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Neea fagifolia Heimerl, Beitr. Syst. Nyct. 39. 1897
Branchlets sparsely tomentulose, glabrate in age, leafy at the apex, the internodes short; leaves opposite, the petioles 6-8 mm. long, the blades elliptic-lanceolate, 4.2-5.7 cm. long, 2.2-2.8 cm. wide, widest at the middle, attenuate to the acutish apex and the cuneate base, thin, lustrous above and glabrate, densely shortvillous beneath; peduncles of the staminate inflorescence 2-3 cm. long, the cymes short-pyramidal, the branches slender, the flowers sessile or very short-pedicellate, the perianth ellipsoid, 5 mm. long, shortly but distinctly narrowed at both ends, glabrous, 5-dentate, the teeth acute; stamens 6, unequal, half as long as the perianth ; pistillate flowers and fruit not known.
Type locality: Granada, Nicaragua. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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Paul Carpenter Standley. 1918. (CHENOPODIALES); ALLIONIACEAE. North American flora. vol 21(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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