ele 
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460 DE CANDOLLE. 
lysigenis unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco membranacei pellucido- 
punctulati, 10.5 cm longi, 3 cm lati. Petioli 7 mm, pedunculi 12 mm 
longi 1.5 mm crassi. Spica 7 cm longa, rhachis 1.5 mm crassa. Bracteae 
pelta 1.5 mm diametro. Bacca 6 mm longa, 3 mm crassa, ejus stipes 
3 mm longus. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Dahican, Bur. Sci. 10031 Ramos, July, on large 
trees in forests. 
94, Piper Merrittii C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, ovatis, basi leviter inaequilatera cordatis apice 
acute acuminatis, utrinque et subtus densius villosis, 7-plinerviis, nervo- 
centrali nervos adscendentes 2 alternatim vel opposite mittente quorum 
supremus 1 cm supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus 
utrinque 2 a basi solutis; petiolo dense villoso basi ima vaginante ; stirpis 
fem. pedunculo villoso petiolum aequante vel paullo superante; spica 
limbi dimidium fere aequante, rhachi hirsuta, bractea glabra rotunda 
centro breviter pedicellata, ovario libero ovato glabro, stigmatibus 4 ovato- 
acuminatis apice subulatis ; bacca globosa stipitem suum paullo superante. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli villosi, spiciferi 1.75 mm crassi, collen- 
chyma libriforme in fasciculos a latere elongatos dispositum, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis centralis aliique peripherici. 
Limbi in sicco membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati, superi fere 
10.5 cm longi, 47 mm lati. Petioli 15 mm longi. Spicae fere usque ad 
6 cm longae. Bracteae pelta sub 1 mm diametro. Bacca 3 mm diametro. 
Minvoro, Balete, in forests, altitude about 30 m, For, Bur, 6138 Merritt, 
January. 
Forma b. 
Limbis basi leviter inaequilatera profundius cordatis, usque ad 7.5 cm 
latis, spicis brevioribus, bacca matura globoso-elliptica. 
MrnpdAnao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mount Calelan), Elmer 10581, in most 
dense woods at 1,200 m altitude. 
95. Piper tenuipedunculum ©. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, ovatis basi aequilatera cordatis, apice acute 
et sat longe attenuato-acuminatis, basi supra ad nervos hirtellis subtus 
sat dense hirsutis, 9-ninerviis, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes 
mittente quorum supremus a 1.5 cm supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 3 a basi solutis quorum externi tenuiores et minus adscendentes ; 
petiolo dense hirsuto basi ima vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo tenui 
glabro petiolum multo superante, spica limbi dimidium subaequante, 
rhachi tenui hirsuta; bractea obovata glabra centro sessili, ovario libero 
ovato glabro, stigmatibus 3 vel 4 linearibus apice acutis, bacca submatura 
elliptica apice rotundata stipitem suum aequante. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli villosi, spiciferi 2 mm crassi, collenchyma 
