The epigeal part of Stephania hernandifolia has given a new hasubanan alkaloid with the composition C19H25O6N, mp 197-199°C (ethanol), [α] D 20 -33° (c 1.8; ethanol), which has been called hernandine, and for which a partial structure has been proposed. © 1973 Consultants Bureau, a division of Plenum Publishing Corporation.