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lignum pallide ochraceo-fuscum v. albidum, durum, a 
tignariis inpriniis ad tabuias fabricandas aptum habetur. 
Kami teretes, epidermide solubili. Ramuli teretiusculi vel 
internodiis inprimis apicera versus corapressis, pubescentes 
V. parce tomentosi. Folia opposita, coriacea, rigida, pe- 
tiolo 5—S""” longo, sæpivssirae cum basi nervi medii nigre- 
scente, supra tomentello , glandulis ad basin petiolis el- 
lipticis v. fere oibicularibus, oblonga v. oblongo-elliptica, 
interdum subobovata, basi obtusa, rotundata v. interdum 
anguste subcordata, apice breviter acuminata, obtusa, 
margine undulata, subreflexa, supra puberula, opaca, 
nervis impressis rugulosa, rete venularum prominulo, 
subtus nervo. medio lateralibusque numerosis parallelis 
prope marginem in nervum marginalem crassum anastomo- 
santibus et venulis valde prominentibus, dense pubescentia, 
canescentia, nervis in fuscum transeuntibus ; 6—12*^'" 
longa, 2|—lata. Racemi terminales, elongati, multi- 
flori, 2o®“ et forte ultra longi, compositi; flores 2—4 
in pedunculis nrevissimis, oppositis longe pedicellati, ver- 
ticillos plus minusve remotos efformantes; pedicelli cen- 
timetrum longi, pedunculi rachisque dense pubescentes; 
bracteæ et bracteolæ deciduæ, oblongæ, pubescentes, vi- 
rides. Calycis foliola 2 exteriora lateralia minora, lato- 
oblonga, apice rotundata, 8™“ longa, anteriora latiora, 
obovato-orbicularia v. fere orbicularia, longa et to¬ 
tidem circiter lata, rotundata v. subemarginata, omnia 
foliacea, viridia, basi intus maculata, margine undulata et 
subcrispa, utrinque pubescentia, ciliata; quintum posticum 
reliquis fere æquilongum sed latius, naviculari-concavum, 
extus sericeo-canescens, intus glabrum, basi in calcar 
ipsi æquilongum, c. 7*^“ longurn, clavatum, crassum, pilis 
patentibus villosum extensum. Petalum unicum, late ob- 
cordatum, apice emarginatum, margine crispum, glabrum, 
membranaceum, primo album, deinde flavum, basi lineis 
