in young specimens and on suckers from the base larger, 
with a rounded or subcordate base and an undulate promi- 
nently spinulous-toothed margin ; leathery, slightly convex, 
dark green, shining above, paler and dull beneath, nerves 
raised beneath, often with solitary pits at their angles; 
petiole 13-23 in. long. lowers 5-merous, in solitary 
shortly pubescent thyrses, terminal or in the upper axils, 
1-2 in. long; their branches spreading, with several sessile 
flowers at their tips. Sepals suberect, imbricate, wide 
elliptic or nearly orbicular, 1 lin. long or less, sparingly 
ciliate and pilose outside near the base. Petals yellowish- 
white, elliptic-oblong, rounded at the tip, 3 lin. long, 
i lin. wide, the midrib thickened and prominent on the 
inner face. /ilaments rather stout subulate, shortly adnate 
below to the petals, 1-14 lin. long; anthers wide elliptic, 
opening laterally. Ovary by abortion 1-celled, ovoid, 
under I lin. long; style straight, 3 lin. long; stigma 
oblique, irregularly lobed; ovules 2, collateral, pendulous. 
Drupe ovoid, 5-8 lin. long, 4—9 lin. wide. 
_Fig. 1, portion of a leaf, u 
pistil; 4 and 5, stamens; 6 
ovary :—all enlarged, 
nlersurface, showing pits; 2, flower; 3, calyx and 
, vertical section of ovary; 7, transverse section of 
