766 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BoTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 44 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri in sicco rubro-fusci, 
spiciferi 1-2 mm. crassi, costulati, collenchyma in fasciculos 
discretos in costulis dispositum et haud libriforme, canalis 
lysigenis nullus. Limbi in sicco membranacei minute pellucido- 
punctulati, 11 cm. longi et usque ad 37 mm. lati. Petioli 1C 
mm., pedunculi 15 mm. longi. Spica matura 15 mm. longa, 9 
mm. crassa, flores in vivo albi. Baccae in vivo atro-rubrae 
in sicco fuscescentes, bracteae pelta 1 mm. diametro, stigmata 
in apice ovarii sessilia. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, A. D. E. 
Elmer, n. 6890. 
Rare, near the summit of the mountain. (Elmer ms.) 
Piper miniatum Blm. in Verh. Bot. Genoots. XI; 166. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Elmer, 
n. 6683. 
Piper miniatum [C] C. DC. forma nov. 
Foliis ramulisque omnino glabris limbis coriaceis quam 
in typo multo angustioribus, ramulis fuscescentibus. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, A. D. E. Elmer, 
ns. 7384 and 7910. 
A bushy climbing shrub, in woods at 2500 feet; branches 
many, the nodes much enlarged; wood coarsely grained but 
quite hard; bark also hard, brown, green on the twigs; cor- 
iaceous leaves dull, much paler beneath, nearly flat; sta- 
minate spikes pendulous, slender, 1.5 dm. long, pale yel- 
low. (Elmer ms. for n. 7384) 
Widely distributed also in India, the Malayan penin- 
sula and archipelago. 
Piper miniatum hirtellum C. DC. Prod. Xvi; 355. 
Chavica miniata hirtella C. DC. 
Ramulis novellis petiolisque rufo-hirsutis, foliis subtus ad 
nervos pilosis. i 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), A. D. E. t 
Elmer, n. 11229. i 
