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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 189 
coriaceous, 6 to 8 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, the upper surface somewhat 
appressed-pubescent, especially on the nerves, later becoming subglabrous, 
the lower surface rather densely pubescent with short, pale, appressed 
hairs, the base rounded or subacute, the apex obscurely and broadly 
acuminate; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, distinct, curved- 
ascending, the reticulations obscure ; petioles pubescent, the apical glands 
prominent. Racemes axillary, solitary, 8 to 10 cm long, pubescent, the 
pedicels 1 to 2 cm long. Sepals pubescent, obtuse. Petals unknown. 
Carpels one or two, somewhat appressed-pubescent, about 8 mm long and 
wide, the crest prolonged into a narrow, oblong or oblong-lanceolate _ 
wing, 1 to 1.5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide; central wing 3.5 to 4.5 
cm long, about 1.5 em wide, rounded, the lateral ones similar and about 
one-half as large. 
PALAWAN, Separation Point, Merrill 1791, February 18, 1903. 
A species recognizable by its pubescent leaves, and especially by its carpel- 
crests being prolonged into a manifest wing, making the carpels appear as though 
they were four-winged, whence the specific name. 
5. Hiptage macroptera sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber vel subglaber; foliis 
elliptico-oblongis vel ovato-ellipticis, acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 
6; racemis densis, axillaribus; carpellis 1 vel 2, obscure late carinatis, 
vix cristatis, ala media usque ad 7 cm longa. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches terete, 
reddish-brown or grayish, somewhat lenticellate. Leaves chartaceous or 
subcoriaceous, élliptic-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 8 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5.5 
cm wide, glabrous, shining, the base rounded, rarely subacute, the apex 
prominently and usually abruptly acuminate; nerves about 6 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, curved upward, obscurely anastomosirig, 
the reticulations not prominent; petioles about 7 mm long, the leaf-base 
with usually two distinct glands at the junction with the petiole. 
Racemes axillary, solitary, densely rather many-flowered, pubescent, in 
anthesis 4 to 5 cm long, longer in fruit. Flowers pinkish-white, their 
pedicels 10 to 12 mm long, longer in fruit. Sepals elliptic, rounded, 
about 4 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, pubescent. Petals 10 to 12 mm long, 
prominently fimbriate. Carpels one or two, slightly pubescent, with a 
broad low ridge along the top but scarcely crested, the central wing 6 
to 7 em long, usually about 1.5 cm wide, somewhat narrowed at both 
ends, apex obtuse, the lateral wings similar and about one-half as long. 
MINDANAO, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens s. n., May, 1907, the specimen in fruit 
(type), and also no. 1056, same date, in flower. 
This species grows in thickets and forests along the margin of the lake, the 
young leaves and rather prominent fruits being red in color. It is manifestly 
allied to H. benghalensis (L.) O. Ktze., differing especially in its much larger 
wings. 
