Stemless with the leaves clustered near the apex of the erect densely rooting rhizome, internodes very short; leaves transverse, very broadly elliptic, obliquely acuminate and also cuspidate opposite the principal nerves, deeply and narrowly cordate at base, 17 cm. long, 14 cm. wide, nearly glabrous above, below densely pilose on the nerves and sparsely elsewhere, petioles slender, 15-18 cm. long, densely vestite with reflexed lacerate fuscous scales, stipules early deciduous, unknown. Peduncles 4 dm. long, much exceeding the leaves, slender, glabrous. Inflorescence regularly cymose, 3-4-radiate, many-flowered, 13 cm. broad, glabrous. Bracts quickly deciduous, small, elliptic, entire. Flowers white (! Allen) but yellow when dry. Staminate tepals 2, suborbicular, 5 mm. long, entire. Stamens inserted on a short column, anthers ellipsoid, slightly shorter than the filaments. Pistillate bracteoles apparently lacking. Pistillate tepals 2, to 2.5 mm. long. Styles bifid, ovary 3-winged, wings equal, broadly ovate.
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