Ocronzn 31, 1910] PHILIPPINE PIPERACEAE 761 
brevioribus, tenuibus; bractea orbiculari centro pedicellata, 
antheris ellipticis, ovario emerso subgloboso, summo apice stig- 
matifero, stigmate carnoso et puberulo, bacca globosa glandulis 
asperulata et sine pseudocupula. 
Herba caule puberulo repente in sicco subcomplanato, 
ramulis puberulis, spiciferis circiter 7 cm. longis et 1 mm. 
crassis. Folia alterna. Limbi in sicco membranacei pellu- 
cido-punctulati, inferi elliptici basi et apice rotundati, usque 
ad 15 mm. longi et 9-13 mm. lati. Petioli usque ad 2 mm., 
pedunculi 10 mm. longi. Spicae bacciferae circiter 14 mm. 
longae, 0.5 mm. crassae. Rhachis sub bacca tarde in proces- 
sum conicum producta. 
Negros, Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete (Cuer- 
nos Mts.), A. D. E. Elmer, n. 9425. 
Tufted and climbing upon moss covered rocks in well 
shaded ravines; leaves and stems succulent, the latter red- 
dish; leaves darker green above and occasionally with a red- 
dish tinge; spikes erect, yellowish green; anthers brown. 
(Elmer ms.) 
Peperomia Elmeri C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis elliptico-lanceolatis basi et apice attenuatis, 9-ner- 
viis, supra glabris subtus haud dense pilosis, petiolo piloso; 
pedunculis axillaribus quam petioli triplo longioribus, ten- 
uibus, glabris; spicis glabris, adultis foliorum limbos aequan- 
tibus; bractea orbiculari centro brevissime pedicellata, antheris 
ellipticis, ovario emerso ovato, paulio sub apice stigmati- 
fero, stigmate punctiformi glabro, bacca globosa glandulis 
conspersa, sine pseudocupula. 
Herba epiphyta succulenta, radices rubescentes, caulis in 
vivo teres appresse hirsutus, in sicco complanatus inferne 
usque ad 2 mm. crassus, simplex, 30 cm. longus. Folia 
alterna sat remota. Limbi in vivo subcoriacei, in sicco 
membranacei, 4 cm. longi, 29 mm. lati. Petiole 5 mm., 
pedunculi 15 mm. longi. Spicae adultae 4 cm. longae, in 
sicco 1 mm. erassae. Bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm. bac- 
caque 0.75 mm. diametro. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya Me Apo), A. D. E. 
Elmer, n. 10493. : 
