisque 

 citissime caducis, in axillis cataphyllorum ramorum pygmæ- 

 orum vel ex axillis foliorum infimis innovationum novissi- 

 marum sotitariæ vel rarius duæ seriatim superpositæ (et 

 tunc longo spatio pedunculis coalitis), longe pedunculata 

 pedunculo (c. 14 — 44™™- longo) piano, præsertim sub ra- 

 mis ubi latissimo; rami infimi sæpe^ seriatim superpositi, 

 quorum supremus sæpe cum axi parente longo spatio 

 coalitus (vide fig. 9, A.). Flores sessiles bracteolis minimis 

 citissime caducis stipati. Germen (c. 3™™- long.) turbinatum, 

 2 — 3-loculare, ovulis in loculis subbiseriatis. Sepala 5 valde 

 inæqualia (extimum c. 1™™-, intimum c. 8™™- long.), extus 

 pubescentia, intus glabra, caduca. Petala ovata basi in un- 

 guem brevem augustata glabra ciliata c. 7-nervia (c. 8™™ 

 long, et c. 5™™- lat.). Pars staminifera disci superi plani 

 pubescens. Stamina plurima, petalis longiora (c. 13™™- 

 long.). Stylus rectus vel superne curvatus (c. 9 — 10™™- 

 long.). Baccæ ellipsoideo - sphæroideæ (c. 26'"'"- longæ, 

 et c. 23"""- latæ). Embryo (c. 15™"'- longus et c. 11™™- 

 latus) radicula minima sed distincta, cotyledonibus inæqua- 

 libus marginibus inferne coalitis, ceterum liberis, plumula 

 indistincta. 



