OcrToBER 31, 1910] PHILIPPINE PIPERACEAE 773 
catan creek; stems at most 0.75 inch thick, terete, flexi- 
ble, here and there branched from the nodes, the old ones 
thinly checked and grayish, smooth and green on the slend- 
er branchlets; leaves coriaceous, hanging, flat, dull deep 
green on the upper side, much paler or subglaucescent 
beneath; spikes terminally leaf opposed, suberect green and 
usually curved, the stigmas dull brown. ''Manik-ka-tapai"' 
is the Bagobo name. (Eimer ms.) 
Piper puberulinodum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, ovatis basi aequilatera rotundatis 
apice acute et sat longe acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 7-pli- 
nerviis, nervo centrali nervos 2 alternatim mittente quorum 
supremus a 2-2.5 cm. supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus 
adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis; petiolo inferne mi- 
nutissime puberulo, fere usque ad medium vaginante; stirpis 
fem. pedunculo glabro petiolum paullo superante, uncinato; 
spica quam folii limbus pluries breviore, cylindrica, rhachi 
tomentosa, braetea semicirculari centro sessili; ovario inferne 
in rhachi profunde immerso, superne libero et tomentoso, 
stigmatibus 4-5, linearibus. 
Dioieum, scandens. Caulis in vivo fere 8 cm. crassus, 
tubereulis obtusis dense munitus.  Ramuli, nodis exceptis 
minute puberulis, glabri, in sicco juniores fuscescentes, vetus- 
tiores albescentes, spiciferi fere 2.5 mm. crassi, collenchyma in 
fasciculos diseretos dispositum et zona interna libriforme, fasci- 
culi intramedullares 1-seriati, canales lysigenes multi quorum 
unus centralis, alii peripherici, cellulae fuscae in cortice et 
in medullo crebrae. Limbi in sicco rigidi, rubello-pellucido- 
punctulati, usque ad 11.5 cm. longi et 6 cm. lati. Petioli 
usque ad 15 mm., pedunculi usque ad 28 mm. longi. Spicae 
2.5-5 em. longae, 8-12 mm. crassae. Bractea 1 mm. lata. 
Species P. bathycarpi et P. betlei promima, limbis rotundatis, 
nodis puberulis, stigmatibus longioribus ab illo; bracteae forma 
et nodis puberulis a P. betleo discrepans. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), A. D. E. 
Elmer, n. 11972. 
Climbing upon large and small trees at 2500 feet; stem 
3 inches thick or less in the smaller ones, tightly cleaving 
