778 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BoTANY (Vor. III, Arr. 44 
quilatera altero latere rotundatis altero subacutis, apice longe 
et acute acuminatis supra glabris subtus basi ad nervum cen- 
tralem parce pilosis, 9-ninerviis, nervo centrali nervos 2 ad- 
scendentes utrinque mittente quorum superus ex 3.5 cm. su- 
pra basin inferusque paullo supra basin soluti, nervis later- 
alibus 2 subadscendentibus a basi solutis; petiolo piloso 
basi ima vaginante; stirpis fem. pedunculo tenui petiolum multo 
superante superne parce piloso, spica matura quam folii 
limbus pluries breviore cylindrica apice rotunda, rbachi pilosa, 
bracteae pelta glabra lunulata centro longe pedicellata pedicello 
lineari dense piloso; bacca obovato-oblonga, stigmate orbi- 
culari juniore supra trisulcato. 
Dioieum, scandens. Ramuli ad nodos pilosi et superne 
altero latere linea duplici pilorum a petiolo decurrente in- 
structi, spiciferi 0.75 cm. crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos dis- 
eretos dispositum haud libriforme et zona continua cellularum 
Sclerosarum externe circumdatum, canalis lysigenis unicus 
centralis. Limbi in sicco firmi obscure virescentes, crebre pellu- 
cido-punctulati, usque ad 16 cm. longi et 5 cm. lati.  Petioli 
usque ad limbi latus longius 2.5 mm. et inter limbi latera 
2 mm. longi. Pedunculi 26 mm. longi. Spica matura 3 cm. 
longa, 7 mm. crassa. Bracteae pelta 0.75 mm. lata. Spica in 
vivo atropurpurea et fere nigra. Bacca2 mm. longa, superne 
1 mm. crassa. Stigma in apice ovarii sessile. 
Negros, Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete (Cuernos 
Mts.), A. D. E. Elmer, n. 9456. 
A scandent and much ramifying shrub, in woods at . 
4000 feet on a densely forested trail leading to the lesser 
peak; stem gray, tightly cleaving to trunks of tree ferns; 
its wood has a peppery odor; leaves paler beneath, subco- 
riaceous, descending; fruits pendulous, leaf opposed at the 
apex of the branches, 0.5 inch thick by 1.5 inches long, 
cylindric in shape, of a rich dark claret color when mature 
and strongly peppery in flavor. ‘‘Buyoc-buyoc’’ is the local 
Visayan name. (Elmer ms.) 
Piper delicatum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, anguste ovato-lanceolatis inferne 
subattenuatis et basi ima aequilatera vel leviter inaequilatera, 
