Arbor, ramulis calami scriptorii crassitie, teretibus, cortice
cinereo, lenticellis plurimis majusculis, ovalibus, rubro-fuscis
consperso. Folia alterna, pollicem v. sesquipollicem dissita, pari
pinnata, bi-trijuga. Petiolus communis tripollicaris, angulatus,
herbaceo-viridis, lenticellis verrucosis conspersus. Foliola opposita
ovata, acutiuscula v. obovata, obtusa, basi saepius inaequilatere
attenuata et in petiolulum tri-quinquelinearem decurrentia, 2½-3½
poll. longa, 1-1½ pollicem lata, utrinque glaberrima, glaucescentia,
rigidiuscula, integerrima, margine desiccatione obsolete undulata;
nervo centrali supra plano, subtus convexim prominente, e basi valde
incrassata sensim deliquescente, secundariis fere obsoletis alternis,
intra marginem combinatis. Paniculae axillares, uni-bipollicares,
pauciflorae, pedunculo subtetragono verrucoso. Pedicelli bractea
minima fulti, 3 lin. longi, medio
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articulati; articulo inferiori tetragono, superiori tereti
incrassato. Calyx unam lineam longus, quinquedentatus, dentibus
minimis, lato sinu sejunctis, persistens. Petala 5, basi connata (?)
oblongo-linearia, apice subinflexo, calyce triplo longiora,
aestivatione valvata, tandem patentia. Tubus stamineus conicus,
calyce duplo fere longior, decemcrenatus, glaberrimus. Antherae. . .
. . Annulus carnosus, ovarii basim cingens. Ovarium depresso
subglobosum, 4-interdum quinqueloculare, loculis biovulatis? Stigma
subsessile lato-discoideum, tubi staminei faucem recludens. Capsula
globosa, verruculosa, nucis juglandis minoris magnitudine et colore,
quinquelocularis, loculicido quinquevalvis. Semina in loculis
solitaria, arillata.
OBSERVATIO. Species a typo generis disco annulari basim ovarii
ambeunte, nec illud vaginatim recipiente et stigmate subsessili
aberrans, e speciminibus herbarii defloratis et capsulis immaturis
haud ulterius extricanda. Fructus analysis in icone Baueriana haud
suppetit.