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MERRILL. 
superpositae, plantula transversali intra cotyledones inclusa. Arbor, 
foliis pinnatis. Inflorescentia axillaris, paniculata, elongata, pendula. 
Clemensia macrantha Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, 4 ad 6 m alta; foliis pinnatis, ca. 8-jugatis, nsque ad 140 
cm longis; foliolis oppositis vel alternis, ovatis vel oblongis, subcoriaceis, 
20 ad 35 cm longis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 
20; panicnlis axillaribns, pendnlis, elongatis, ramis brevibus; floribus 
majuscnlis, dense fulvo-hirsutis, 3.5 acl 4 cm longis, ca. 2 cm diam., 
brevissime pedicellatis ; calyce cnpnlato, 2 ad 2.5 cm longo; petalis 8, 
spatulatis, 3 ad 4 cm longis; tubo staminifero cylindrico, 2 cm longo, 
20-laeiniato, intns villoso ; antheris 20. 
A small tree 4 to 6 m high. Leaves pinnate, 140 cm long or less, the 
petiole and rachis stout, dark-colored, somewhat pubescent, becoming 
subglabrous, the rachis somewhat produced and frequently bearing a few 
undeveloped leaflets at the apex ; leaflets alternate below, opposite above, 
oblong or the lower ones ovate, some more or less falcate, 20 to 35 cm 
long, 9 to 12 cm wide, submembranous, somewhat shining, the apex acute 
or short-acuminate, the base usually inequilateral, subacute to rounded, 
the midrib and lateral nerves on both surfaces rather densely hirsute, 
otherwise nearly glabrous; nerves 16 to 20 on each side of the midrib, 
prominent, anastomosing near the margin, the reticulations subparallel, 
distinct, rather lax; petiolules stout, more or less pubescent, 5 mm long 
or less. Panicles elongate, axillary, pendulous, 90 cm long or less, when 
young rather densely fulvous-pubescent, becoming subglabrous in age, 
their branches few, short, 6 cm long or less. Buds densely fulvous-tomen- 
tose, each subtended by a deciduous, lanceolate, 5 to 8 mm long, bracteole. 
Flowers polygamo- dioecious, very large, yellowish-brown, 3.5 to 4 cm long 
and about 2 cm in diameter, the calyx and petals very densely fulvous- 
hirsute or tomentose, the pedicels short. Calyx cupular, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 
2 cm in diameter, irregularly coarsely 4-toothecl or lobed, the lobes 5 to 7 
mm long, 6 to 8 mm wide. Petals 8, spatulate, 3 to 4 cm long, 6 to 10 mm 
wide above, obtuse, much narrowed below and more or less connate with 
each other and with the staminal tube, coriaceous, keeled in the middle 
portion and glabrous- inside. Staminal tube somewhat angular, cylin- 
drical, about 2 cm long, 7 mm in diameter, glabrous outside, villous 
within, somewhat constricted above, the margin with 20 erect narrowly 
oblong, usually lobed, more or less hirsute teeth, 5 to 6 mm long, about 
0.8 mm wide. Anthers 20, alternating with the calyx teeth, 5 mm long, 
more or less hirsute on the back. Ovary ovoid, densely hirsute, 5-celled, 
each cell 1-ovuled, 5 to 6 mm in diameter; style*about 17 mm long, nar- 
rowed upwards, densely hirsute in the lower two-thirds; stigma globose, 
2 mm in diameter. Staminate flowers similar to the perfect ones, but 
