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oblongis vel rarius ellipticis vel ovalibus, subobovatis veP 
plus minusve obcordatis, non pellucido-punctatis, glabris; 
inflorescendis foliis brevioribus glabrescentibus; germine 
turbinato pilis adpressis sparsissimis obsito, glabrescenti, 
2-loculari. 
Descriptio: Rami teretes glabri. Folia opposita, 
glabra, petiolata petiolo semitereti, rugoso, supra sulcato 
(c. 4—8 mm. lg.), oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel rarius 
elliptica vel ovalia subobovata vel plus minusve obcordata,. 
basi acuta vel obtusa, apice breviter acuminata obtusa vel 
rarius rotundata vel emarginata, (c. 2,8—9 ctm. lg. et 1,8' 
—3,3 ctm. It.), coriacea, non pellucido-punctata, supra sae¬ 
pissime impresso-punctata, rarius non punctata, nervo medio 
subimpresso vel vix impresso in parte infima subsulcato, 
venis utroque latere c. 12—13 venulisque interjectis non¬ 
nullis et vena marginali arcuata, a margine c. 2—4 mm. 
remota, saepissime leviter impressis, raro elevatis, subtus- 
pallida plus minusve inconspicue minute elevato-punctata 
vel vix punctata, nervo medio valde prominente, venis ve^- 
nulisque pluribus plus minusve elevatis. Inflorescendae ra- 
cemiformes flore terminali incompositae vel saepius ramis 
duobis infimis iterum racemiformibus flore terminali com¬ 
positae, sessiles, aut ex axillis cataphyllorum in parte in¬ 
feriore innovationum aut ex axillis euphyllorum et his bre¬ 
viores (c. 2,5—5 ctm. lg.), axibus applanatis, glabrescen- * 
tibus vel glabratis vel pilis sparsis pubescentibus. Bracteae 
ovatae vel superiores longiores, ovato-Ianceolatae obtusae veL 
rarius acutae pubescentes (c. 1 — 2 mm. lg.). Flores late¬ 
rales petiolati petiolo tereti, subtilissime plus minusve pube¬ 
scenti (c. 0,3—2 ctm. lg.). Flos terminalis petiolatus vel 
paene sessilis (petiolo c. 0,5—2,5 mm. lg.) vel plane ses¬ 
silis, bracteis duabus vacuis stipatus. Alabastra obovata 
c. 3,5 mm. lg. Sepala rotundata extus glabra ciliata, intus 
adpresse pubescentia, (exteriora c. 2 mm. lg., interiora c. 
3 mm. lg.). Petala mihi tantum ex alabastris nota, paene 
orbicularia, glabra ciliata. Flores aperti enim in meis spe¬ 
ciminibus deflorati. Stamina glabra stylo breviora. Germen. 
