780 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 44 
libera; staminibus 3, antheris reniformibus quadrivalvatis, 
filamentis oblongis antheras latitudine aequantibus. 
Dioicum, scandens. Caulis digitum minimum crassus. 
Ramuli laxi, laeves, spiciferi 1 mm. crassi, collenchyma 
libriforme in fasciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi intramedul- 
lares 1-seriati, canales lysigenes peripherici nulli. Limbi in 
vivo coriacei, in sicco rigidi, crebre pellucido-punctulati, 7 cm. 
longi, 3 cm. lati. Petioli 1 cm., pedunculi 3.5 cm. longi, 
spica florens 14cm. longa, 3mm. crassa. Bractea 2.5 mm. 
longa, 1.5 mm. lata. Antherae 0.5 mm. longae, 1 mm. latae. 
= Mindanao, District Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), A. D. 
E. Elmer, n. 10308. 
Small climber, in dense humid woods of fertile deep 
ravines at 4000 feet; stems the thickness of a man’s little 
finger, green, lenticelled, nodulose; branches many, lax, 
forming loose hanging masses; leaves coriaceous, dull green 
-above, with recurved tips, much paler green beneath; spikes 
cylindric, pendulous fromgreen peduncles, about 5 inches 
long, dark green. ‘‘Mani-ka-topoi’’ is the native or Bagobo 
name. (Elmer ms.) 
Piper crassinodum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis basi leviter 
.inaequilatera altero latere rotundatis obtusisve altero attenuatis 
apice acute acuminatis, supra glabris subtus, praesertim in mare, 
ad nervos parcissime puberulis, penniverviis nervo centrali 
nervos adscendentes utrinque 4 mittente quorum superus 
ex 3 cm. supra basin solutus; petiolo glabro usque ad limbi 
latus longius vaginante; stirpis masc. spica quam folii lim- 
bus pluries breviore in vivo erecta, staminibus 2, antheris 
obovatis quam filamenta longioribus et latioribus; stirpis 
fem. pedunculo adulto petiolum paullo superante; spica in 
vivo erecta, matura quam folii limbus pluries breviore, 
cylindrica apice rotundata, rhachi glabra, bracteae glabrae 
pelta rotunda centro subsessili; bacca inferne in rhachi im- 
mersa superne libera et globoso-umbonata, stigmatibus 3 bre- 
vibus linearibus. | 
Dioicum, frutex 1 m. altus. Ramuli glabri nodis crassis, 
. Spiciferi usque ad 2.5 mm. crassi, collenchyma haud libriforme 
