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rhachi in mare glabra in femina parce pilosa, staminibus 3 antheris 
reniformibus, stigmatibus 4, ovato-acutis, bacca globosa. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 7691, May, low, scandent, in light 
woods, altitude 750 m, the brown bark roughened with darker brown lenticels: 
Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1019 Ramos, June; Montalban, Loher 4570, 
4578: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Elmer 6855, November: Province of 
Benguet, For. Bur, 15865 Bacani, December. 
6. subarborescens C. DC. var. nov. 
Arbuscula, limbis 17 cm longis, 7.5 cm latis, 5-plinerviis, nervo centrali 
paullulo supra basin trifido; pedunculo petiolum fere duplo superante; 
spica fem. folii dimidium fere aequante, rhachi pilosa, stigmatibus 3, 
ovato-oblongis, apice acutis, bacca globosa. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 4585 Ramos, a small shrub in 
forests, August. 
72. Piper ellipticibaccum C. DC. sp. nov, 
Foliis modice petiolatis, inferis ? anguste ovato-lanceolatis basi ima 
aequilatera acutis superne longe attenuatis et apice acutis, utrinque 
glabris, 5-nerviis; petiolo glabro ultra basin vaginante; stirpis fem. 
pedunculo glabro petiolum fere aequante, spica quam folii limbus breviore, 
rhachi hirtella, bractea longe adnata, glabra obovato-oblonga, ovario 
libero, glabro, stigmatibus 3 vel 4, linearibus acutis, bacca. elliptica. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri 2 mm crassi, in sicco flavicantes, 
teretes, collenchyma subcontinuum fere omnino libriforme, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unicus centralis. Limbi in 
sicco subrigidi, minute et haud crebre pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 
11.5 cm longi et ad 2.5 cm lati. Petioli usque ad 10 mm longi. Folia 
speciminis visi verisimiliter tantum plantae folia infera. Spica baccifera 
in specimine unica et segregata, 6.5 cm longa. Bractea 2.5 mm longa et 
apice fere 1.5 mm lata. Bacca 4 mm longa et fere 2.5 mm crassa, in 
sicco atrorubescens. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Maagnas, Bur, Sci. 6344 Robinson, August. 
73. Piper Clemensiae C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabrum, foliis modice petiolatis, subrotundato-ovatis basi 
aequilatera rotundatis, apice acute acuminatis, 7-nerviis; petiolo basi 
ima vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo petiolum superante, spica matura 
folii limbum duplo et plus superante, bractea longe adnata oblonga 
utrinque obtusa, ovario libero ovato, stigmatibus 3 ovatis carnosis, bacca 
‘ovata apice mucronulata. 
Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi usque ad 3 mm crassi, collenchyma in fas- 
ciculos discretos dispositum, zona interna libriforme vel haud libriforme, 
fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unicus centralis, 
epidermidis parietes externae crassae. Limbi in sicco firmi, virescentes, 
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