. A century of trees of Panama. Trees. 57 in the Bayano basin, but it is ^jrobably Gommon on the Jacifio watershed of Pana;3 . It divides the name of quira v;ith Pla- tymisciujn jjQlystachyam, ynd other species of the same genus. The wood is used to a limited scale only, in the manufacture of furniture v;hen a heavy and resisting material is needed. It is hard and fine grained, v/ith a dark brown heart. The ^luira PlatymiSGium jpolystachyum 3enth., 3eem. Jet. Voy. Herald III, pi. 21. 1853. Descri^.tion of the tree Deciduous, middle sized, fci'king low and forming a rounded crown; bark grayish,
. A century of trees of Panama. Trees. 57 in the Bayano basin, but it is ^jrobably Gommon on the Jacifio watershed of Pana;3 . It divides the name of quira v;ith Pla- tymisciujn jjQlystachyam, ynd other species of the same genus. The wood is used to a limited scale only, in the manufacture of furniture v;hen a heavy and resisting material is needed. It is hard and fine grained, v/ith a dark brown heart. The ^luira PlatymiSGium jpolystachyum 3enth., 3eem. Jet. Voy. Herald III, pi. 21. 1853. Descri^.tion of the tree Deciduous, middle sized, fci'king low and forming a rounded crown; bark grayish, rough on the trun/:, smooth and densely set v;ith lenticels on the branchlets. Leaves Ojjoo- site or 3-verticilate, imparipinnate, 3 to 5-foliolate, gla- brous; stipules orbiculate, deciduous; leaflets membranous cr leathery, the petiolules short, the blades ovate, rounded at the base, bluntly acuminate, 5 to £,2 cm. long, 2 to 10 cm. bread, the terminal ones largest. Inflorescences race- mose 15 to 20 cm. long, glabrous, geminate, appearing before or with the new leaves, Flowers numerous, yellow, 13 to 14 mm* long; pedicels thread-like, 5 to 10 mm. long; calyx campanulate, 6 to 7 mm. long, with irregular, minutely ciliate teeth, and bearing at the base 2 small, ovate bract- lets; standard suborbiculate, attenuate in a slender clawlet, 13 mm. long, 11 mm. broad; wings auriculate, ovate-elliptic, 12 to 13 mm. long, 4 to G mm. broad; carina! petals adhering at the tip, about the same size and shape as the. Descri|jtion of the v/ood Sapwood usually thin and yellowish brown; heartwood reddish. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950; Mell, C. D.
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