TT LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 44 
thinly coriaceous, flat, much lighter green beneath; peduncle 
green; spike cylindric, reddish brown when young; the young 
fruits yellowish green, 2 inches long. ''Mani-ca-tapoi" is the 
Bagobo name. (Elmer ms.) 
Piper cristatum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabrum, foliis modice petiolatis ellipticis basi 
ima fere aequilatera subacutis apice brevissime attenuatis, 7- 
plinerviis nervo centrali 2 cm. supra basin trifido nervis- 
que adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis; petiolo basi 
vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo fere petiolum aequante; 
spica florente quam folii limbus paullo breviore; rhachi glabra; 
bractea obovata, rhachi late adnata, ovario libero, stigmatibus 
3 minutis rotundatis. 
Dioieum, scandens. Caulis teres in vivo 26 mm. crassus, 
longitudinaliter cristatus, cristae fere 0.5 mm. altae. Ramuli 
spiciferi in sicco 8 mm. crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos dis- 
eretos sub cristis incrassatos dispositum et haud libriforme, 
fasciculi intramedullares 2-seriati, canales lysigenes plures 
quorum unus centralis alii peripherici. Limbi coriacei pellu- 
cido-punctulati 16 em. longi, 11.5 cm. lati. Petioli 25 mm., 
pedunculi 30 mm. longi. Spicae florentes 13.5 cm. longi in 
sicco 5 mm. crassi. Bractea fere 4 mm. longa et 3 mm. 
lata, margine 0.5 mm. lato libera. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), A. D. 
E. Elmer, n. 10703. 
Scandent upon moss covered trees, in very humid for- 
ests at 3500 feet along the Baruring river; stem terete, 
1 inch thick, flexible, green, the internodes 6 inches long, 
7 to 9-ridged longitudinally; branches toward the top, 25 
feet from the ground, hanging, also rigid, lighter green, 
heavy ; leaves horizontally spreading, nearly flat, very coriaceous, 
lueid dark green above, much paler and duller beneath; 
infrutescence pendulous, the receptacle turning bright yellow 
from base to apex; the pistilate flowers yellowish green. 
"Busok-buso'"' is the Bagobo name. (Elmer ms.) 
Piper longistigmum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabrum, foliis modice petiolatis, elliptico-lance- 
