48 MALPIGHIACE.E. 



Malpighiaceae. 

 s BLUME. 



Ryssopteris Cumingiana A. Juss. in VIDAL Plianerog. Cum. Philipp. 

 p. 99. 



HAB. Kotoslio, leg. T. KAWAKAMI et S. SASAKI, Juli. 1912. 



Determined by Mr. T. KAWAKAMI at Manila in Iris trip to the 

 Archipelago. 



Hiptagc G^RTN. 



Hiptage leptophylla HAYATA sp. nov. Kami fiisco-purpurascentes vel 

 fuscentes, recti, graciles. Folia opposita membranacea, ovata vel ovato- 

 oblonga, rarius obovata, maxima 8 cm. longa 4 cm. lata, apice abrupte acuta 

 vel apiculato-acuta, basi late cmieata Tel rotnndato-acuta, costis venis et venulis 

 utraque pagiiie tenuissime elevatis distinctis, supra glabra, subtus ad et prope 

 cost-am adpresse hirsuta, petiolis 5 mm. longis adpresse Irirsutis. Kacemi 

 axillares rel termiiiales, oppositi, plerumque ad axillas gemiiii, 5-6 cm. 

 longi dense vel laxe florati, rhacliidibus et pedicellis adpresse pubescentibus, 

 bracteis subulato-lanceolatis 2-3 mm. longis, pedicellis 5-10 mm. longis. Sepala 

 5, insequalia oblonga vel obloiigo-rectangularia, apice rotundata, basi aequilata, 

 circ. 4 mm. longa 2 J mm. lata, extus adpresse pubescentia intus glabra, sed 

 basi hirsuta. Petala 5 rotundato-oblonga, 13 mm. longa 9 mm. lata, apice 

 rotundata, basi brevissime unguiculata, (unguibus angustissimis | mm. latis 

 2 mm. longis) extus adpresse hirsuta intus glabra margine fimbriata multiner- 

 vata. Stamina 10, declinata, omnia fertilia, unum cetris multo ma jus. Stjius 

 1 filiformis primum circinnatus, stigmate capitellato rarius truncate. 



HAB. Tandaisha, Jyogesha, leg. U. MORI, Aprili. 1910. 



Near H. Madablota G^RTN. ; l>ut differs from it in having much shorter 

 racemes, smaller flowers and very much thinner and smaller leaves. It 

 differs also from H. dbtusifdia DC., by the ovate acute leaves. 



