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ratis, ramulis foliferis 3-20 mm. longis cortice 
adpressi-pilosulo sed plerumque a stipulis 
imbricatis clausis, folds 5-8 adscendentibus 
vel divergentibus, stipulis 5-5.5 mm. longis 
oblique lanceolatis acuminatis marginibus ab 
initio ciliolatis posthac glabratis vel sub- 
glabratis carina incrassata cartilaginea dense 
adpressi-albi-pilosula, petiolis 6-10 mm. 
longis adscendenti-albi-pilosulis, laminis 25- 
60 mm. longis 17-32 mm. lads ovalibus vel 
lanceo-ovalibus chartaceis infra in nervis ad- 
pressi-pilosulis et remote pilosulis in inter- 
vallis supra glabris excepta nervo medio 
minute adpressi-pilosulis apice subacuti mar- 
ginibus minute depresso-crenatis vel apicu- 
lato-crenatis, inflorescentiis adpressi-puberu- 
lentis axillaribus solitariis, pedunculis 3-6 
mm. longis, bracteis 2 mm. longis ovatis, 
pedicellis 2-4 mm. longis, floribus divergen- 
tibus, sepalis 4-5 mm. longis ovato-lanceo- 
latis 1.5 mm. lads nervo medio 0.5 mm. lato 
eo et regio mediale dense adpressi-albi-pilo- 
sulo lateribus membranaceis bruneis glabris 
marginibus ciliolatis, petalis inaequalibus 
extra albi-hirsutulis, petala inferiora 14.5 mm. 
longa (postquam bullanda) spatulata limbo 
2.4 mm. lato carnoso, ungue 1.8 mm. lato, 
petalis lateralibus 13 mm. longis anguste 
spatulatis, limbis 0.9 mm. lads, unguibus 1.4 
mm. latis carnosis canaliculads marginibus 
angustis membranaceis, petalis superioribus 
12.2 mm. longis anguste spatulatis, limbis 
4.2 mm. longis, 1.7 mm. latis carnosis, 
unguibus 1.8 mm. latis, filamentis 1.3 mm. 
longis ligulatis^ antheris 1 mm. longis saccis 
linearibus infra divergentibus, staminibus 
duobus inferioribus in apice connectivo cum 
seta 0.3 mm. longa, ovario 6 mm. longo 2.8 
mm. diametro ovoideo glabro, stylo 5 mm. 
longo subulato, ad apicem deflexo, stigmate 
semigloboso, capsulis 12 mm. longis 7 mm. 
latis brunneis cartilagineis verrucosis reticu- 
laris, valvis tribus anguste canaliculads sed in 
dorso rotundatis, quisque 4-seminiferis, sem- 
inibus non visis. 
DESCRIPTION OF TYPE: Shrub; the several 
ascending branches glabrate, the bark smooth, 
gray, 2-4 mm. in diameter; leaf scars 1.5 mm. 
wide, depressed obcordate; bundle scars 3, 
the lower one large, the two lateral ones much 
smaller; small twigs, even well-below the 
leaves, rough from the stiff, persistent stip- 
ules; young branchlets leafy for a distance of 
only 3-20 mm., the bark appressed pilosulous 
but this almost completely concealed by the 
overlapping stipules; the leaves 5-8, ascend- 
ing or diverging in a terminal plume; stipules 
5-5.5 mm. long, obliquely lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, at first the margin ciliolate, later gla- 
brate or nearly so, the sides and margins thin 
brown, membranous, the midrib heavy, car- 
tilaginous and raised, densely appressed 
white pilosulous; petioles 6-10 mm. long, 
ascending white pilosulous; blades 20-65 
mm. long, 9-32 mm. wide, oval or lance- 
oval, chartaceous, below appressed pilosul- 
ous on the veins and sparsely so on the inter- 
vals, above glabrous except for the minutely 
appressed pilosulous midrib, the apex sub- 
acute, the margin minutely low crenate or 
apiculate crenate; inflorescences axillary, ap- 
pressed puberulent, 1 -flowered, single; pe- 
duncle 3-6 mm. long; bracts 2 mm. long, 
ovate; pedicels 2-4 mm. long, ascending 
white pilosulous, near the middle bearing two 
subopposite bracts like the stipules but ovate, 
2-3 mm. long; flowers divergent; sepals 4-5 
mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5 mm. wide, 
the thickened, heavy midrib 0.5 mm. wide, it 
and the broad central strip densely appressed 
white pilosulous, the rest brown, membran- 
ous, glabrous but for the ciliolate margin; 
corolla irregular, the lower two thirds of the 
petals forming a claw, concave and channel- 
like, the limb expanded and reflexing in an- 
thesis, white hirsutulous without; lower petal 
longer and larger than the others, spatulate, 
14.5 mm. long (13 mm. when dried), the 
limb fleshy, 2.4 mm. wide, the claw 1.8 mm. 
wide, channeled, fleshy, with narrow mem- 
branous margins; lateral petals narrowly 
spatulate 13 mm. long (when boiled), the 
limb 0.9 tnm. wide, sharply bent and reflexing, 
the claw 1.4 mm. wide, channeled and fleshy 
