820 
Arbor formosissima, 30—35 m. alta. Rami glabri, aculeis 
conicis, parvis, sparsis, praecipue versus apicem, praediti. Folia ) 
glabra, caduca, post flores evolvenda, composita, palmata, spi 
raliter disposita; petiolus cylindricus, in sicco + striatus, apice, 
quasi in discum parvum, expansus; foliola 5—7, in margine 
petioli dilatationis apicalis inserta, petiolulata; petioluli bas 
articulati (nec ut in Leguminosis pulvinati); folioloram lamina 
oblonga vel late lanceolato-oblonga, basi in petiolulum longum, 
attenuata, margine integra, apice longe acuminata, acumile 
valde recurvato et mature siccitate derumpente; lamina penni- 
nervis et eleganter retinervis; nervi secundarii utrinque ple 
folioli longitudinis rata 12—20, nervis et nervaturis supra sub- 
tusque, sed praecipue subtus, prominentibus. 
Flores in arbore defoliata evolventes, magni, albi. Calyx viridis, 
in sicco niger, campanulatus, extus glaber, intus dense adpres- 
seque sericeus, apice irregulariter, sed plerumque in lobos tres — 
inaequales et acutos, rumpens. Petala calyce circa quatet 
longiora, lanceolato-linearia alba, extus dense tomentosa, ints 
tomentella, basi cum columna staminale et calyce coalescentia 
et cum eis caduca, apice + rotundata vel, interdum, subact 
minata vel mucronata. Columna_ staminalis brevis, apes . 
dimidia — 
filamenta o abiens; filamenta glabra subaequalia, 
petalorum longitudinem attingentia; antherae lineares 
reniformiter recurvatae. Ovarium, cum stylo, stamina eX 
apice stigmata 4—-5 gerens. 
Fructus: capsula loculicida, 5-locularis, breviter pedunculath 
nigro-brunnea, glabra, elongato-vblonga, 5-angulata, 18 | 
acutis, apice umbilicata; valvae a columna centrale, ge : 
solventes, intus pilis longissimis, lanuginosis, obtectae, semn® : 
seriebus duabus gerentes. Semina ovata, brunnea, fere as 
Petioli 20—30 cm. longi et plus; petioluli 1—1,5 o™ ses 
lamina foliolorum 10,5 x 4,5 — 17 « 7,5 — 21 * 8,7 cm. long* — 
lata. Calyx circa 3 cm. longus. Petala Jo—12 cm. long? | 
1,8—2,9 em. lata. Columna staminalis 1—1,5 ¢™ long? . 
menta 5—6 cm. longa. Stylus 8—9 cm. longus: FO | 
14x 5 — 18x 6,2 cm. longus et in diam. latus. Sent 
sed mature 
cedens, 
