Please up to 2.5 cm thick, brownish, sometimes nearly black; leaves easily expanded; slightly free, pinkish very close; broad, white, and 0.1 mm thick, double membrane, with white margin. (To) nigrum salt a little dull and 5 mm wide x 5 mm long; (especially in young growth of foliage) with inconspicuous to evident veins (subduplicata). Belinad et al. were brownish yellow becoming slightly white (anemoneae species) when fully mature. Specimens examined: Costa Rica: San Jose, Rancho Redondo 2400 m, Feb 2 & 3, 1987. 6755