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are shunned by the natives, v/hile higihly prized by the rnoniceys 

 and squirrels. 



The Panaman x^schvveilera 



asehweilera ^^vanamensis x-'ittier, Gontr. J.o. Hat. Kerb, 26: 



12. 1927. 



Descrij^ition of the tree 



A tree u.^ to 25 ra. iii^jh and 40 om. in diaaeter, the triuik 

 straight, covered with a gray, slightly rimose bark, the 

 crown elongate, the branchlets slender. (Leaves alternate, 

 glabrous, entire, ooriaaeous, the ^jetioles thiok, 5 to 8 mm. 

 long, broadly canaliculate, the blades ovate, rounded and 

 subdecurrent at the base, acaninate, 9 to 14 ca. long, 3.5 

 to 8 cm. broad, the costa i.r6minent on both faces. Inflo- 

 rescences racemose, terminal or in the axils of the upper 

 leaves; rachis minutely pubescent; flowers numerous, alter- 

 nate, pedicellate, ebracteate, glabrous; pedicels 7 to 8 mm. 

 long; calyx lobes 6, rounded, obtuse, about 1 cm. long and 

 broad; petals 6, unequal, obovate, roxxnded at tip, 11 to 15 

 mm. long, 7 to 11 ram» broad, the 3 exterior ones larger 

 and thicl:er; ring of the androphor not over 6 mm. in diame- 

 ter and supporting nximerous anthers; hood transversely ovite, 

 covered with numerous staminode?; ovary almost entirely su- 

 perior, 2-Gelled, each cell pluriovulate; stigma sessile, 

 obscurely lobulate. Pyxidium globose depressed, about 4 

 cm. long ^nd o cm. in diameter, £-celled, each cell with 1 

 seed, ovoid oblong, about 3 cm. long, 1.5 c.n. in diameter.") 



Description of the wood 



Sapwood thicic, nearly ^vhite, tinged with yeliov/; heart- 

 wood darker. ..ood very hard, heavy, very tc ugh and strcng, 

 straight and very close grained, taking i good polish. Annual 

 rings of grcvth clearly visible under the hand lens. 



