B51 



TRUE MOUNTAIN-MAHOGANY 



Cercocar'pus monta'nus, syn. C. parvifo'lius 



Flowers without petals, soli- 

 tary or in 2's or 3's, short- and 

 slender-stalked, borne in the 

 axils of the leaves 



Outer united flower parts 

 (calyx) densely soft-hairy, 

 abruptly flaring above into a 

 soon-falling, somewhat bell- 

 shaped or top-shaped, 5-lobed 

 "limb", the narrow, cylindric- 

 tubular portion ("hypanthium" 

 of some authors) about % in. 

 long, persistent 



^- Stamens numerous, in 2 or 3 

 rows on the flaring part of oalyx 



Leaves alternate or somewhat 

 clustered, half evergreen, short- 

 stalked, up to 2 in. long and 1 

 in. wide, broadly egg-shaped to 

 reverse-egg-shaped, often 

 wedge-shaped at base, triangu- 

 larly toothed, green and spar- 

 ingly silky above, pale and 

 densely hairy beneath 



"Seed" (achene) cylindric, 

 soft-hairy, tipped with a feath- 

 ery tail (style) up to 4 in. long, 

 soli tary, enclosed for a time by 

 the persistent calyx tube 



