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1 mm crassi, collenchyma subepidermidale fere continuum, interrupte 
et fere omnino libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 2-seriati, canalis 
lysigenis centralis et canales peripherici multi. Limbi in sicco rigidi, 
pallidi, pellucido-punctulati, 6-7 cm longi, 2.5—4 cm lati. Petioli usque 
ad limbi latus longius 3 mm, inter limbi latera fere 5 mm longi. Pedun- 
culi adulti 1.5-2 cm longi. Spica matura 3.5 cm longa, 7 mm crassa. 
Bracteae pelta 0.5 mm diametro. Stigmata apicibus delapsis stigma 
simplex simulantibus. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, base of Mount Banajao, in caleareous soil, Langlassé 
297, October. 
37. Piper breviamentum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis basi aequilatera acutis 
apice acute acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 9-ninerviis nervo centrali nervos 
2 adscendentes utrinque mittente quorum supremus a 2 cm supra basin 
solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis; 
petiolo basi ima vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo glabro petiolum 
aequante, spica subflorente subglobosa quam folii limbus pluries breviore, 
rhachi hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta lunulata pedicello lato, ovario 
inferne in rhachi immerso superne in stilum conicum carnosum glabrum 
producto, stigmatibus 3 parvis ovato-rotundis hirtellis. 
Dioicum, in arboribus scandens. Ramuli glabri in sicco cinerescentes, 
spiciferi fere 2 mm crassi, in 5 mm crassis collenchyma sparsim libri- 
forme in fasciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi intramedullares 1- 
seriati. Limbi in sicco cinerescentes membranacei pellucido-punctulati, 
12 cm longi 6 cm lati. Petioli pedunculique usque ad 2 cm longi. 
Spica subflorens 1 cm longa. Bracteae pelta 0.75 mm_ lata, sicca 
triangularis, madefecta lunulata. 
MINDANAO, District of Zamboanga, Sax River, Williams 2104, altitude about 150 
m, February. . 
38. Piper baguionum C. DC. Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 771. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Hlmer 5874, 8784. 
39. Piper bathycarpum C, DC, in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 153, emend. 
Foliis .modice petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis basi leviter inaequilatera 
acutis apice acute acuminatis, utrinque glabris, -plinerviis, nervo centrali 
nervos 2 adscendentes alternatim mittente quorum supremus a 1.5 cm 
supra basin solutus, nervo laterali aliis tenuiore utrinque a basi soluto; 
petiolo glabro paullo ultra basin vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo glabro 
quam petiolus duplo et plus longiore; spica submatura quam folii limbus 
dimidio breviore, rhachi dense fulvescenti-hirsuta, bractea glabra semi- 
lunari centro sessili, ovario inferne in rhachi profunde immerso superhe 
paullo emerso et ut rhachis hirsuto, stigmatibus 4 vel 5, breviter oblongis 
et apice acutis. 
