a tree 30 ft. high; branches at first puberulous, becoming glabrous, with a grey or brown bark; leaves alternate, puberulous on the petiole and midrib beneath, otherwise glabrous, subcoriaceous; petiole 1/4– 1/2 in. long; blade 2 1/2–7 in. long, 1–3 in. broad, elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, obliquely rounded or obliquely subcuneate at the base, entire or more or less toothed above the middle, 3-nerved at the base with 4–5 spreading primary veins on each side of the midrib; stipules 2–3 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, puberulous, soon deciduous; male and hermaphrodite flowers intermingled on axillary racemes 3–4 lin. long; bracts 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, ovate, acute; pedicels of the male flowers 1–1 1/2 lin. long, of the female 4–6 lin. long, puberulous; perianth-segments 5, spreading, 1 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, concave, puberulous on the back; stamens not or scarcely exceeding the perianth-segments; disc pubescent; ovary ovoid, much flattened in young fruit, shortly 2-horned at the apex, glabrous, very rudimentary in the male flowers; styles when fully developed 1/4 in. or more long, usually twice forked, very stout, densely puberulous. null
