A magnificent tree (Delile); branchlets leafy near the apex, longitudinally wrinkled when dry, pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate at the base, obtuse at the apex, 2 1/2–6 in. long, 2 1/2–4 3/4 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, minutely pitted on both surfaces, otherwise glabrous, 9-nerved at the base; midrib about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex, flat or slightly immersed above, prominent below; lateral nerves 5–7 on each side of the midrib, the lowermost pair with several side-branches, the remainder mostly bifurcate 1/2– 3/4 in. from the margin, often slightly impressed above, prominent below; tertiary nerves wavy, rather lax, prominent below; venation very close and distinct on the lower surface; petiole 1 3/4–3 1/2 in. long, scaly and pubescent, about 1 1/4 lin. thick, closely longitudinally sulcate when dry; stipules deciduous, those covering the apical bud tomentose in the lower part, glabrous above. Receptacles crowded in axillary pairs near the end of the shoots, subsessile, globose, about 7 lin. in diam., densely tomentose, with a prominent unequally 2-lipped gaping glabrous ostiole. Basal bracts connate at the base, densely yellowish-tomentose outside. Mouth of ostiole 1 1/4 lin. wide; bracts all descending into the receptacle, those near the middle much larger than the others, subulate-lanceolate, subacute, 3 lin. long, thick and fleshy near the mouth of the ostiole, keeled, glabrous, the others slightly smaller and more membranous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate; perianth-segments 3, membranous. Stamen solitary; filament at length 3/4 lin. long; anther 1/2 lin. long. Female flowers sessile; perianth very thin and membranous, embracing the lower part of the style; achene ovoid, smooth; style as long as the achene, with a prominently thickened stigma. Gall flowers numerous; pedicels 1 1/2 lin. long; style much shorter than in the female flower.
