144 MERltlLL. 



superijosilac. |ii;iiitiil;i 1 1'iiiisNcrsnli intra cot ylodoiics iiicliisM. Arljor, 

 foliis piiinatis. 1 iitloi-cscciil ia axillaris, paiiicniata, clon^iiata, pciidiila. 



Clemensia macrantha Merrill sp. nov. 



Arl)or i)arva, I ad (i m alia ; foliis piiiiialis, ca. <S-jii<^at.is, us(iii(i ad llU 

 cm longis; foliolis oppositis vcl altcniis. ovatis vel ()bloni>-is, sulx^oriaceis, 

 20 ad 35 cm longis, aciitis vel Ijrovitcr acumiiiatis, ncrvis iiliviiKiiic 1(i ad 

 20; paiiicnlis axillaribiis, pendulis, cloiigaiis, raiuis brovihus; lloribiis 

 majiisculis, dense fnlvo-hirsutis, 3.5 ad 4 cm longis, ca. 2 cm diam., 

 brevissime pedicellatis; calyee cupulato, 2 ad 2.5 cm loiigo; pelalis 8, 

 spatulatis, 3 ad 4 cm longis; tubo staminifero cvlindrico, 2 cm longo, 

 20-laciniato, intus villoso; antberis 20. 



A small tree 4 lo 6 m bigli. Leaves pinnate, 140 cm long or less, tbe 

 petiole and rachis stout, dark-colored, somewbat pubescent, becoming 

 subglabrous, the rachis somewhat produced and frequently bearing a few 

 undeveloped leaflets at the apex ; leaflets alternate below, opposite above, 

 ol)long or the lower ones ovate, some more or less falcate, 20 to 35 cm 

 long, 9 to 12 cm wide, sulnnembranous, somewhat shining, the apex acute 

 or sjiort-acuminate, the base usually inequilateral, su1)acutc to rounded, 

 the midrib and lateral nerves on both surfaces rather densely hirsute, 

 otherwise nearly glabrous; nerves 16 to 20 on each side of the midrib, 

 pi-ominent, anastomosing near the margin, the reticulations sub])arallel, 

 distinct, rather lax ; petiolules stout, more or less pubescent, 5 mm long 

 or less. Panicles elongate, axillary, pendulous, 90 cm long or less, when 

 young rather densely fulvous-jmbcscent, becoming subglal)roiis in age, 

 their branches few, short, 6 cm long or less. Buds densely fulvous-tomen- 

 tose, each subtended by a deciduous, lanceolate, 5 to 8 mm long, bracteole. 

 Flowers polygamo-dia-cious, very large, yellowisb-brown. 3.5 to 4 cm long 

 and about 2 cm in diameter, the calyx and petals very densely fulvous- 

 hirsute or tomentose, the pedicels short. (*alyx cn])ular, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 

 2 cm in diameter, irregularly coarsely l-toollieil oi- lobed. the lobes 5 to 7 

 nnn long, fi to 8 mm wide. Petals 8, spatulate, 3 to 4 cm long, (i to 10 mm 

 wide above, o1)tnse, much narrowed below and more or less connat(> with 

 each other and with the staminal tidie. coriaceous, keeled in the middle 

 portion and gla])rous inside. Staminal tube somewbat angnlai'. cylin- 

 drical, about 2 cm long, '^ mm in diameter, glabrous outside, villous 

 within, somewbat constricted above, the margin with 20 erei't narrowly 

 oblong, usually lobed, moi-e or less hirsute teeth. 5 lo C. mm long, about 

 0.8 mm wide. Anthers 20. altei-naiing witb the calyx leelh. 5 mm long, 

 more or less hirsute on the back. Ovary ovoid, densely bii-sute. 5-celled, 

 each cell 1-ovnled, 5 to mm in diamctei-; style about K mm long, nar- 

 rowed upwards, densely birsutc in the lowei- Iwo-thirds : stignui gl()])ose, 

 2 mm in diameter. Staminate llowers similar to the pcu-fect ones, but 



