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continuum haud libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares altero latere 2-seriati, 
canalis lysigenus centralis aliique peripherici. Limbi in sicco membranacei, 
minute pellucido-punctulati, verisimiliter usque ad 18 em. longi. Spice 
subflorentes, 44 cm. Jonge, 2 mm. crasse. Bractea 1 mm. diametro. 
Stamina 3. 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 2700, common in forest. Sept. 794. 
РгрЕв біввѕіж, C. DC., sp. nov. 
Р. foliis modice petiolatis ovato-acuminatis acumine obtusiusculo supra 
glabris subtus sat dense hirtellis T-nerviis; petiolo dorso hirtelio, alte ultra 
medium vaginante, alis glabris marginiformibus apice truncatis; stirpis 
feminei peduneulis in axilla solitariis quam petioli brevioribus et puberulis ; 
spicis limbi dimidium subæquantibus, rhachi hirtella, bractea orbieulari glabra 
centro pedicellata; ovario obovato hirsuto, stigmatibus oblongo-ellipticis apice 
subacutis. 
Frutex ramosus, rami glabri, circiter 4 mm. crassi, in sicco pallidi, sparsim 
lenticellosi ; ramuli glabri, leviter costulati, collenchyma continuum et haud 
libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares pauci, l-seriati, canalis lysigenus 
centralis. Limbi in sicco membranacei, lutescentes, minute pellucido-punc- 
tulati, usque ad 8 cm. longi et 34 cm. lati. Petioli 10-17 mm. longi. 
Pedunculi circiter 6 mm. longi. Spice florentes 34 cm. longe. Stigmata 
3 sessilia.—Species ovariis hirsutis insignis. 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 1500, dry open slopes of N.W. escarpment. Sept. 
122. 
PIPER ERECTISPICUM, C. DC., sp. nov. 
, ‚ 8р 
Р. foliis modice petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis basi æquilatera acutis apice 
longe et acute acuminatis supra glabris subtus sat dense hirtellis 7-nerviis, 
nervis lateralibus paullulo supra basin vel a basi ipsa solutis ; petiolo hirtello 
ultra medium vaginante alis glabris superne ad petiolum attenuatis ; stirpis 
feminei spicis in axilla solitariis breviter pedunculatis, ipsis florentibus quam 
limbi brevioribus, peduneulis quam petioli pluries brevioribus et glabris, 
rhachi glabra; bractea orbiculari parva centro pedicellata ; ovario ovato 
sparsim piloso ; stigmatibus obovatis. 
Ramuli glabri, in sicco fusci, spiciferi 15 mm. crassi, collenchyma sub- 
continuum zona interna sparsim  libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 
l-seriatij canalis lysigenus centralis: Limbi in vivo herbacei, in sicco 
membranacei, inconspicue pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 15 em. longi et 
58 mm. lati. Petioli 14 mm.; pedunculi 15 mm. longi. Spice in vivo 
егесі et albæ, 6 cm. longs. Bractea diametro $ mm. Ovarium sessile. 
Stigmata 3 sessilia brevia. 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 2700, in forest. Aug. 599. 
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