774 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 44 
to its support, nodulose, densely covered with blunt tubercles, 
yellowish gray; branchlets green, smooth, numerously rebranch- 
ed; leaves coriaceous, descending, folded upon the upper 
lucid green surface, much paler beneath; fruits upon 1 inch 
long green peduncles arising opposite the leaves, 1 to 2 inches 
long; cylindric or more or less subnodulose 0.33 to 0.5 inch 
across, olive green. ''Manica" is the Bagobo name. (Elmer ms.) 
Piper betle Linn. Sp. Pl. 28: ed. II; 40. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer, n. 8108 fem. 
Negros, Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete (Cuer- 
nos Mts.) Elmer, n. 9578 fem. 
A lofty tree climber, forming dense tangled masses clear 
around the naked exposed stems; stems 0.75 inch thick, with 
smooth yellowish bark, nodose every 6 inches, tightly cleaving 
to its support; branches divaricately spreading, easily separat- 
ing at the much thickened joints; coriaceous leaves subpen- 
dulous, shining green on the upper side, much paler beneath, 
conduplicate on the upper surface; the pendulous spikes yel- 
lowish green, the staminate slenderer and yellow. ‘‘Buyoc’’ 
is the local Visayan name. The peppery leaves of this 
species are chewed by the natives with lime and betel 
nut (a Palmae species which they call ''Bunga"). The saliva 
and the mouth are colored a blood red by the mixture, (Elmer 
ms. for n. 9573). 
Cultivated in all tropical countries. 
Piper carnistilum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabrum, foliis sat longe petiolatis, ovatis basi 
aequilatera acutis apice longe et acute acuminatis, penninerviis, 
nervo centrali; nervos adscendentes 4 utrinque opposite aut 
subopposite mittente, quorum infimi fere a basi, supremi fere 
a 3.5 cm. supra basin soluti; petiolo basi ima vaginante; 
stirpis fem. petiolum fere aequante; spica subflorente quam 
folii limbus pluries breviore cylindrica, apice obtusa, bracteae 
pelta rotunda centro pedicellata pedicello crasso obconico; 
ovario inferne in rhachi immerso et cum ea concreto, superne 
in stilum carnosum producto, stigmatibus 3 linearibus, acutis. 
