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glaucis, pilis articulatis niolliter puberulis, nervis rubescenti- 
bus ; petiolo tenui, striato, puberulo, rufulo, limbo dimidio 
breviore ; paniculis axillaribus, solitariis^ umbellatis, pube- 
rulis ; pedunculo tenuissimo, petioli dimidio longitudine ; 
umbellis circiter 6, pedunculo dimidio brevioribus, imo brac- 
teolatis ; umbellulis circiter 7, umbello 6-8-plo brevioribus, 
imo bracteolatis, apice flores 15-18 in capitulum globosum 
aggregates gerentibus; floribus parvis, valde distinctis, bre- 
vissime aut subobsolete pedicellatis ; sepalis 8, spathulato- 
oblongis, integris, extus in nervo puberulis ; petalis 4, parvis, 
orbiculatis, unguiculatis, glabris ; anthera compressa, 8-loba, 
connective majusculo peltiformi. — In Nepalia : v. s. in herb. 
De Candolle (Wall, anno 1821). 
This plant resembles the typical species in the size and shape 
of its leaves ; but they are tomentose beneath : it also differs in 
its inflorescence, its very distinct flowers, the shape of its floral 
parts, and other particulars. The internodes are 2-2f inches 
long ; the leaves are 4-4f inches long, 2-2| inches broad, on 
a petiole l|-2 inches long, which is inserted 9 lines within the 
basal margin. The peduncle is 10-12 lines long, the umbels 
5-6 lines, the umbellules |-1 line, the globular heads 1^ line 
in diameter. 
3. Clypea effusa, nob. ; — ramulis teneris, striatis, glabris ; 
foliis peltatis, deltoideo-oblongis, imo rotundiusculis aut sinu 
levissimo truncatis, a medio gradatim angustioi-ibus, apicem 
versus subeonstrietis, acumine ssepe obtusulo, 10-12-nerviis, 
utrinque glaberrimis, supra pallide viridibus, subtus pal- 
lidioribus, in junioribus subcanescentibus ; petiolo tenuissimo 
striato, glabro, limbo breviore ; panieula axillari, glaberrima; 
pedunculo petiolo paulo breviore, iterum umbellata; umbellis 
5-6, fere dimidio brevioribus, insequalibus, compressis, strio- 
latis, tenerrimis; umbellulis 3, brevissimis, apice flores pluri- 
mos capitato-corymbosos gerentibus ; floribus brevissime pe- 
dicellatis et bracteola eliiptica donatis ; sepalis 8, biserialiter 
subsequalibus, oblongis, integris, fusco-membranaceis, glaber- 
rimis; petalis constanter 4, brevioribus, cuneato-orbicularibus, 
carnosulis, glabris ; anthera 8-loba. — In Malabar : v. s. in 
herb. Hook. cJ et ? , Kurg (Hook. & Th.). 
This is a species with much smaller, less acuminated, quite 
glabrous leaves, on very slender petioles. The branchlets are 
very slight, with internodes 2^ inches long ; the leaves are 2|- 
3^ inches long, 2^-2§ inches broad, on an almost filiform petiole 
IJ— 2^ inches long, inserted 4-6 lines within the basal margin. 
Tbe peduncle is |-1 inch long, the umbels 6-11 lines long, 
unequal in length, nearly erect, each with a setiform bract at 
