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4.5 cm lati. Petioli 1.5 cm, pedunculi 3cm longi. Bractea membranacea 
3 mm longa 2 mm lata. Stigmata in apice ovarii sessilia. Bacca 4.5 
mm longa, 3 mm crassa, ejus stipes 0.5 mm crassus. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 16240 Ourran, Merritt, & 
Zschokke, January. 
82. Piper apoanum C. DC. in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 781. 
MINDANAO, District of Davao, Todaya (Mount Apo), Elmer 11174. 
83. Piper negrosense C, DC. 1. c. 782. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, anguste ovato-oblongis, basi levissime in- 
aequilatera obtusis, superne longe attenuatis et summo apice obtusius- 
culis, utrinque glabris vel subtus ad nervum centralem parcissime 
hirtellis, 5-plinerviis, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes opposite vel 
subopposite mittente quorum supremus a 5-8 mm supra basin solutus, 
nervo laterali adscendente utrinque a basi soluto; petiolo dense hirtello 
basi ima vaginante; stirpis masc. pedunculo hirtello petiolum fere triplo 
superante; spica florente quam folii limbus pluries breviore, cylindrica 
apice attenuata, rhachi dense hirsuta, bracteae pelta rotunda carnosa 
margine ciliolata, centro pedicellata pedicello hirsuto, staminibus 2 
antheris rotundatis quam filamenta multo brevioribus; stirpis fem. 
pedunculo petiolum fere duplo superante, spica matura quam folii limbus 
pluries breviore, rhachi hirsuta, bractea ut in mare sed paullo minore, 
ovario libero glabro, stigmatibus 4 ovato-acutis, bacca ovato-globosa 
stipitem suum superante. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli teretes laeves, juniores puberuli cito 
glabri, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma libriforme in fasciculos dis- 
cretos tenues dispositum, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis 
lysigenis unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco membranacei minute pellucido- 
punctulati, usque ad 11 cm longi et ad 18 mm lati, inferi ovato-acuminati 
basi aequilatera cordati usque ad 7 cm longi et ad 37 mm lati. Petioli 
superi usque ad limbi latus longius 5 mm, inter limbi latera vix 1 mm 
longi. Pedunculi in mare 20 mm, in femina 12 mm longi. Spica 
masc. 20 mm longa, 2 mm crassa, fem. circiter 15 mm longa. Bracteae 
pelta in mare 1.5 mm, in fem. 1 mm diametro. Bacca 5 mm longa 4 
mm. crassa. 
Necros, Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, Hlmer 9482, masc., March. POoLt.1o, 
eastern base of Mount Malulud, altitude about 50 m, fruit dull-red, Bur. Sei. 
9213 Robinson, fem., August. 
84. Piper densibaccum G. DC. sp. nov. — 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, oblongis, basi aequilatera obtusis acutisve, 
apice sat longe acuminatis, acumine obtuso; petiolo excepto puberulo 
utrinque glabris, 5-plinerviis nervo centrali ab 1-1.5 cm supra basin 
trifido, nervo laterali utrinque a basi soluto; petiolo basi vaginante; 
pedunculo glabro petiolum multo superante; stirpis fem. spica quam 
