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petiolo crassiusculoj pube flavida sericea tomentoso, limbo 
diraidio breviore vel mquilongo : paniculis cJ axillaribus, 2-3, 
fasciculatis, petiolo subiequilongis vel dimidio brevioribus, 
cum ramulo novello florifero racemiformi longiore enatis, hoc 
bracteis pams, foliiformibus, petiolulatis, aristatis, omnium 
pedunculo dichotome ramoso; floribus capitato-corymbosis ; 
sepalis obovatis, lineis interruptis pictis, extus pilosis; petalo 
cyathiformi, maculatim picto, glabro ; antbera 4-lobo, lobis 
ssepe subdidymis : racemis ? axillaribus, solitariis aut binis, 
folio subsequilongis, imbricatim bracteatis ; bracteis sub- 
orbiculatis, membranaceis, inferioribus subglabris, superiori- 
bus minoribus et sericeo pubescentibus ; floribus pedicellatis 
8, in axillulis fasciculatis; sepalo lineari-oblongo, valde con- 
cavo, extus piloso ; petalo miniino, orbicular!, carnosulo, gla- 
bro, sepalo 5-plo breviore, mox deciduo; ovario piloso; stylo 
longo, crassiusculo, stigmatibus acutis, divaricatis; drupis 
miuusciilis, pilosis, putamine suborbiculari, paulo compresso, 
utrinque in seriebus tribus tuberculato. — In Himalaya, Ava, 
et insulis Moluccanis : v.s. in herb. DeCandolle, (J, Nepal 
(Wallich, 1826) ; in herb. Soc. Linn. (Wall. Cat. 4977 g) ; 
in herb. Hook. Nepal (Wallich in 1821); ?, Simla, 
Himalaya (Lady Dalhousie) ; Buschir, Sutlej (Jacquemont, 
1093); $, Soane River (Burelli) ; <^, Gurwhal (Falconer, 
90) ; in herb. Mus. Brit., ins. Honiraon (Smith). 
This is a distinct species, differing from the preceding in its 
more orbicular, less peltate, more pilose leaves, which are trun- 
cated at the base and not acuminated at the summit, with the 
margins thickly fringed, and having a hairy petiole ; from the 
following it also differs in its more hirsute, broader, more orbi- 
cular, and more peltate leaves, on a shorter and more pubescent 
petiole. The leaves, in the specimens from the Himalaya re- 
gions, are 2^-3^ inches long, 2^-3|- inches broad, on a petiole 
1^-2^ inches long, inserted 6-8 lines within the truncated 
basal margin, the mucronated point being 2 lines long. The 
panicles are If inch long, the peduncle measuring 1 inch, 
its alternate branches being 2 lines apart and 2 lines long, each 
bearing a corymbose head of flowers : the floriferous raceme 
which accompanies the panicles in each axil is i-2| inches long, 
and has a few bracteiform leaflets at its base, the basal leaflet 
being 3 lines in diameter, the others diminishing to half that 
size, the fasciculated panicles accompanying them being half the 
length of those of the main axils, and all are sericeously pubes- 
cent. The $ racemes are 3-4 inches long, with closely imbri- 
cated bracts 3-5 lines in diameter; the putamen is If line in 
diameter, and If line thick. 
