444 DE CANDOLLE. 
Petioli 6 mm longi. Spica fem. baccifera 15 mm longa, 7 mm crassa, 
in vivo erecta et rubra. Ovarium basi late sessile. Bacca 2 mm longa. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), altitude about 
2,000 m, Elmer 8583, mase., 6274 fem., For. Bur. 11092 Whitford, masc., For. Bur. 
4964 Curran, fem., Merrill 4820, fem.; Baguio, Elmer 8359, fem.: District of 
Lepanto, Mount Data, Merrill 4494, fem., Bur. Sci. 5461 Ramos, fem. 
B glabrum C. DC. var. nov. 
Ramulis foliis et spicis glabris, stigmatibus ovato-acutis brevioribusque. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), Williams 1216, 
Bur. Sci, 5403 Ramos, For. Bur, 15604 Curran, mase.; Pauai, altitude about 2,100 
m, Bur, Sci. 4454 Mearns, Bur. Sci. 8497 McGregor, fem.: District of Lepanto, 
Mount Data, For. Bur. 15997 Bacani. 
60. Piper denudatum Opiz in Reliq. Haenk. 1 (1828) 158, emend. 
Rhyncholepsis Haenkeana Migq. Syst. Pip. (1843) 284. 
Foliis brevissime petiolatis, superis elliptico-lanceolatis basi subaequi- 
latera acutis apice longe et acute acuminatis supra glabris subtus ad 
nervos pilosis, 8-plinerviis, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes alter- 
natim mittente quorum supremus fere a 2.5'cm supra basin solutus, 
nervis lateralibus adscendentibus altero latere 3 altero 2 a basi solutis; 
petiolo piloso; pedunculo glabro quam petiolus longiore; stirpis fem. 
spica quam folium fere triplo breviore, baccis liberis globosis. 
Dioicum. Ramuli villosi. Limbi juniores utrinque pilosi, adulti 
supra glaberrimi, superi usque ad 18 cm longi et 7% em lati; inferi 
oblongo-ovati basi aequilatera subrotundati apice longe et acute acu- 
minati, usque ad 8.5 em lati (ex Opiz 1. ce. et quoad folia ex Opiz herb.) 
Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Haenke, fide Opiz 1. e. 
61. Piper longivaginans C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis, basi ima levissime in- 
aequilatera acutis, apice acute acuminatis, supra glabris subtus.ad nervos 
nervulosque minute puberulis, 7-plinerviis, nervo centrali nervos adscen- 
dentes utrinque 2 mittente quorum supremus a 2.5 cm supra basin 
solutus, nervo laterali adscendente utrinque a basi soluto; petiolo 
minutissime puberulo usque ad limbi latus brevius vaginante; stirpis 
fem. pedunculo glabro petiolum aequante, spica matura quam folii limbus 
pluries breviore, rhachi hirsuta, bracteae pelta glabra rotunda, baccis 
inferne in rhachi immersis superne liberis et ovato-acutis. 
Dioicum. Ramuli glabri, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma in fas- 
ciculos discretos dispositum et haud libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 
1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco membranacei, 
ereberrime et minute pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 14 cm longi et 6 cm 
_ lati. Petioli usque ad limbi latus longius 9 mm, inter limbi latera 1 mm 
longi. Pedunculi 10 mm longi. Spica in sicco fuscescens, 20 mm longa, 
6 mm crassa. Bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm diametro. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Banajao, Bur. Sci. 6069 Robinson, March. 
