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acuminata, supra, praesertim inferne, ad nervum centralem pilo- 

 so et haud bullato subtus glabro, 12-plinervio nervis subtus 

 prominentibus, nervo centrali nervos 2 adcendentes alternatim 

 mittente quorum supremus a 4 cm supra basin solutus nervisque 

 lateralibus altero latere 4 altero 7 a basi solutis, petiolo hirsuto 

 basi ima vaginante; pedunculo hirsuto petiolum superante, 

 spica limbo pluries breviore obovato-cylindrica stilis dense hirta, 

 rhachi hirsuta, bracteae pelta orbiculari parva et glabra pedi- 

 cello longe villoso, bacca libera glabra oblongo-obovata superne 

 in stilum tenuem ea pluries longiorem producta, stilo apice in 

 stigmata 2 longitudinalia breviter bifido. 



Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi 2.5 mm crassi, pili usque ad 3 mm 

 longi in sicco fuscescentes, collenchyma continuum et haud libri- 

 forme, zona cellularum sclerosarum subepidermidali cinctum, 

 fasciculi intramedullares 2-seriati, canalis lysigenus centralis 

 periphericique 2. Limbi in sicco firmi creberrime et minute pel- 

 lucido punctati, usque ad 19 cm longi et 8 cm lati basi altero 

 latere in saccum rotundatum et formicosum deorsum reflexi. 

 Petioli circiter 5 mm, pedunculi 1 cm longi. Spicae fere ma- 

 turae 5 cm longae cum stilis 2 cm crassae rhachis fere 3.3 mm 

 crassa canali lysigeno centrali peripherisque pluribus munita, 

 bracteae pelta 0.5 mm diam. pedicellus 4 mm longus ; bacca fere 

 matura 1.5 mm longa et ejus stilus 7 mm longus. 



Samar, Bur. Sci. 17599 Ramos. 



PIPER MERRILLII C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 426. 



Samar, Bur. Sci. 17527 Ramos. Negros, Canlaon Volcano, Merrill 

 70S8, in forests, altitude about 600 m, fruit green. 



PIPER PSEUDOCHAVICA C. DC. forma b C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 5 (1910) Bot. 428. 

 Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Vanoverbergh 691. 



PIPER MAGALLANESANUM C. DC. sp. nov. 



Ramulis glabris; foliis breviter petiolatis glabris, limbo 

 oblongo-ovato basi ima aequilatera subacuto obtusove apice 

 acute attenuate 7-plinervio, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscen- 

 dentes et alternos mittente quorum supremus fere a 1 cm supra 

 basin solutus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2 adscendentibus a 

 basi solutis quorum externi aliis multo breviores, petiolo usque 

 ad limbum vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo glabro petiolum 

 paullulo superante, spica submatura quam limbus pluries breviore 

 apice obtusa, rhachi hirsuta, bracteae pelta glabra rotunda 

 centro pedicellata pedicello dense hirsuto, ovario libero ovato 

 glabro, stigmatibus 3 oblongis brevibus. 



