征镒羊蹄甲 zheng yi yang ti jia

Lianas, tendrils not seen. Branches glabrous. Stipules not seen; petiole 2.3-3 cm; leaf blade elliptic, 9-10.3 × 4.8-5.3 cm, subleathery, veins 3, base attenuate, margin entire, apex acumi­nate. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, elongate, grayish pubes­cent; bracts 4-5 mm, setaceous; bracteoles similar but smaller, subopposite, inserted below middle of pedicel. Pedicel 2.5-3 cm, finely grayish pubescent. Flower buds ellipsoid, 9-10 × 5-6 mm. Hypanthium obliquely campanulate, enlarged adaxially, ca. 4 mm, ca. 2 × length of abaxial portion. Calyx campanulate, open in bud, upper half split into 5 lobes; lobes 3-4 cm, apex acute. Petals subequal, 7-10 mm with a claw 2-3 mm, densely brownish pubescent on both sides except posterior one glabrous inside. Fertile stamens 3; filaments ca. 10 mm, glabrous; an­thers 1.5-2 mm, glabrous, dehiscing longitudinally. Staminodes 5-7. Pistil with thick stipe, free, 2-3 mm, brownish pubescent; ovary ca. 9 mm; style very short, glabrous; stigma subsessile, ± punctate. Legume unknown.

● Thin forests on mountain slopes; ca. 500 m. Yunnan (Malipo).