Puate 2675. 
ASPIDOPTERYS OBCORDATA, Hems/. 
MALPIGHIACE®. 
B. obcordata, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species forma foliorum facile distin- 
guitur, 
tex alte scandens, ramis teretibus pubescenti tibus. Folia petio- 
Peal coriacea, rotundato-obcordata vel apice trilobata, lobis lateralibus 
latis rotundatis, intermedio parvo acuminato 3-! metro, supra 
glabra, su tia, venis primariis utrinque circiter 5 tus 
tibus ; bractee et bracteolee minute Sepala minuta, orbiculari- 
oblonga, ciliolata. Petala tenuia, obovato-oblon nga. Stamina 10, quam 
petala paullo > reviora. Ovarium glabrum, 3-loculare, 3 ovulatum. 
Fructus ignotu 
Cuina : Te Yunnan, at £000 feet, A. Henry, 12,894, 
This is the first record of the genus from China.—W. Borrine 
HeEmstey, 
Fig. 1, a flower; 2, calyx and pistil; 3, cross section of ovary. 
