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aequante, staminibus 2, antheris 4-valvatis filamenta brevia 

 aequantibus, stirpis fern, pedunculo glabro petiolum paullo vel 

 usque ad duplo superante, spica florente limbi dimidium supe- 

 rante, rhachi dense hirsuta, bracteae pelta rotunda glabra centro 

 breviter pedicellata pedicello hirsuto, ovario libero ovato, stig- 

 matibus ovato-acutis. 



Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi fere 3 mm crassi, collenchyma 

 continuum libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, cana- 

 lis lysigenus unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco firme membrana- 

 cei pallidi epunctati, in mare usque ad 17.5 cm longi et 4.5 cm 

 lati, in femina usque ad 17 cm longi et 5.5 cm lati. Petioli 

 11 mm, pedunculi 22 mm longi. Spica florens 10 cm superans 

 et fere 2 mm crassa, rhachis in mare et in femina canali lysigeno 

 centrali periphericisque multis munita, bracteae pelta fere 1 mm 

 diam. in sicco pallide fuscescens. 



Leyte, Wenzel 1168, 819, 1197 spec, femin., 779 spec, masc, 891 spec, 

 masc. cum staminibus in staminoidia mutatis. 



PIPER VILLIRHACHE C. DC. sp. nov. 



Ramulis glabris crassis ; f oliis modice petiolatis glabris, limbo 

 amplo subobovato-elliptico basi leviter inaequilatera utrinque 

 acuto summo apice apiculato, 13- ad 17-plinervio nervo centrali 

 nervos adscendentes utrinque 4-6 mittente quorum supremus alte 

 supra medium centralis solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendenti- 

 bus utrinque 2 a basi solutis, petiolo basi ima vaginante ; stirpis 

 fern, pedunculo glabro quam petiolus breviore, spica quam lim- 

 bus pluries breviore, rhachi dense villosa, bracteae pelta glabra 

 obovata centro longe pedicellata pedicello villoso, floribus dense 

 condensis, ovario libero glabro ovato apice attenuate stigmati- 

 bus 3-4 oblongis, bacca ovato-globosa glabra. 



Dioicum scandens. Ramuli in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi 

 fere 7 mm crassi, collenchyma continuum haud libriforme, fas- 

 ciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, cellulae fuscescentes in cortice 

 et in medulla creberrimae. Limbi in sicco firme membranacei 

 creberrime et praesertim secus nervulos pellicido-punctulati, 

 punctulis rubris, superi 25.5 cm longi et 14 cm lati. Petioli 

 usque ad limbi latus longius 3 cm, inter limbi latera 4 mm 

 pedunculi 2 cm longi. Spica matura 6.5 cm longa et 6 mm 

 crassa, rhachis canali lysigeno unico centrali munita, bracteae 

 pelta 1.5 mm longa, bacca 2 mm longa et 1.75 mm lata, in vivo 

 rubra, in sicco fulvescens. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Sumilao, Bur. Sci. 15773 Fenix, a 

 vine on trees, locally known as tugpuan. 



