Parinarium.] 



XLVIII. ROSACEA. 



667 



lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous, dark green, shining 

 above, pale brown tomentose beneath; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 

 1*5 to 3 in. long, '75 to i'25 in. wide; petioles '25 in. long pubescent. 

 Panicles terminal and axillary 4 to 8 in. long, lax, yellowish tomen- 



FiG. 58. — Parinarium costatum. 



tose. Flowers '25 in. long, solitary or in cymes of 4. Calyx 

 puberulous outside with a line of subulate processes in the throat 

 and a band of silky hair; lobes ovate shorter than tube. Petals 

 obovate, clawed, pubescent. Stamens 8, villous. Fruit hard, 

 oblong compressed, brown with pale spots, i in.. long, "65 in. wide. 



