branches rather slender and marked with prominent lenticels, young branchlets elongated, slightly pubescent at the nodes; leaves oblong-oblanceolate, subacute, slightly narrowed to a rounded or obtuse base, 1–2 1/4 in. long, 1/2–1 1/4 in. broad, papery, glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous beneath; lateral nerves continued to the margin, arcuate, very slender, distinct on both surfaces; tertiary nerves parallel, slender; petiole 1–1 1/4 lin. long, black, wrinkled, slightly pubescent; stipules subcaducous, subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 lin. long, pubescent; male flowers shortly pedicellate; sepals ovate, obtuse, about 1 lin. long, 1/2 lin. broad, glabrous; petals suborbicular, about half as long as the sepals, rather fleshy, obscurely toothed at the apex; disc orbicular, flat and fleshy; staminal column slender, 2/3 lin. long; anthers small; rudimentary ovary more or less subulate; female flowers subsessile, pubescent around the base; sepals as in the male but slightly larger; petals as in the male; outer disc fleshy, inner disc thinner and deeply lobed, glabrous; ovary ellipsoid, smooth; styles 2, free to the base, deeply bilobed; young fruits ellipsoid, apparently 2-celled. null
