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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 submembranaceous wing 
attaining a length of 6 cm and a width of 2.7 cm. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling, For Bur. 2U921 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, infiorescentiis 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, 
