782 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BoTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 44 
tioli usque ad limbi latus longius 10 mm., inter limbi latera 
7 mm. longi. Pedunculi fere usque ad 15 mm. longi. Spica 
in vivo flavicans, erecta, 13 mm. longa matura usque ad 5 
mm. crassa. Bracteae pelta 1 mm. longa et paullo latior. 
Bacca 1.5 mm. diametro. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mt. Apo), A. D. E. 
Elmer, ns. 10899 and 11274. 
A lax undershrub, 2 feet high, in moist humus covered 
fertile soil of dense forests at 3000 feet of mount Calelan; 
stems 1 or more from the same root, reclining and with ends 
erect or suberect, less than 0.5 inch thick, terete, nodulose, 
smooth, green; branches erect from the reclining stem; leaves 
‘coriaceous, divaricate, dark green above, conspicuously whitened 
beneath; spikes erect, upon 1 inch long green terete pedun- 
cles, from creamy white to yellow. ''Salimbangan" and ''Parooan 
are the names given to these two specimens by the Bagobos. 
(Elmer ms. for n. 11274). 
Piper ovatibaccum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, ovato-vel elliptico-lanceolatis, basi 
leviter inaequilatera in mare utrinque acutis, in femina utrin- 
que aeutis vel altero latere rotundatis, apice acute et sat 
longe acuminatis, supra subtusque haud dense pilosis,  7-pli- 
nerviis, nervo centrali a 5-10 mm. supra basin trifido, ner- 
vis lateralibus adscendentibus. utrinque 2 a basi solutis; pe- 
tiolo dense piloso paullo ultra basin vaginante; stirpis masc. 
pedunculo glabro quam petiolus paullo breviore, spica florenti 
limbi dimidium fere aequante, rhachi dense pilosa, bracteae 
glabrae pelta rotunda centro subsessili; staminibus 2 antheris 
ovato-globosis; stirpis fem. pedunculo rhachi et bractea ut in 
mare, ovario libero ovato glabro, stigmatibus 3 ovato-acutis, 
bacca ovata apice subacuta. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli primum dense villosi dein 
glabri et lenticellis concoloribus asperulati, spiciferi 1.5 mm. 
erassi, collenchyma haud libriforme, in fasciculos discretos 
dispositum vel subcontinuum, fasciculi intramedullares 1-se- 
riati, canales lysigenes  peripherici nulli. Limbi in sicco 
membranacei creberrime et minute pellucido-punctulati, 9.5-10 
em. longi, 3.5 to 4.5 cm. lati. Petioli 7 ad 8 mm., pe- 
