a tree 20–30 ft., with a milky juice; branchlets twiggy, very shaggy-villous with tawny hairs when young, at length shortly pubescent; leaves ovate-orbicular or suborbicular, rounded at the apex, slightly cordate at the base, 2–4 in. long, 1 1/2–3 1/4 in. broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, long-pilose or hirsute on both surfaces chiefly on the midrib and lateral nerves, about 5-nerved at the base; midrib 3/4 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex, flat above, prominent and very hairy below; lateral nerves 4–5 on each side of the midrib (excluding the basal nerves), diverging at an angle of about 45°, arcuate, looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below; tertiary nerves much-branched, wavy, scarcely visible above, prominent below; petiole 1/4–1 in. long, densely hirsute-pilose; stipules persistent during the flowering period, ovate-triangular, acutely acuminate, about 3/4 in. long and 1/2 in. broad, reddish when dry, thinly chartaceous, villous outside, glabrous and striate within; receptacles crowded at the ends of the young branchlets, axillary, geminate, sessile, subglobose, slightly umbonate, nearly 1/2 in. in diam., villous; basal bracts 2, suborbicular, about 3 lin. broad, membranous, villous with yellowish hairs outside, glabrous within; ostiole bilabiate, slightly projecting and a little gaping when dry, about 1 lin. broad; bracts all descending into the receptacle, the middle two a little larger than the others, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1 1/4 lin. long, rather fleshy, glabrous, the others subacute and more membranous; male flowers shortly pedicellate; perianth enveloping the solitary subsessile anther; female flowers subsessile; perianth-segments acutely acuminate, membranous, glabrous; achene ellipsoid, smooth; style slender, about half as long as the achene; stigma oblong, thick, as long as the style; gall-flowers pedicellate, with obtuse perianth-segments and almost sessile stigma; receptacular scales 3/4 lin. long, flat, triangular, subacute. null
