Compilation
Myrianthus laurentii

Branchlets and petioles covered with short appressed hairs, cortex brownish, longitudinally striate; internodes about 2 in. long. Leaves with 5 leaflets which are oblong or obovate-oblong, acuminate at the apex with a long sharp point, base wedge-shaped, margin sharply serrate-dentate, 5 1/2–9 in. long, 1 3/4–3 1/4 in. wide, sessile except the median which is shortly stalked, glabrous on the upper face, with a short whitish tomentum beneath; lateral nerves about 20 on each side, more prominent beneath, network between the secondary veins more apparent on the upper face; the lateral basal leaflets are very slightly asymmetrical; petiole furrowed, 4–4 3/4 in. long and about 1 1/2 lin. thick. Male inflorescences in pairs; peduncle about 2 in. long, hairy like the branchlets; inflorescence about 3 in. in diam.; flowers in small more or less confluent balls about 1 1/2–2 lin. in diam.; perianth about as long as the stamens, lobes with ciliate margin. Female flowers and fruit unknown.