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levi, aculeis brevi-conicis pungentibus obsesso. Folia pinnatim 3-fo- 
liata; petiolus 7-uncialis basi incrassatus; rhachis 21-uncialis; foliola 
in petiolulo semunciali rhombeo-ovata, vix apiculata, subobtusa, juni- 
ora pubescentia seriüs glabrescentia; terminale 73 X 54 unc.; late- 
ralia subminora, eorum petiolulo basi glandula stipellari brevi-cylin- 
drica, lineam longa, deflexa, cava, ore truncato aperto instructo. Folia 
inferiora majora et longius petiolata sunt. Stipule minutissime 
squameeformes citò deciduz. Racemi terminales, 2-6-unciales, cine- 
reo-tomentelli, solitarii vel ssepius plures paniculati. Pedicelli 5 
lineas longi, seriüs elongati, ebracteolati, basi apiceque articulati, de- 
curvo-secundi, ternatim fasciculati, verticillati, nempe quoque verti- 
cillo e fasciculis 3 v. 4 constante. Flores penduli, magni, speciosi, 
miniati, graveolentes. Calyx obconico-urceolatus, truncatus, pube- 
rulus. Vexillum anguste ovale, obtusum, 20 lin. longum, primitus 
complicatum, dein recurvo-explanatum, apice solo haud evoluto, ungue 
brevi lato. Ale diminutz, 3-lineares, ovali-spathulate, suboblique, 
erectz, libere, margine exteriore paullo supra basin unidentate. 
Carina 14 lin. longa, anguste ovata, apice obtuse bidentata, declinata. 
Filamenta ad 2 usque coalita, inter se subinequilonga ; anthere par- 
vule, oblongo-ovales, paullo supra basin adfixz. Pistillum stamina 
subzquans ; ovarium stipitatum,tenue, subteres. Legumen 4-5-unciale, 
latitudine semunciali; pericarpio tenui subpuberulo. Semina ple- 
rumque 2 maturata et in folliculis decisis apertis longe persistentia, 
3 lin. longa, 6 lin. lata; testd firma tenui. 
This is the handsomest tree I have seen in the Maynensian 
Andes. It is frequent towards the mouth of the hill-streams that 
enter the Mayo wherever any primitive forest has been left. In 
the very town of Tarapoto, on the rocky banks of the turbulent 
Shillicaio, rise here and there magnificent trees of Amasisa, which 
have been spared the axe of the first settlers—some of them as 
much as 100 feet high. Twice in the year, viz. in March to April, 
and in August to September, they are clad with large flame-coloured 
or vermilion flowers, sometimes with no accompanying leaves, and 
sometimes with young leaves of the most delicate green, just ap- 
pearing. І have been delighted to walk by the Shillicaio at sun- 
set and observe the tracery of the crown of the Amasisa, with its 
copious red tassels, projected on the whitish-blue eastern sky, 
when the flowers of almost every tree showed a different shade of 
yellow-red, not, however, paling to yellow on the one hand, or 
brightening to scarlet on the other. It continues in flower nearly 
two months at a time; and before it has well done flowering, the 
ripened follicular pods, splitting up one side only and with the 
seeds still adhering, begin to strew the ground. The wood is 
white and softish, and of no use but for firewood. The trunk is 
