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lignum | pallide ochraceo-fuscum v. albidum, durum, ; 
tignariis inprimis ad tabulas fabricandas aptum habetur, 
Rami teretes, epidermide solubili. Ramuli teretiusculi vg 
internodiis inprimis apicem versus compressis, pubescentgy 
v. parce tomentosi. Folia opposita, coriacea, rigida, pe. 
tiolo 5—8^" longo, sepissime cum basi nervi medii nigre. 
Scente, supra tomentello , glandulis ad basin petiolis el. 
lipticis v. fere orbicularibus, 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, 21—31'" lata. Racemi terminales, elongati, mulli- 
flori, 25*" et forte ultra longi, compositi; flores 2—4 
in pedunculis brevissimis, oppositis longe pedicellati, ver- 
ticillos plus minusve remotos efformantes; pedicelli cen- 
timetrum longi, pedunculi rachisque dense pubescentes; 
bractee et bracteole decidue, oblonge, pubescentes, vi- 
rides. Calycis foliola 2 exteriora lateralia minora, lato- 
oblonga, apice rotundata, S8"* longa, anteriora latiora, 
obovato-orbicularia v..fere orbicularia, 8"" longa et to- 
tidem circiter lata, rotundata v. subemarginata, omnia 
foliacea, viridia, basi intus maculata, margine undulata el 
Subcrispa, utrinque pubescentia, ciliata; quintum posticum 
reliquis fere aquilongum sed latius, naviculari-concavum, 
extus sericeo-canescens, intus glabrum, basi in calcar 
ipsi equilongum, c. 7em longum, clavatum, crassum, pilis 
patentibus villosum extensum.  Petalum unicum, late ob- 
cordatum, apice emarginatum, margine crispum, glabrum, 
membranaceum , primo album, deinde flavum, basi lineis 
