xi. c, 5 De Candolle: Piperaceae Philippinenses 221 



PIPER CHLOROCARPUM C. DC. sp. nov. 



Ramulis villosis; foliis modice petiolatis, limbo ovato-lanceo- 

 lato basi ima leviter inaequilatera anguste cordulato apice acute 

 et sat longe acuminato supra et subtus densius piloso, nervo 

 centrali nervos adscendentes utrinque 4 mittente quorum supre- 

 mus a 2 cm supra basin solutus, petiolo villoso usque ad medium 

 vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo tenui parce piloso petiolum 

 multo superante, spica limbi dimidium subaequante apice rotun- 

 data, densiflora, rhachi pilosa, bracteae pelta rotunda glabra 

 centro sat longe pedicellata pedicello piloso, bacca libera oblonga 

 obovata glabra, stigmatibus 3 ovatis brevibus. 



Dioicum. Ramuli 2 mm crassi, collenchyma libriforme in fas- 

 ciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, 

 canalis lysigenus unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco firmi, pellu- 

 cido-punctulati 15.5 cm longi et usque ad 5.2 cm lati. Petioli 

 usque ad limbi latus longius 7 mm, inter limbi latera 2 mm longi. 

 Pedunculi 4.5 cm longi. Spica in vivo viridis, matura 7.5 cm 

 longa et 0.6 cm crassa, bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm diam. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 16638 Ramos. 



PIPER AGUSANENSE C. DC. in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 6 (1914) 2291. 

 Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 146U Ramos. 



PIPER TOPPINGII C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 446. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Mount Tonglon, Merrill 7770, vine 2 to 3 

 m long, on trees, altitude about 2,000 m; Baguio, Bur. Sci. Ullb Robinson: 

 Ifugao Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19818 McGregor: Rizal Province, 

 San Isidro, Phil. PL 27U Ramos. 



PIPER OVATIBRACTEUM C. DC. in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 



784. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Bur. Sci. 13868 Ramos. Mindanao, Butuan 



Subprovince, Agusan River at Talacogon, Merrill 7316, on trunks of palms 



and other trees, flowers yellowish. Cajhiguin, Bur. Sci. 1U6U6, 1U771 Ramos. 



PIPER LONGILIMBUM C. DC. sp. nov. 



Ramulis tantum ad nodos hirtellis; foliis breviter petiolatis, 

 limbo elliptico-lanceolato basi leviter inaequilatera acuto apice 

 longe et acute acuminato, supra glabro subtus hirsuto, nervo 

 centrali nervos subrectos adscendentes utrinque 11-12 mittente 

 quorum supremus a 16 cm supra basin solutus, petiolo hirsuto 

 basi vaginante; pedunculo parce piloso quam petiolus breviore, 

 spica subflorente quam limbi dimidium paullo breviore, rhachi 

 pilosa, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro pedicellata, stami- 

 nibus 2 antheris obovatis filamenta tenuis superantibus connec- 

 tivo ultra thecas peltatim et tenuiter producto. 



Dioicum. Ramuli in sicco complanati fere 5 mm crassi, col- 



