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3. Piper curtifolium C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabrum, foliis parvis modice petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis, in- 
ferne attenuatis et ima basi aequilatera acutis apice acute acuminatis, 
5-nerviis; petiolo ima basi vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo petiolum 
aequante, spica matura quam folii limbus fere quadruplo breviore cylin- 
drica apice obtusa, bracteae pelta longitudinaliter elliptica centro breviter 
pedicellata, ovario libero ovato, stigmatibus 3 vel 4 ovato-acutis, bacca 
globosa. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri, primum laeves et postea crebre 
lenticellosi, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos 
dispositum et haud lbriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canales 
lysigenes nulli. Limbi in sicco membranacei creberrime pellucido-punc- 
tulati usque ad 4 cm longi et 1.5 cm lati. Petioli 5 mm longi. Bracteae 
pelta 1.5 mm longa 1 mm lata. Bacca 1.5 mm crassa. Stigmata in 
apice ovarii sessilia. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Mount Paraga, Bur. Sci. 7107 Ramos, February. 
4, Piper varibracteum C. DC. in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 760. 
Mrnpanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mount Apo), Himer 11998, October. 
5. Piper cacuminum C, DC. in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 761. 
Foliis modice petiolatis ovato-oblongis basi ima aequilatera acutis apice 
longe attenuato-acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 5-nerviis; petiolo glabro 
ultra medium vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo glabro petiolum paullo 
superante ; spica quam folii limbus pluries breviore, ovata, rhachi hirsuta, 
bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro pedicellata, ovario libero, stig- 
matibus 3 rotundis, baccis condensis ovatis apice acutis. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri in sicco rubro-fusci, spiciferi 1-2 
mm crassi, costulati, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos in costulis dis- 
positum et haud libriforme, canalis lysigenis nullus. Limbi in sicco 
membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati, 11 cm longi et usque ad 3.7 
cm lati. Petioli 1 cm, pedunculi 1.5 em longi. Spica matura 15 mm 
longa, 9 mm crassa, flores in vivo albi. Baccae in vivo atro-rubrae in 
sicco fuscescentes, bracteae pelta 1 mm diametro. Stigmata in apice 
ovarii sessilia. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Hlmer 6890, November, rare near 
the summit of the mountain: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 
8076 Curran & Merritt, above an altitude of 2,000 m. 
6. Piper fragile Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 234, var. multi- 
nerve C. DC. var. nov. 
Foliis longe petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis basi ima aequilatera acutis 
apice breviter attenuato-acutis, utrinque glabris, 5-nerviis; petiolo basi 
ima vaginante; stirpis masc. pedunculo quam petiolus paullo longiore, 
glabro; spica florente quam folii limbus dimidio breviore, rhachi hirsuta, 
bracteae glabrae pelta orbiculari pedicello longiusculo hirsuto, antheris 
ellipticis filamentis brevissimis. 
