Ramuli teretes fistulosi, pennae olorinae crassitie, cortice viridi,
lenticellis copiosis ellipticis pallide fuscis consperso. Folia
alterna, dimidium pollicem dissita, petiolata, elliptico-oblonga v.
obovata, obtusa v. retusa, inferiora 7½ poll. longa, 5 poll. lata;
superiora 4 poll. longa, 2½ poll. lata, omnia supra obscure viridia
nitentia, subtus pallidiora, utrinque glaberrima, marginibus
subrevoluta, integerrima; nervi supra impressi, subtus
plano-prominentes, centralis e basi latiori subtus marginata, sensim
attenuatus, secundarii utrinque 5-6, inferiores oppositi, superiores
approximati alterni, oblique adscendentes, tenerrimi, venis inter se
reticulatim connexi. Petiolus 7-13 lineas longus, complanatus, versus
basim pilis brevibus adpressis raris conspersus. Corymbi cymosi,
quadripollicares, in ramis ramulisque terminales. Pedunculus communis
et partiales pedicellique, vix 2-3 lineas longi, teretes ; basi v
paullo supra basim bractea lineari-lanceolata, acuta, membranacea
stipati, pilis rigidiusculis brevibus adpressis obsiti. Flores
hermaphroditi, paucissimis abortu masculis intermixtis. Calycis
sepala 5, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, luteo-viridia, 2½ lin. longa,
uninervia, in aestivatione marginibus sibi brevissime incumbentia,
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in anthesi patentia, subrevoluta, caduca. Stamina 5, sepalis alterna,
triente breviora. Filamenta libera, tereti-subulata, in anthesi
patentia. Antherae magnae, ovato-globosae, medio dorso affixae,
introrsae, biloculares, loculis suboppositis, latere juxta totam
longitudinem dehiscentibus. Ovarium disco brevi annulari impositum,
ovato-oblongum, filamentis parum brevius, viride, punctis crebris
exalbidis conspersum; triloculare, loculis biovulatis, ovulis ex
apice loculorum pendulis, uti videtur superpositis. Stigma sessile
magnum, discoideum, centro depressum, marginibus ultra ovarii corpus
prominentibus, obsolete emarginato-trilobum. Drupa ovata, 4 lineas
longa, atropurpurea, stigmate coronata, eodem tandem decidente
foveata, semine unico inverso foeta.