OCTOBER 31, 1910] PHILIPPINE PIPERACEAE 783 
dunculi circiter 5 mm. longi. Spica masc. fere 4.5 cm. 
longa et 1.5 mm. crassa, fem. 1.5-2 em. longa et 6-8 mm. 
crassa. Bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm. diametro. Bacca fere 
2 mm. longa, in sieco fuscescens. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, A. D. E. Elmer, 
ns. 7888 masc. and 8106 fem. 
Laxly branched shrubs climbing about small stems of shrubs 
and trees near the ground in woods at 2250 feet; spicate 
inflorescence erect, that portion in anthesis white, below this 
yellow, above it green; its old gray bark coarsely checked; 
leaves membranous. (Elmer ms. for n. 7888). 
Piper toppingii C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis brevissime petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis basi ima lev- 
iter inaequilatera altero latere attenuatis altero anguste rotundatis 
vel utrinque rotundatis, apice longe et obtusiuscule acuminatis, 
junioribus supra praesertim ad nervum centralem hirtellis dein 
glabris subtus ubique et sat dense hirsutis, nervo centrali nervos 
2 adscendentes utrinque alternatim mittente, quorum superus 
a2 cm. supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus altero latere 2-3, 
altero 3-4 a basi solutis, quorum superi adscendentes alii 
magis arcuati et breviores; petiolo dense hirsuto; stirpis masc. 
peduneulo hirsuto petiolum pluries superante, spica florente 
quam folii limbus fere triplo breviore, rhachi dense hirsuta- 
bracteae pelta glabra glandulis farcta et in sicco supra pulverulen, 
ti albicante, staminibus 2, filamentis latis et brevibus, antheris 
secundum  rhachin oblongo-ellipticis; stirpis fem. pedunculo 
et rhachi ut in mare, bracteae pelta ut in mare pedicello longo 
et hirsuto, ovario, libero. rotundato glabro, stigmate minuto 3- 
lobulato, baccis subtrigono-obovatis condensis. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli in sicco albido-villosi pilis 
2 mm. longis, spiciferi 2 mm. crassi, collenchyma libriforme 
in fasciculos a latere valde elongatos dispositum, fasciculi in- 
tramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unieus centralis. Limbi 
in sieco rigidi pellucido-punctulati et in femina punctis al- 
bidis conspersi, usque ad 13 cm. longi et 4 cm. lati. Pe- 
tioli 3-5 em. longi, pedunculi in mare 25 in femina 40 mm- 
longi. Spica in mare 4.5 cm. longa, 2.5 mm. crassa, in fe- 
mina 7 em. longa, 5 mm. crassa. Bracteae pelta 0.75 mm. 
