Hartleya inopinata
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Description
Tree, 20-35 m, spreading, 60-120 cm Ø;
Branchlets rather short, irregular, early corticate, 3-8 mm Ø.
Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, apex short-acuminate, or obtuse, base cuneate to the petiole, subequal, coriaceous, brittle and brownish-blackish in dry specimens, dark shiny green above, yellowish-green or pale glaucous beneath in fresh state, glabrous, 5-8 by 2.5-4.5 cm, edge a little revolute, midrib slightly impressed above, bold beneath, nerves 5-6 pairs rather obscure on both faces, no reticulation;
Inflorescences panicled, branches (c. 1 cm) rather straight-horizontal, each ending with a cluster of cymosely arranged flowers, 3-4 cm, the short peduncle included, subdensely yellowish-pubescent especially apically.
Flowers subsessile, ♀ only known.
Petals oblong, glabrous, yellowish green, c. 3 mm.
Stamens seemingly well-developed, but anther cells without pollen, 1 mm;
Ovary ovoid, glabrous, with a lateral gibbosity, and a fleshy subtruncate semi-orbicular free scale.