Piperaceae Meeboldianae Herbarii Vratislaviensis. 519 
culus 5,5 mm longus. Spica 9 florens 2,5 cm longa, 2 mm crassa; 
bracteae pelte 1,5 mm diam. 
Manipur, Phalang Nagaberge, at 5000 ft. altitude: A. Meebold 
no. 1102. 
2. Piper lainatakanum C. DC., nov. spec. 
Ramulis glabris in sieco fuscis; foliis breviter petiolatis glabris; 
limbo oblongo-ovato basi aequilatera rotundato apice breviter attenuato; 
penninervio, nervo centrali nervos 5 subadscendentes utrinque mittente, 
quorum supremus a 5—6 cm supra basin solutus; petiolo basi ima va- 
ginante; pedunculo glabro petiolum triplo superante; spica 9 quam 
limbus paullo breviore; rhachi hirsuta; bracteae glabrae pelta obovata 
late sessili et margine libera; bacca libera ovata; stigmatibus 3 ovatis 
brevibus. 
Dioicum, erectum? Ramuli spiciferi fere 2 mm crassi, collenchyma 
libriforme in fasciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi intramedullares 
1-seriati, canalis lysigenus centralis canalesque peripherici multi. Limbus 
in sicco subcoriaceus, cireiter 13 cm longus et 5,5 em latus. Petiolus 
6,6 mm, pedunculus 20 mm longus; spica 9 10 cm longa, 4 mm 
crassa; bracteae pelta 2 mm longa; bacca in sicco nigra, circiter 4 mm 
longa. 
Manipur, Lainatak, at 5000 ft. altitude: A. Meebold no. 10828, 
HE 128. 
3. Piper Kapruanum ©. DC., nov. spec. 
Ramulis glabris in sieco nigris; foliis breviter petiolatis glabris; 
limbo oblongo-elliptico, basi leviter inaequilatera altero latere rotundato 
altero attenuato, apice acute et sat longe acuminato; 7-plinervio, nervo 
centrali nervos 2 adscendentes alternos mittente quorum supremus cir- 
citer a 17 mm, supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus 2 a basi solutis 
quorum internus adscendens externus subadscendens; petiolo basi ima 
vaginanta; pedunculo glabro petiolum aequante; spica 9? matura limbi 
dimidium paullo superante; rhachi pilosa, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda 
centro pedicellata; baeca ovato-globosa libera, stigmatibus 3 ovato-acutis 
brevissimis. 
Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi 2 mm crassi; collenehyma in fasciculos 
Sat crassos zonis tenuioribus conjunctos dispositum, seu continum, haud 
libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus unicus 
centralis. Limbus in sicco membranaceus parcissime pellucido-punctu- 
latus, 12 em longus, 4,2 cm latus. Petiolus fere 6,3 mm longus. Spica 
9 7 em longa et 5 mm crassa, bracteae pelta 0,5 mm diam.; baccae 
condensae in sicco nigrae. 
Kapru, at 5—6000 ft. altitude: A. Meebold no. 6535. 
4. Piper aurorubrum DC., nov. spec. OU 
Ramulis junioribus puberulis cito glabris; foliis breviter petiolatis; 
limbo elliptico-lanceolato, basi inaequilatera altero latere acuto, apice 
acute et longe acuminato, utrinque glabro; penninervio, nervo centrali 
nervos 3 adscendentes utrinque mittente quorum supremus a 25—29,5 mm, 
