149 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS | 
PEPEROMIA HEDYOTIDEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caules erecti, 9-15 em. longi, internodiis 1 em. longis basi nudis succulentis, in sicco 
fusci. Folia opposita, lanceolato-linearia, ad apices et bases angustata, acuta, 2 em. 
longa, 3 mm. lata, paucis pilis in pagina superiore exceptis glabra, subtus pallida. 
Spice axillares et terminales, erecte, 2 cm. longe, glabre, pedunculo 5-10 mm. 
longo. Bractee peltate, orbiculares. Ovarium conicum, rostratum. 
Camp III, 2500 ft.; Camps VIb and VI, 3900 to 5500 ft. 
A curious species with narrow opposite leaves, and the habit of one of the small 
species of Rubiacez. 
PEPEROMIA OBLIQUA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba succulenta, ultra 15 em. alta. Folia alterna, 1 em. remota, lanceolata, obliqua, 
ad basin breviter angustata, 2:5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, glabra, succulenta, subtus 
pallida, costa in dorso lata, nervis gracilibus 6, petiolis 4 mm. longis. Spice axil- 
lares, 2 em. longs, crassiusculre, siceze 1 mm. crasse. Bractea orbicularis, peltata, 
carnosa. Ovarium conicum. 
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft. 
Species near P. dindygulensis, Miq., but smaller in all parts. 
PIPER ($ CHAVICA) GRANDE, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba magna. Folia ovata, cordata, acuta, basi lobis latis inequalibus obtusis, 
majore 6 cm. longo, glabra, subtus pallida, minute nigro-punctata, 24 cm. longa 
et eque lata, nervis 14 e sinu ascendentibus, 3 mediis ad basin connatis, petiolis 
validis 3-5 em. longis. Spica elongata, 28 cm. longa, 4-7 mm. lata, cylindrica, in 
pedunculo crassiusculo 5-15 mm. longo. Bractee peltatz, orbiculate, undulat:e, 
medio depresse, irregulariter angulate. Drupe obovoide®, stylo brevi. Semen 
triquetrum, obovoideum. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camp I, 500 ft. 
Allied to P. torricellensis, Lauterb., but the leaves are glabrous and the midrib is not 
twice bifid. 
PIPER QUINQUENERVIUM, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 284. 
Camp I, 500 ft.; Camp VIa, 3100 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
PIPER MINIATUM, Blume, in Verh. Bat. Gen. xi. (1826) 166. 
Camp VIb, 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Malaya. 
Piper (EuPIPER) MALACOCARPUM, K. Schum. & Lauterb. FI. Deutsch. Schutzg. Südsee, 
259. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
