tomentum. Leaves four to ten inches long, deltoid-ovate 
in outline, 3-ternately-pinnate, pubescent, main rachis an- 
gular, partial flattened, or obscurely winged ; pinne in six 
to eight pairs, narrow-ovate, upper linear ; pinnules four to 
— eight pairs, one-third to two-thirds of an inch long, rather 
coriaceous . terminal obovate-cuneate, usually 3 - crenate, 
lateral obliquely obovate, contracted at the base or ob. 
scurely petiolate, upper 2- to 3-crenate or lobulate, lower 2- 
to 3-lobed, or 3-sect. Racemes short, axillary, many- 
flowered, densely pubescent, simple or branched ; rachis short. 
Mowers in small clusters, one-eighth of an inch in diameter, 
very shortly pedicelled. Sepals small, oblong, obtuse, two- 
thirds shorter than the petals, green. Petals obliquely 
obovate, very pale pink, concave; inner with a large irregu- 
larly shaped appendage, which is ciliate on one side. Stamens 
erect; filaments connate at the base; anthers small. Ovary 
3-gonous, pubescent; style 3-partite, stigmas simple.— 
4D. i. : 
Fig. 1, Flower; 2, the same with two petals removed; 8 and 4, inner 
petals; 5, stamens and pistil , 6 pistil :—all magnified, 
