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acuminata, 5- ad 7-plinervio, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes 

 alternos mittente quorum supremus a 10 mm supra basin solu- 

 tus, nervo laterali unico vel nervis lateralibus 2 adscendentibus 

 utrinque a basi solutis, quorum externus aliis multo tenuior et 

 brevior, petiolo fere usque ad medium vaginante; stirpis fern. 

 pedunculo glabro petiolum fere aequante, spica matura limbi 

 dimidium fere aequante, rhachi hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta 

 obovata centro sessili, ovario libero ovato glandulis subasperato, 

 stigmatibus 3 ovato-acutis, bacca oblongo-ovata glabra stipitem 

 suum glabrum multo superante. 



Dioicum, in arboribus scandens. Ramuli in sicco fusci, spici- 

 feri 5 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos a latere 

 productos dispositum et zona interna libriforme, canalis lysige- 

 nus unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco rigide membranacei pellu- 

 cido-punctulati, usque ad 11 cm longi et 3.5 cm lati. Petioli 

 circiter 12 mm longi. Spica fern, matura 5 cm longa, subdensi- 

 bacca, bracteae pelta 1.5 mm longa et usque ad 1 mm lata, bacca 

 6 mm longa usque ad 3.5 mm lata, in sicco nigra. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 24934. Ramos. 



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



457. 

 Luzon, Rizal Province, Montalban, Loher 6792: Laguna Province, San 

 Antonio, Bur. Sci. 10952 Ramos, fruit red: Tayabas Province, Tagcauayan, 

 Bur. Sci. 13849 Ramos. 



PIPER CANINUM Blume in Verh. Bat. Genoots. 11 (1826) 214. 



Luzon, Ifugao Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19820 McGregor: 

 Camarines Province, Sagnay, Bur. Sci. 22133 Ramos. Samar, Bur. Sci. 

 17508 Ramos. Leyte, Wenzel 856. Mindanao, Surigao Province, Piper 

 244, 245. Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 14645, 14672, 14685, 14699 Ramos. PALA- 

 WAN, Malampaya Bay, Merrill 7213, on small trees in forests, flowers green. 



PIPER MERRITTII C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 460. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Mount Isarog, Bur. Sci. 22623 Ramos: 

 Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 16537 Ramos. Samar, Bur. Sci. 

 17557 Ramos. 



P parvifolium C. DC. var. nov. 



Limbo rotundato basi cordato apice acute acuminato, 7 cm 

 longo, 4.7 cm lato. 



Leyte, Wenzel 1095, a vine in forests, altitude 500 m. 



PIPER VILLILIMBUM C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 461. 

 Luzon, Cagayan Province, Bur. Sci. 13895 Ramos: Tayabas Province, 

 Mount Banajao, Elmer "C" Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 14472 Ramos. 



