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exornatos, glabriusculos, ad ramulorum foliorumque exortum nonnihü dilatatos,
sursum sordide, ad apices vero, perinde ac ad ramulos suboppositos decussatos,
dilute ocbraceo-tomentoso-lepidotos.
F olia subopposita, 2 ad fere 4 poll- longa, r - i f poll, lata, ovalia, utrinsecus
obtusissima, vel basi obsolete subcordata leviterque obliqua, int'egerrima, sub-
ooriacea, utrobique obiter venosa, supra viridia et ætate progrediente onxmno
glabrata, juniora tomento cauesoenti-ochraceo stellate deciduo obduota, subtus
dense ochraceo-stellato-tomentosa, e t— maxime ad costam infra prominulam
squamulis minutis sordide ferrugineis leprosa, quibuS' et petiolus 4-6 bn. longus
teres vix canaliculatus plus minus eontegitur.
R acemuli in foliorum axilbs e tumescentiâ ferrugineo-tomentosâ erumpentes,
plerumque numerosissimi, verticillos complétas formantes, attamen in axillis
superioribus minus copiosi, patentes aut reflexi, pauciflori, foliis plus duplo
triplove breviores, e toto, baud secus ac bracteæ, flores fructusque, tomento fur-
furaceo pallide ochracei.
F lores 3-5, singtdi pedicello brevi vix 1 bn longo (in fructibus plus duplo
longiore) patenti fulti, oppositi, sparsi vel subfasciculati. Bracteæ ad calycis basin
sobtariæ, eoque fere triplo breviores, ovatæ, obtusiusculæ, appressæ, persistentes.
Calyx obovatus, usque ad marginem angustissimum truncatum integer-
rimum corollæ basin circumcingentem ovario coalitus.
C orolla 8 bn. longa, tubulosa, tubo a basi ad medium parum ventricosö,
subarcuato, a medio ad faucem incurvato, fissurl longitudinab hiante, intus
glabro et atro-purpurascente; laciniæ 4, r ix plus 2 lin. longæ, lanceolatse, acute,
concaviusculæ, unilaterales, scüicet versus latus tubi fissuræ oppositum reflexæ,
intus e flavido pupuraseentes.
Stamina quatuor, laciniarum basi inserta, iisdem paulo breviora, erecta,
æquaba. Filamenta filiformia, planiuscula, atro-purpurea. Anthem oblongæ,
filamentis parum latiores, iisdem continuæ, dorso puniceæ, intus flavieantes et
biloculares.
Stylus stamina longitudine abquantulum exsuperans, fibformis, atro-purpu-
reus. Stigma parvum, subglobosum, puniceum.
Baccæ paryæ, clayatæ, 3-3| lin. longæ, superne diametro latiore circa sesqui-
lineam latæ, in vertice rotundatæ, calycis margine angustissimo coronatæ, in
pulpa /viscida monospermæ.
E X P L IG A T IO T A B U LÆ .
Ramus floribi
Fig. 1. Flos ses
Fig. 2. Flos pei
Fig. 3. Corolla
Fig. 4. Bacca,