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stelïatae ± 7 mm. diametrum metientis, pallide flava margi- 

 nibus recurvatis sibimet arcte appressis hinc calcar breve 

 obtusum concavum extrorsum spectans juxta marginem infe- 

 riorem utrinque costa longitudinali horizontali prominula in- 

 structum, efformantibus, in centro depressa angulo interiore in 

 dentem oblique erectum membranum antherarura subaequantem 

 protracto. Gynostegium breviter stipitatum, stipes ± 1 mm., 

 antherarum membranum latiusculum, acutiusculum stigma 

 breviter superans. Corpuscula minuta brunnea, pollinia sessilia 

 deltoidea, apice oblique truncata cerina margine postico pellucida 

 ± 3 / 4 mm - longa, apice ± l [ 5 mm. lata. Ovaria 2, sibimet 

 appressa, ovoidea viridia glabra, ± 1V 3 mm. longa styli liberi, 

 ± 2 / 3 mm. longi cylindrici virides glabri, stigmate communi 

 obtusiuscule rostrato coronati. Gynoecium totum 3V2 mm. 

 longum. Folliculi adhuc ignoti. 



Frutex subscandens, succo lacteo albo glutinoso repletus, 

 rami teretes glabri, cortice griseo. Folia opposita densa inter- 

 nodiis plus quam duplo longiora, hinc in sicco imbricata. 

 Stipulae minutae, triangulares, acutae, caducae. Petioli breves 

 suberecti, 2 — 3 mm. longi, supra planiusculi, subtus convexi. 

 Folia pro genere tenuia, subcarnosa e basi cordata elliptico- 

 subobovata acutiuscula integerrima lucidula 40 — 60 mm. longa, 

 20 — 30 mm. lata, in medio ± 3 / 4 mm. crassa nascentia in 

 margine costaque paree pilifera, mox glabra laete viridia utrin- 

 que minutissime albido-punctata, distincte pinninervia, costa 

 media basi prominula, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7 — 10, patulis, 

 pellucidis, haud longe a margine ramos arcuatim confluentes 

 emittentibus, in vivo immersis in sicco vix prominulis. 



Duae formae exstant nonnisi in anthesi distinguendae: 



1. concolor. Phylla coronae stamineae ommino flavae. 



2. bicolor. Phylla coronae stamineae in medio purpureo- 

 maculata. 



Legerunt: 1. Zollinger, ad pedem montis Lamongan. 16, T, 

 1845. [N°. 2620!] 



