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Capsules hard, flattened, oblong-elliptic, about 10 cm long and 

 4 cm. wide, apex rounded, base obtuse, subequally narrowed at 

 both ends, the valves pale, somewhat shining, more or less 

 woody. Seeds 5 in each capsule, the seed proper 2 to 2.2 cm 

 long, about 8 mm wide, brown, narrowed upward, compressed, 

 the basal part a prominent, smooth submembrahaceous wing 

 attaining a length of 6 cm and a width of 2.7 cm. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling, For Bur. 24921 Mabesa, 

 December 16, 1915, on dry ridges along the Puting Lupa trail, altitude 

 about 177 meters. 



A characteristic species distinguishable by its elliptic entire leaves and 

 its unusually large fruits. 



HIPPOCRATEA TRICHOPETALA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis dense subferrugineo-pubes- 

 centibus exceptis glaber; ramis ramulisque teretibus, rubro- 

 brunneis vel atro-brunneis ; foliis ellipticis, subcoriaceis, usque 

 ad 10 cm longis, in siccitate utrinque pallidis nitidisque, apice 

 rotundatis, basi acutis, nervis primariis utrinque 6 vel 7, dis- 

 tinctis; cymis axillaribus, pedunculatis, paucifloris, 2 ad 3 cm 

 longis, floribus circiter 9 mm diametro, petalis oblongis, acutis, 

 circiter 4.5 mm longis, extus dense puberulis, intus in ^ superiore 

 parte perspicue pilosis; discus carnosus, circiter 2.5 mm dia- 

 metro, apice densissime pilosus. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence, the 

 branches and branchlets slender, terete, smooth, dark-brown or 

 reddish-brown. Leaves elliptic, pale and shining on both sur- 

 faces when dry, 6 to 10 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, apex rounded, 

 base acute, entire; primary nerves 6 or 7 on each side of the 

 midrib, distinct, anastomosing, the reticulations prominent on 

 the lower surface; petioles about 5 mm long. Cymes axillary, 

 few-flowered, peduncled, 2 to 3 cm long, all parts subferruginous- 

 pubescent with short hairs or the peduncles glabrous, dichoto- 

 mously branched, the branches about 1 cm long. Flowers green, 

 about 9 mm in diameter, the buds ellipsoid, rounded, their 

 pedicels up to 6 mm in length. Calyx about 3 mm in diameter, 

 short, the teeth 5, very short, acute. Petals oblong, outside 

 densely puberulent, inside in the upper one-half and on the 

 margins conspicuously and densely pilose with weak crisped 

 hairs, acute, about 4.5 mm long. Disk fleshy, 2.5 mm in diam- 

 eter, about 1.5 mm high, glabrous on the sides, the margin 

 densely pilose with crisped hairs. Stamens 3, the filaments very 

 broad, short, the anthers about 1 mm in diameter. Ovary ovoid, 



