Radermachera biternata Merr.

12656. Radermachera klttfmU 1 ierr.Buberect tree
In diap stony »«11	M at densely weeded river banks at 1000
feet{ etem 8 inches thick, 18 feet hi#, crooked, eubterete,
breached fren below the middle; wood ftiit herd, closely
grained, slightly bitter, odorless, the thin sepwood shite,
the Middle portion nearly testaeeua, the heertwood ater
to nearly blank; bark thick, dull brown, cracked and scaling
in enell plates, reddish tinged bat the epidermis: branches
numerous, rather el wader, crooked, the terminal portions
suberect; leaves ascending, ell the stalks grayish green;
leaflets siallarly disposed, coriaceous, shallowly folded
npea the npper an# deeper green sorfaee, tips abruptly
recurved; fruits pendulous, terete, pale green, tapering
at both ends, ? inches long; inflorescence terminal, sub-
erect, a foot long er lees,, all its stalks grayish green
and obscurely angled; flowere aeeending, odorless, 1 l/t
inch long# 3/d inch at the threat in the least; eere&La$
?gradually widening fren the base te throat, acre or lees
flattens*, its tube livldue, the eegnentn Hlacinas;
fuerte mneenn* larnh, im, ELMER’S FIELD NOTES
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