220 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 



7-plinervio nervo centrali paullo supra basin trifido nervis late- 

 ralibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis, petiolo sat dense hirsuto basi 

 vaginante; pedunculo parce hirtello petiolum triplo superante; 

 spica subflorente quam limbus longiore, in mare rhachi dense 

 hirsuta, bracteae pelta glabra rotundato-obovata pedicello sat 

 longo basi parce piloso, staminibus, 2 antheris ellipticis 4-valvatis 

 quam filamenta aequilata multo brevioribus, in femina rhachi 

 hirsuta foveataque, bracteae pelta glabra transverse elliptica 

 centro pedicellata pedicello hirsuto, baccis condensis obovato- 

 oblongis glabris, stigmatibus 3 oblongis brevibus et hirtellis. 



Frutex scandens. Ramuli spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma 

 in fasciculos discretos dispositum, libriforme, fasciculi intrame- 

 dullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus unicus centralis. Limbi in 

 sicco membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati, superi 6.5 cm 

 longi et 3.5 cm lati. Petioli fere 1 cm, pedunculi 3.5 cm longi. 

 Spica subflorens 8.5 cm longa et usque ad 2.5 mm crassa, brac- 

 teae pelta 0.75 mm longa. 



Leyte, Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15227 Ramos, masc, in forests, altitude 500 

 m, Wenzel 1005, fern., a vine, fruit green. 



PIPER LEYTEANUM C. DC. sp. nov. 



Ramulis velutine puberulis; foliis sat longe petiolatis, limbo 

 oblongo-ovato basi fere aequilatera cordato apice acute acumi- 

 nato, utrinque velutine puberulo; nervo centrali nervos adscen- 

 dentes utrinque 4 mittente, quorum supremus a 5-7 cm supra 

 basin centralis solutus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 a basi 

 divaricantibus, petiolo hirtello et velutine puberulo paullo ultra 

 basin vaginante; stirpis masc. pedunculo fere glabro petiolum 

 superante, spica suflorente quam limbi dimidium paullo longiore, 

 rhachi hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro sat longe 

 pedicellata, staminibus 2, antheris 4-valvatis. 



Ramuli spiciferi 2.5 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos dis- 

 cretos dispositum et zona interna vel fere omnino libriforme, 

 fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus centralis 

 nullus, peripherici plures. Limbi in sicco membranacei incon- 

 spicue pellucido-punctulati, 15-20.5 cm longi, 8.5-9 cm lati. Pet- 

 ioli 2 cm, pedunculi 3.5 cm longi. Spica subflorens 2 mm crassa, 

 bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm diam. 



Leyte, Dagami, Wenzel 21b. 



PIPER OVATIBACCUM C. DC. in Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 782. 

 Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Banajao, Bur, Sci. 9755, 9759 Robinson; 

 San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 20418, 201,28, 201*86 Ramos: Tayabas Province, 

 Mount Pular, Bur. Sci. 19370 Ramos. Leyte, Wenzel 735, 111b, 1162, Bur. 

 Sci. 15363 Ramos, in forests, altitude 500 m, fruit scarlet. 



