Rourea suerrensis Donn. Sm.

Rourea suerrensis Donn. -Smith, Bot. Gaz. 23 : 5. 1897
A small tree." Petioles rather stout, 10 cm. long or less ; leaflets 5 or 3, chartaceous, elliptic to obovate-oblong, the larger ones 1.5-2.3 dm. long, 1 dm. wide or less, deep-green and faintly shining above, paler beneath, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the stout petiolules 3 or 4 mm. long, the veins elevated on the lower surface, about 5 on each side of the midvein ; panicles clustered in the upper axils, about as long as the petioles, the rachis and pedicels appressed-puberulent; pedicels 5 mm. long or less ; calyx about 3 mm. long, its lobes broadly ovate, acutish ; petals oblong, obtuse, about 6 mm. long ; shorter stamens about as long as the calyx-lobes ; carpels pilose, much shorter than the styles ; follicles narrowly oblong, curved, about 13 mm. long and 5-6 mm. in diameter . aril yellow, about one fourth as long as the seed.
Type locality : Suerre, I^lanos de Santa Clara, 300 m. alt., Costa Rica. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.