CURLLEAF MOUNTAIN-MAHOGANY 



Cercocar'pus ledifo'lius 



B50 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers without petals, soli- 

 tary or in 2's or 3s, stalkless, 

 borne in the axils of the leaves 



Stamens numerous, in 2 or 3 

 rows on inside of outer united 

 flower parts (calyx) 



Calyx densely soft-hairy, ab- 

 ruptly flaring above into a soon- 

 falling, somewhat bell- or top- 

 shaped, 5-lobed "limb"; the 

 narrow, cylindric.-tubular lower 

 portion usually about } in. 

 long, longer hi fruit, persistent 



Leaves alternate or clustered, 

 evergreen, leathery in texture, 

 short-stalked, with rolled-undcr 

 edges, elliptic to lance-shaped, 

 abruptly sharp-pointed at tip, 

 usually about 1 in. long and less 

 than l / 2 in. wide, somewhat resi- 

 nous and hairy (becoming hair- 

 less in age) above, pale or rusty- 

 hairy beneath t with prominent 

 midrib 



"Seeds" (achenes) cylindno 

 to spindle-shaped, densely soft- 

 hairy, tipped by a feathery tail 

 2 to 3 in. long, solitary, en- 

 closed in calyx tube (hypan- 

 thium) 



