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branacei crebre pellucido-punctulati, ovati, usque ad 13 cm longi et ad 
7.5 em lati, vel oblongo-ovati usque ad 11.5 cm longi et 5 em lati. Petioli 
10-15 mm longi. Pedunculi in sicco tenuissimi, 25 mm longi. Bractea 
in sicco membranacea 1mm paullulo longior et superne 1 mm lata. 
Bacca fere 4 mm longa. 
MINDANAO, District of Davao, Mount Dagatpan, Warburg 14739; Sibulan River, 
Warburg 14738. 
87. Piper paucinerve C, DC. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 156, emend. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis inferne attenuatis et basi 
aequilatera acutis apice longe et acute acuminatis, 5-plinerviis, nervo 
centrali fere a 1 cm supra basin trifido, nervo laterali adscendente 
utrinque a basi soluto; petiolo basi ima vaginante pedunculoque eum 
paullo superante glabris; stirpis fem. spica quam folii limbus triplo 
breviore, rhachi dense hirtella, bracteae glabrae pelta transverse elliptica 
fere centro brevissime pedicellata, ovario elliptico minutissime puberulo 
stigmatibus 4 ovzto-acutis, bacca glabra globoso-elliptica stipitem suum 
superante. 
~Dioicum. Ramuli glabri, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, laeves in sicco fusces- 
centes, vetustiores albicantes et rugosi, zona peridermatis subepidermidalis 
sat crassa, collenchyma libriforme in fasciculos tenues a latere elongatos 
dispositum, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unicus 
centralis, cellulae sclerosae interfasciculares cum phloemate fasciculorum 
periphericorum continuae. Limbi in siceo membranacei parce pellucido- 
punctulati, 9-10.5 em longi, 3-3.5 em lati. Petioli circiter 12 mm longi. 
Bacca fere 4 mm longa. 
Luzon, Province of Isabela, Malunu, Warburg 11929. 
88. Piper tenuirameum C. DC. in Perkins Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 159, 
emend. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, basi aequilatera cordatis, 
apice longe et obtusiuscule acuminatis, utrinque nervo centrali excepto 
supra puberulo glabris, 5-plinerviis nervo centrali a 5 mm supra basin 
trifido, nervo laterali utrinque a basi soluto; petiolo hirtello fere usque 
ad medium vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo hirtello petiolum duplo 
superante, spica matura quam folii limbus pluries breviore, rhachi 
hirsuta, bracteae pelta rotunda margine ciliata pedicello hirsuto clavi- 
formi, ovario libero ovato glabro, stigmatibus 3 vel 4 ovato-oblongis 
apice acutis, bacca ovato-globosa stipitem suum paullo superante. 
_Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli juniores puberuli, spiciferi 1.5 mm 
crassi, collenchyma subcontinuum zona interna interrupte lbriforme, 
fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unicus centralis. 
Limbi in siceco membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 12 
em longi et ad 4 cm lati. Petioli fere 1 cm longi. Spica baccifera fere 
