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42. Piper malindangense C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, oblongo-elliptico-lanceolatis, inferne attenuatis 
et basi aequilatera acutis, apice acute et sat longe acuminatis, utrinque 
glabris, 7-plinerviis nervo centrali nervos adscendentes 2 mittente quorum 
supremus ex 3.5 cm supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus 
utringue 2 a basi solutis; petiolo glabro basi ima vaginante; stirpis masc. 
pedunculo glabro quam petiolus breviare, spica florente limbi dimidium 
fere aequante, rhachi hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro 
pedicellata, staminibus 2, antheris ellipticis parvis. 
Dioicum. Ramuli glabri in sicco fusci, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collen- 
chyma partim libriforme in fasciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canales lysigenes peripherici nulli. Limbi in 
sicco membranacei opaci indistincte pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 12.5 
em longi et 4.5 cm lati. Petioli 10 mm, pedunculi 3 mm longi. Spica 
florens circiter 5.5 em longa et in sicco 1.75 mm crassa. Antherae 
juveniles 4-loculares, filamenta lata. 
MINDANAO, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. 4758 Mearns & 
Hutchinson, May. 
43. Piper podandrum ©, DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, anguste subovato-lanceolatis basi aequilatera 
subrotundatis apice longe attenuato-acuminatis et summo apice acutis, 
utrinque glabris, 5-plinerviis nervo centrali fere ex 1 cm supra basin 
nervum adscendentem utrinque mittente nervoque laterali adscendente 
brevi et tenui utrinque a basi soluto; petiolo glabro basi ima vaginante ; 
stirpis masc. pedunculo glabro petiolum aequante, spica quam folii limbus 
pluries breviore cylindrica, rhachi dense hirtella, bracteae glabrae pelta 
rotunda, pedicello brevi, staminibus 2 filafmentis post anthesin rhachi 
precessu brevi stipitatis, antheris reniformibus parvis. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri, juniores costulati dein fere teretes, 
spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos in costulis 
dispositum et haud libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canales 
lysigenes nulli. Limbi in sicco membranacei minute pellucido-punc- 
tulati, usque ad 9 em longi et ad 10 mm lati. Petioli 5 mm longi. Spica 
florens usque ad 35 mm longa et 1.5 mm crassa. Bracteae pelta 0.75 
mm diametro. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, lor. Bur. 8141 Curran & Merritt, 
December, Bur. Sci. 5053 Ramos, December. 
44. Piper viminale Opiz, in Reliq. Haenk. 1 (1828) 150, tab. 26; Miq. Syst. 
Pip. (1843) 336; C. DC, Prodr. 16' (1869) 377. 
Piper radicans Opiz |. ec. 159 (non Vahl). 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, anguste ovato-lanceolatis basi aequilatera 
acutis apice longe attenuatis et summo apice obtusiusculis, junioribus 
subtus basi in nervo centrali puberulis, cito utrinque glabris, 5-plinerviis, 
nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes alternatim mittente quorum 
