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fruits, but especially by the dense, pale, appressed, silky pubescence on the 
inflorescence, branchlets and lower surfaces of the leaves. It is remarkable in the 
genus in that it is erect and arborescent, not scandent. The trunk-diameter is 
given by the various collectors as from 8 to 30 em. 
Var. lanceolata var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis angustioribus, lanceolatis, circiter 1 cm latis. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Badoc, For. Bur. 13955 Merritt & Darling, 
altitude about 65 m, locally known as pangardisin; near Vintar, altitude 700 m, 
For. Bur. 13943 Merritt & Darling: Province of Ilocos Sur, For. Bur. 5632 
Klemme. 
In general appearance, pubescence, flowers, etc., quite the same as the species, 
differing only in its narrower and lanceolate leaves. The fruits are unknown. 
3. Hiptage curranii sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, omnibus partibus pubescens ; foliis coriaceis, elliptico- 
oblongis vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 
5; racemis axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris; carpellis circiter 1 cm longis. 
A scandent shrub, reaching a height of 4 m, in vegetative characters 
similar to Hiptage pubescens Merr. Branches terete, slender, becoming 
glabrous, dark-colored, often nearly black, scarcely lenticellate, the branch- 
lets densely pale-pubescent. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic to broadly 
oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 4 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 em wide, the 
base acute, rarely obtuse, the apex gradually and distinctly acuminate, 
the upper surface covered with short, yellowish-brown hairs, the lower 
surface very densely pubescent with pale appressed hairs; nerves about 
5 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, anastomosing, not prom- 
inent; petioles densely pubescent, 3 to 4 mm long. Flowers unknown. 
Racemes in fruit 2.5 cm long or less, densely pubescent with pale hairs, 
few-flowered, often only three flowers in a raceme, or reduced to a single 
flower. Fruit of two carpels, more or less pubescent, the central wing 
of each carpel rather thin, 1 em long, about 5 mm wide, the lateral ones 
similar but less than one-half as long. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Baquilis River, For. Bur. 6951 Curran, May 9, 
1907, in the dry river bed. 
Similar in most respects to H. pubescens, differing in being scandent instead of 
erect, in its short, few-flowered racemes, and by its leaves being pubescent on both 
surfaces, mostly acute at the base, and with fewer lateral nerves. 
4. Hiptage tetraptera sp. nov. 
Frutex suberectus, vix scandens, omnibus partibus plus minus adpresse 
pubescens ; foliis coriaceis, ovatis vel anguste ovatis, obscure late acum- 
inatis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, simplicibus ; 
carpellis 1 vel 2, alato-cristatis, crista 1 ad 1.5 cm longa. 
A suberect shrub about 2 m high, scarcely scandent. Branches terete, 
pale, densely appressed-pubescent with short, pale hairs. Leaves opposite, 
