522 C. de Candolle: Piperaceae Meeboldianae Herbarii Vratislaviensis. 
petiolum aequante; spica c? quam limbus paullo breviore; bractea rhachi 
adnata obovato-oblonga apice sat lata rotundata et crenulata inferne 
subattenuata et extremitate acuta; staminibus 2, antheris rotundato- 
ovatis 4-valvatis quam filamenta oblonga et brevia paullo longioribus. 
Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma continuum 
fere omnino libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysi- 
genus centralis canalesque peripherici plures. Limbus in sicco rigidus 
pellueido-punctulatus, usque ad 11,5 cm longus et 3,5 cm latus, nervi in 
sicco subtus prominentes. Petiolus 10 mm longus. Spica c circiter 
8 em longa; bractea fere 4 mm longa et superne usque ad 2 mm lata, 
in sicco membranacea. 
North Kanara, Gundiar at 500 ft. altitude: A. Meebold no. 8602. 
15. Piper nigrum Linn. Sp., p. 40. 
Kempkull, Maisor, at 5000 ft. altitude: A. Meebold no. 10259, 
at 2200 fL, no. 8617; Santaveri Bahabunden, at 4000 ft. no. 10394; 
Calicut, no. 695; Agalhatti Mysore; at 3500 ft., no. 8402. 
16. Piper macrostachyon C. DC. in Prod. v., XVI, 1, p. 363. 
Trong, at 3—4000 ft., A. Meebold no. 10827. 
17. Piper nigrum L. var. mysorensis C. DC., nov. var. 
Ramulis glabris in sieco virescentibus; foliis modice petiolatis glabris; 
limbo ovato, basi ima aequilatera acuto, apice acute et sat longe acu- 
minato; 7-plinervio, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes oppositos a 
cireiter 4 mm supra basin mittente, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus 
utrinque 2 a basi solutis quorum enterni aliis breviores et tenuiores; 
petiolo paullo ultra basin vaginante; pedunculo glabro petiolum su- 
perante, tenui; spica 9 quam limbus longiore; rhachi hirsuta; bractea 
glabra rhachi adnata obovato-oblonga apice rotundata inferne obtusa; 
ovario libero glabro, stigmatibus 3—4 ovatis apice acutis, bacca globosa. 
Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos 
discretos dispositum, haud libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati; 
canalis lysigenus centralis canalesque peripherici 1—2. Limbus in sicco 
membranaceus minute pellucido-punctulatus, usque ad 10,5 cm longus 
et 5,8 cm latus.  Petiolus 10,5—12,5 mm, pedunculus fere 19 mm 
longus. Spiea 9 21 cm longa; bractea 4,2 mm longa, usque ad 2,5 mm 
lata; bacca 2 mm diam. in sicco nigra. 
Species P. bantamensis Bl. proxima. 
Mysore, Kemp Kull, at about 18000 ft. altitude: A. Meebold 
no. 8168. 
18. Piper hymenophyllum Miq. forma b C. DC. 
Limbo ovato-lanceolato basi aequilatera acuto apice acute acuminato, 
usque ad 11 cm longo et 4 cm lato. 
Agalhatti, Mysore, at 3500 ft. altitude: A. Meebold no. 8292; 
Sanhaveri Bababuden, at 4000 ft., no. 10393, 
