Triaspis lateriflora Oliv.

A scandent or subscandent shrub. Extremities and petioles rusty-tomentose. Leaves firmly membranous or thinly coriaceous, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, obtuse or rather broadly cuspidate and somewhat acute, broadly rounded or occasionally subcordate at the base, entire, appressed rusty-pilose at first, early glabrescent above and beneath excepting usually the midrib, 2-4 in. long, 1 1/4-2 in. broad or sometimes larger; petiole 1-4 lines. Flowers rose-coloured, in axillary shortly pedunculate umbels, much shorter than or occasionally equalling the leaves; peduncles often 2 or 3 together or from a very short or obsolete axillary branch; pedicels slender, 1/4- 3/4 in., rusty-pilose, with scaly bracts at the base. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Petals clawed, reflexed; lamina entire or slightly denticulate. Filaments filiform. Ovary glabrous. Fruit-wings very thin, 6-10 lines broad and long, broadly 2-partite above, truncate or broadly retuse or 2-fid below; usually produced nearly twice as much below the carpel as above and nearly all the reticulating nervures directed downwards.