perne in ligulam extensa. Ligulae lineares, plusminusve 
70 mm. longae, basi 8 mm. latae, apicem versus filiformes, 
atrosanguineae sed apicem versus roseae. ‘Tubus stamin- 
eus quinque-divisus cum staminibus invicem uno- et duo- 
antheriferis et cum filamentis brevibus liberisque. Stami- 
nodia petaloidea, atrosanguinea, membranacea, elliptica, 
margine integra, apice acuta, 14-15 mm. longa, 6-7 mm. 
lata, utrinque aliquid subverrucosa. Fructus non numer- 
osi, ellipsoidei, usque ad 9 cm. longi, 4 cm. in diametro, 
apice longe attenuati sed prope apicem aliquid constricti, 
apice ipso obtuso et saepe contorto, basi non indentati, 
pedunculati, cum sepalorum vestigiis persistentibus, pe- 
dunculo articulato, 8 cm. longo, 4 mm. in diametro, om- 
nino dense et minutissime velutino-pilosiusculi, tactu 
molles et sine pilis urticantibus, profundissime decem- 
costati, quinque cum costis primariis crassis et hebetato- 
rotundatis, 8 mm. altis, atque quinque cum costis secun- 
dariis similibus sed minoribus, 4-5 mm. altis, transverse 
leviter fibroso-rugosi, pericarpio crassiusculo, sublignoso, 
maturitate flavi dicitur. Semina plusminusve sexaginta, 
in pulpa alba inclusa. 
A small tree, slender and graceful, commonly about 
eight to twelve feet in height. Trunk erect, about three 
inches in diameter, covered with blackish bark, sparsely 
branched near the top or unbranched. Branches tomen- 
tose. Branchlets densely villose, with golden-rust-colored 
and persistent hairs. Leaves very large, digitate, seven- 
foliate, very long-petiolate. Petioles round, somewhat 
constricted at the base, very densely and softly golden 
or ferrugineous, tomentellous, up to 60 cm. long, 9-10 
mm. in diameter. Stipules persistent, linear, densely 
rough-tomentellous, up to 38 cm. long, 2 mm. wide. 
Leaflets sessile, oblanceolate or broadly lanceolate-ovate, 
erect, strongly unequal, membranaceous to papyraceous, 
apically acuminate, basally attenuate, the margin both 
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