CONNARACEAE 
Connarus Schultesii Standley sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, ramis crassiusculis fusco-brunnescen- 
tibus teretibusque, primo ut videtur tomentosis sed cito 
elabratis, internodiis abbreviatis; folia modica pinnatim 
trifoliolata, petiolo 2.5-5.5 cm. longo tereti glabrato, 
rhachide vix ultra 8 mm. longa, petiolis crassis 8-5 mm. 
longis; foliola subaequalia, subcoriacea, anguste oblonga 
vel oblanceolato-oblonga, plerumque 10-13 cm. longa et 
3—4.cm. lata, subabrupte acuminata, acumine ipso obtuso, 
basim obtusam versus paullo angustata, in statu adulto 
glabra, supra in sicco subcinerea, costa nervisque non 
elevatis, sublucida, subtus fere concoloria, costa tenera 
elevata, nervis lateralibus utroque latere circa novem ten- 
eris, subarcuatis, angulo semirecto vel latiore adscenden- 
tibus, prope marginem irregulariter arcuato-junctis, venis 
prominentibus laxe reticulatis; flores ut videtur in pan- 
iculas racemiformes dispositi, paniculis terminalibus e 
basi ramosis, usque ad 13 cm. longis, divaricato-ramosis, 
ramis gracilibus rigidiusculis, primo dense brunneo- 
tomentosis, glabrescentibus, floribus breviter crasseque 
pedicellatis; folliculi insigniter asymmetrici, fere semi- 
orbiculares, circa 2.5 em. longi et 1.5 em. lati, subcom- 
pressi, basi in stipitem crassum usque ad 7 mm. longum 
contracti, apice obtusi apiculatique, ubique densissime 
pilis longiusculis dense intertextis brunneis hispido-to- 
mentosi. 
A seandent shrub, the branches rather stout, blackish 
brown, terete, apparently at first tomentose but soon 
glabrate, the internodes short; leaves medium-sized, 
pinnately 3-foliolate, the petiole 2.5—5.5 cm. long, terete, 
glabrate, the rachis barely 8 mm. long, the petiolules 
thick, 3-5 mm. long; leaflets subequal, subcoriaceous, 
narrowly oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, mostly 10-13 
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