Acridocarpus smeathmanni (DC.) Guill. & Perr.

A shrub varying from 5-20 ft., often climbing, glabrous or with the extremities rusty-pubescent at first. Leaves alternate, membranous or rather coriaceous, elongate oblong-elliptical or obovate-oblong, cuspidate, more or less rounded or cuneate at the base with a pair of glands at the junction of the short thick petiole, entire or undulate, glabrous or early glabrescent, 4-9 in. long, 1 1/2-3 in. broad; petiole 1/8- 1/4 in. Flowers in terminal simple branched or paniculate rusty-pubescent or -tomentose racemes often considerably overtopping the leaves, frequently also in shorter axillary racemes. Pedicels slender, 1/2- 3/4 in.; bracts triangular, acute, tooth-like, 1 line or usually less. Calyx variously thickened at the base, usually with 1 disciform gland alternating with 2 of the lobes. Wing of samara oblong or obliquely oblanceolate, more or less curved towards the obtuse extremity, 1 1/4-1 1/2 in. long, 1/2- 3/4 in. broad, the base of the wing half-clasping the nut or slightly narrowed and not broader than the nut.