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"Axillary sessile. Stigma lobes
but not spread (seem to stick
together). An unripe fr is 1 3/4 in
long, cylindrical, & slightly curved
& lobed; its apex depressed & cup
like with 4 flaring lobes. Seeds
not developed enough to judge
by. The two collected specimens
were slightly blancholate. Roots
the largest 1 3/8 x 7/16 in acute,
narrow at base & ultimately
not quite sessile. Alments all
entire tho some show signs of
extremely low repand sinuate
teeth. Ovules seem to be in "2-row
ascending" Calyx tube about 3mm
wide. St, from both sides vary;
calyx tube v calyx lobes outside
all hairy with straight, white,
appressed hairs, pointing
upward. Calyx segments
a definite line about 7/16 in from