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on young twigs. Leaves opposite, 5 to 7-foliolate, inpari- 

 pinnate, entirely glabrous; rhachis terete, 3 to 10 ca. long; 

 leaflets ocriaceous, opposite or almost so, lij^ht green above, 

 jjaler beneath; i^etiollles thick, slightly canaliculate, 4 to 

 6 iUn. long; leaflet blades ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 

 broader and rounded at the base, acuminate, the lateral ones 

 5 to 9 cm. long by 2 to 4 cm, broad, the terminal one usually 

 a little larger ( 9 to 11 cm. long by 4 to 5 cm. broad) . 

 Stipules serai-crbiculate, thick and caducous, ilace.nes simple, 

 short (3 to 7 cm. long), axillary. Flowers net knov/n. Pod 

 thin, coriaceous, elliptic, rounded at both ends, 6 to 8 cm. 

 long, 2 to 2.5 cm. bread, glabrous, the sti^^e about 7 mm. 

 long, the pedicel not over 5 mm. long, ^eed elongate, subre- 

 niform, flat, 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. 



Description of the vood 



Sapwood thick, nearly white; heartv/ood light brownish- 

 red, occasioioally v;ith dee^j red and black linear markings, 

 giving it an ornamental figure, ;/ood hard, heavy, tough, 

 very close*grained, easily worked, taking a good polish, and 

 durable in contact with the scil, Annual rings of grov/th 

 usually very narrow and visible only under the high power 

 microscope. 



Pores (transverse section) moderately numerous (.25 mm. 

 in diameter) , round, o^jen in sapv/ood but generally closed 

 with dark reddish tyloses in heartv;ood, and arranged singly 

 or occasionally in radial rows of from 2 to 4. Vessel v/alls 

 (longitudinal section) in contact with ray cells or wood- 

 parenchyma fibers have both bordered and simple pits. Per- 

 forations simple. :/ood fibers about ,73 mm. long, with 

 thick walls, small lumina, and small, slit-like simplo pits, 

 chiefly on their radial v/alls, //ood-parenchyiaa fibers grouped 

 usually around vessels and often branching out on opposite 

 sides, forming short tangential rov/s. 'fhese elements are 

 easily distinguished from vood fibers by their thin walls, 

 relatively large lumina axid round simple pits. ii.ays very 

 numerous, storied, not visible to the unaided eye, one cell 

 wide, and from 1 to 10 cells high. 



Distribution, common names and uses 

 Up to the present this s^^ecies is known only from Ghepo 



