Ericaceae. 
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Diplycosia heterophylla Bl. Frutex vel arbnscula cpiphytica vet 
rarius terrestris, ramulis initio nonnullis pilis crassis tcctis^ mox glahris. 
Folia alterna, heter omorpha^ hreviter petiolata, oblonge- vel lanceolato- 
elliptica, inierdum plus mimisve ovata vel ohovata^ acuta vel acute acu- 
minata^ calloso-apiculata^ basi acuta vel obtusa, integerrima^ margine in 
sicco plerumque plus minusve recurva, juvenilia pilis sparsis brevibus 
crassis tecta^ mox glahra et subtus glanduloso-punctata^ in utraque 
parte costae mcdiae supra sulcatae subtus obtusc prominentis nervis 
lateralibus 3—7 patentibus tenuihus intra marginem anastomosantibus 
saepe obsoletis, laxe reticulato-venosuj nervillis liberis ramosis in areoliSj 
rigide coriacea, c. 3—11 cm. longa, 1 — 4.4 cm. lata ; petiolus supra sul- 
catuSj c. 0.35 — 0.7 cm.longus. Inftorescentiae axillares et laterales^ fasci- 
culares, sessiles, c. 4 — Ibflorac, basi nonmdlis squamis parvis imbricatis 
late trianguUs. Bracteae parvae.^ late triangxdae., obtusae., fimbriato- 
ciliatae, c. 0.06 cm. longae^ 0.1 cm. latae. Flores parvi^ pedicellati, pe- 
dicello tenui, hirtello vel glabro, c. 0 37 — 0.45 cm. longo, apice sub flore 
bracteolas 2 oppositas adpressas liberas basi imbricantes semiorbiculares 
vel plus minusve triangulas vel ovatas leviter concavas fimhriato-ciliolatas 
c. 0.16 — 0.225 cm. latas gerente, supra eas articulato. Torus crassus, 
subsemiglobosus, c. 0.25—0.275 cm. diam. Calgx Opartitus, glaber, car- 
nosus, laciniis adpressis, trianguUs, obtusis, concavis, irregulariter cilio- 
latis, c. 0.175 — 0.225 cm. longis, 0.14 — 0.2 cm laiis. Corölla campanulata, 
vix urceolata, basi confracta, 5loba, glabra, c. 0.5— 0.6 cm. longa, tubo 
c. 0.37-0.36 on., limbo 0.45 — 0.475 cm. diam., expansa 0.575 - 0.67 cm. 
longa, lobis recurvis, e basi dilatata plus minusve contractis, ambitu trian- 
gillis, obtusis, miniite papilloso-ciliolaiis, c. 0.17 - 0.16 cm. longis, 0.2 - 0.225 
cm. latis. Stamina 10, c. 0.4 — 0.43 cm. longa ; filamentum curvatum, 
lineare, glabrum, c. 0.2 — 0.23 cm. longum ; anthera supra basin dorsi- 
fixa, ambitu anguste oblong o -cor data, basi valde inaequaliter 4 lobulata, 
apicem versus angustata, thecis antice sulco longitudinali separatis, sulco 
obliquo laterali instrurtis, parte inferiore papillosa, c. 0.225 — 0.24 cm. 
longa, tubulis parte inferiore q)ciulo longioribus, ereclis, contiguis, superne 
attenuatis, poro anguste longitudinali introrso tubulis dimidium breviore 
dehiscentibus. Ovarium superum, depresso-globosum, longitudinaliter 5std- 
cutum, interdum sulcis 5 levihus additis, apice impressum et leviter 
5lobulum, glabrum, c. 0.16 — 0.175 cm. diam., 5loculare, oo ovulatum ; 
siglus n excavationem ovarii insertus, tennis, glaber, c. 0.4 — 0.475 cm. 
longus, stigmate truncato. Discus cupuliformis, carnosus, glaber, ovario 
arcte adpressus, e squamis 10 quadrangulis extus convexis apice repando- 
