128 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
Sectio EvrrPEn, C. DC. 
*PIPER AMPHIBRACTEUM, C. de Candolle, sp. nov. 
Ramulis costulatis glabris ; folis longe petiolatis glabris, superorum 
limbo elliptico-lanceolato basi inzequilatera vel interdum eequilatera 
utrinque acuto apice acute attenuato, 9-nervis nervo centrali nervos 
adscendentes utrinque 2 emittente quorum supremus a 3°5-4 cm. supra 
basin solutus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis quorum externus 
aliis multo tenuior et brevior, petiolo glabro basi vaginante; pedunculo 
glabro petiolum superante ; spica quam limbus adultus pluries breviore, 
rhachi glabra, bracteze pelta glabra in longitudinem elliptica subtus late 
sessili ; ovario glabro ovato, stigmatibus 3-5 linearibus recurvis ; bacea 
estipitata submatura ovata basi et apice attenuata. 
Hab. Kinabalu, slopes above the Lobangrocks, 6000', high forest. Fl. 
Fr. Feb. 4126, 4130. 
Dioieum, epiphytum. Ramuli spieiferi usque ad 4 mm. crassi; col- 
lenehyma haud libriforme in fasciculos discretos in costulis ramuli dispositum; 
fasciculi intramedullares l-seriati; canales lysigenus centralis pluresque 
peripherici. Limbus folii rigido-membranaceus, creberrime pellucido-punc- 
tulatus, usque ad 14 cm. longus et 9:5 em. latus. Petiolus usque ad limbi 
latus longius 20 mm., inter limbi latera 5 mm. longus. Pedunculus usque ad 
55 em. longus. Spica submatura 4:5 cm. longa. Bractez pelta 3 mm. 
longa, 2 mm. lata. Bacca submatura 8 mm. longa, in sicco nigra. 
PIPER sTrvLosuM, Mig. in Ann. Bot. Mus. Lugd.- Bat. i. 139. 
Tenom, Rayoh hills, 2500', undergrowth in high forest, abundant. 
Fl. Jan. 23887. 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. 
Epiphyte, 070-1 m. altum. 
PIPER SARMENTOSUM, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 162. 
Tenom, 700’, in round * campongs ” and on old “ kebun ? land, abundant. 
9. Fr.Jan. 2640. 
Distrib, Borneo (Sarawak ; D. Borneo). 8. China, through Malaya to 
India. 
Erect, 0°70 m. altum. 
PEPEROMIA, Ruiz et Pavon. 
* PEPEROMIA DECUMBENS, C. de Candolle, sp. nov. 
Caule filiformi dense puberulo; foli?salternis modice petiolatis, limbo oblongo- 
elliptico basi attenuato et acuto apice obtuso 3-nervio nervuloque marginali ab 
apice usque ad medium decurrente utrinque petioloque sat dense puberulis ; 
pedunculis glabris axillaribus terminalibusque petiolos fere :equantibus ; 
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