OCTOBER 31, 1910] PHILIPPINE PIPERACEAE ; 765 
basi aequilatera acutis apice attenuatis acutis, 5-nerviis, nervis 
adscendentibus centralibus tribus paullulo supra basin solutis; 
petiolo basi ima vaginante, stirpis fem. pedunculo glabro quam 
petiolus paullo breviore; spica cylindrica baccifera quam folii 
limbus pluries breviore; rhachi pilosa, bracteis glabris inferis 
rotundis superis transverse ellipticis, centro late sessilibus, bac- 
cis globosis liberis et condensis; stigmatibus 4 ovatis acutis. 
Dioicum, scandens, caulis in vivo 1.5 cm. crassus, teres, 
glaber. Ramuli teretes glabri, spiciferi in sicco cinerescen- 
tes, 1.5 mm. crassi; collenchyma in fasciculos discretos a la- 
tere elongatos dispositum, haud libriforme, fasciculi intram- 
edullares 1-seriati; canalis lysigenis unicus centralis. Limbi 
in sicco rigidi, minute pellucido-punctulati, circiter 8 cm. 
longi et 4 cm. lati. Petioli usque ad 25 mm., pedunculi 
13 mm. longi. Spicae circiter 15 mm. longae et in sicco 5 
mm. crassae, in vivo pendulae. Bracteae 0.75 mm. latae. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), A. D. 
E. Elmer, n. 11998. i 
Scandent upon trees and overtopping dense thickets along 
the sea coast on moist sandy soil; stem 1 inch thick, terete, 
flexible, covered with grayish brown smooth comparatively 
thick bark, numerously rebranched, obscurely nodulose; wood 
dull white, fibrous, soft; branchlets green, forming dense well 
interlaced masses which hang down in large streamers from 
the limbs. of the trees; leaves descending, leathery, some- 
what recurved and with twisted sides, very shining and deep 
green on the upper side, duller and paler beneath; fruits 
pendulous, leaf opposed, 0.5 to 0.75 inch long, cylindric or 
slightly thicker toward the base, yellow or orange red. ''Ma- 
nica-tapoi," is the Bagobo name. (Elmer ms.) 
Piper cacuminum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis ovato-oblongis basi ima  aequi- 
latera acutis apice longé attenuato-acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 
5-nerviis; petiolo glabro ultra medium vaginante; stirpis fem. 
peduneulo glabro petiolum paullo superante; spica quam folii 
limbus pluries breviore, ovata, rhachis hirsuta, bracteae gla- 
brae pelta rotunda centro pedicellata, ovario libero, stigma- 
tibus 3 rotundis, baccis condensis ovatis apice acutis. 
