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incrassato et lignoso enatis, simplicibus v. rarius ramulo unico 
instructis, foliis frondosis 1 —2(—3) munilis, interdum aphvllis 
at tamen florentibus; caulis augulalus, ad 2 mm. crassus pilis 
ferrugineis brevibus densis et adpressis tectus; internodia 5 — 7 — 
10 mm. Ig. Petiolus brevis, 2—4 mm. Ig., ruguloso-verruculosus, 
mox giaber; lamina elliptica v. elongato-elliptica, v. subobovata, 
basi et apice æqualibus obtusa v. leviter rotundata, basi interdum 
aculiuscula, apice nunc profunde quoque emarginata, occurrit 
4 cm. lg. et 2Va cm. 11., 9 cm. Ig. et 4 cm. It., 6 V 2 cm. Ig. 
et 5 cm. lt., in sicco rigida coriacea, utrinque glabra, sæpe 
subcomplicata (et subconcava), in sicco colore griseo-viridi eodem 
ac A. coriacea prædita, margine leviter revoluta, fere avenia, supra 
costa media impressa reliquis subevanidis, subtus costa media 
prominente lateralibus c. 5—6 prominulis irregulariler ante mar¬ 
ginem anastomosantibus haud parallelis. Gemmæ axillares fer- 
rugineo-pilosæ. Flos in apice caulis solitarius; pedunculus ad 
2 cm. Ig., erectus, nunquam nutans visus, angulatus, sulcatus et 
eodem tomento ac caulis tectus, versus apicem paullo incrassatus. 
Calyx intus glabriusculus verruculosus, extus pilis ferrugineis 
sublomentosis tectus; lobi transverse subcordati, acuti, c. 6 —7 
mm. longi, ad 1 cm. lati. Petala inter se omnia fere æqualia, 
exteriora paullo tamen majora et crassiora, quoad formam va¬ 
riant, exleriora nunc ovala acuminata subacuta, ad 3*/2 cm. Ig., 
2*A> cm. lt., nunc breviora fere ovalo-triangularia, totidem longa 
ac lata, interiora magis concava orbicularia v. orbiculari-ovalia et 
apice rotundata; exteriora extus pilis ferrugineis subtomentosis 
adpressis dense tecta, intus æque ac interiora tomento adpresso 
brevi magis fulvescente dense tecta. Stamina 4 mm. Ig.; fila- 
menta complanata, subalata, antice et postice subcarinala [,,com- 
presso-tetragona a ]; anlhera lineari-oblonga, filamento duplo lon- 
gior; conneclivum dorso sub apice lineis duabus paullo elevatis 
instruclum. 
