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but not very freely, purplish, rough with minute spreading scale-like projections, 
up to I inch diameter at base, where it is strongly rooted ; young branches yV inch 
diameter, branches widely divergent. Leaves alternate, longer than the intemodes. 
patent, obovate, sessile, flattish, face convex longitudinally and transversely, 
about I inch long, over | inch broad, over inch thick, glabrous, greyish green ; 
young leaves with a whitish bloom, quite flat on face. Inflorescence terminal, 
of I to 4^owers. '* Sepals linear, 3 mm. long, distinct nearly to the base, petals 
yellow, distinct, longer than the sepals ; stamens 10 ; carpels 5, widely spreading, 
with long styles." 
