March 27, 1915] Two Hundred Twenty Six New Species— II 



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less; bark thick, minutely checked longitudinally, rather 

 light or yellowish gray on the epidermis, otherwise exactly 

 ferrugineus; main branches widely spreading and froming a 

 flat crown, crookedly rebranched; twigs short and suberect, 

 subglaucous green, blackish when dry, not numerous, yel- 

 lowish gray pulverulent at the apical young portion. Leaves 

 opposite, horizontally spreading except the young ones, shal- 

 lowly folded and glabrate upon the upper surface, yellowish 

 green beneath and grayish in the dry state, 1.5 to 2.5 dm 

 long, 7 to 9-imparipinnate, the basal or smaller leaflet 3 

 to 5 cm from the base; leaflets elliptic or more commonly 

 ovately elliptic, the larger ones 1 dm long by 5.5 cm wide 

 across the middle, the rounded basal portion entire, other- 

 wise obscurely serrate, the edges somewhat curved upon the 

 nether pellucid glandular and glabrate side, apex abruptly 

 acute and recurved, the terminal leaflet cuneate at the base; 

 midrib curing ater, puberulent on both sides, ridged beneath, 

 sunken above; lateral nerves 7 to 9 on each side of the 

 midrib, subdivaricate, ascendingly curved, reticulately branch- 

 ed at their distal ends, also prominent and puberulous 

 beneath and of the same color, cross bars quite plain be- 

 neath; petiole and rachis suberect, pulverulent, ater when 

 dry, the lateral extended 1 cm beyond the upper pair of 

 opposite leaflets, lateral petiolules only 1 to 2 mm long or 

 none; stipules sessile, subrotund in shape, the larger ones 

 2 cm across, persistent, foliaceous, margins strongly curved 

 upon the nether yellowish gray and veiny side, frequently 

 becoming parted from the apex toward the base. Inflores- 

 cent panicle ascending from the leaf axilB, exceeding them, 

 2 to 4 dm long including the peduncle which is one third 

 to one fourth the length, 1 to 2 dm wide toward the 

 middle, the branches profusely rebranched from below the 

 middle; stalks ebracteate, yellowish gray puberulent, the 

 peduncle and lower branches when old nearly glabrous and 

 ater brown or black when dry; pedicels 1.5 to 2 mm long, 

 terete, short pubescent, thickened toward the base, without 

 subtending bracts, usually in false clusters; buds 1 mm in 

 diameter, globose; perianth 5-segmented, thickly coriaceous, 

 remaining bowl shaped, the basal one third united; seg- 

 ments valvate, 1.25 mm long, ovately oblong and with 



