LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vor. III, Arr. 44 
` Piper villilimbum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis ovato-ellipticis, basi breviter in- 
aequilatera altero latere obtusis altero acutis, apice acute acu- 
minatis, utrinque villosis, penninerviis, nervo centrali in mare a 
1 cm. supra basin trifido nervosque adscendentes utrinque 2 
paullo supra basin mittente, in femina nervos adscendentes 
utrinque 3 mittente quorum supremus fere a 3 cm. supra ba- 
sin solutus; petiolo villoso basi ima vaginante; maris pedun- 
culo tenuissimo villoso quam petiolus paullo breviore, spica juv- 
enili quam folii limbus pluries breviore, bracteae glabrae pelta or- 
bieulari centro pedicellata; feminae pedunculo tenuissimo vil- 
loso, petiolum paullo superante, spica folii limbum  subae- 
quante vel paullo superante, rhachi dense hirtella, bracteae 
glabrae pelta parva, rotunda centro subsessili, ovario libero 
glabro; stigmatibus 3 ovato-acuminatis brevibus, bacca ma- 
tura subglobosa stipitem suum superante. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli densi villosi, spiciferi 1 mm. 
crassi, pili usque ad 2 mm. longi, collenchyma libriforme con- 
tinuum, fasciculi intramedullares  1-seriati, canales lysigenes 
plures quorum unus centralis, alii peripherici. Limbi in sicco 
membranacei erebre pellucido-punetulati, superi usque ad 14 
em. longi et 4.5 em. lati. Petioli usque ad limbi latus longius 
10 mm., inter limbi latera 1 mm. longi. Limbi foliorum in- 
feriorum minores, 4-6 cm. longi ovato-lanceolati basi inaequi- 
latera cordulati, 7-plinervii. Spicae fem. 10 cm. longae rha- 
chis 1 mm. crassa. Bracteae pelta 0.75 mm. diametro. Bacca 
4 mm. longa. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, A. D. E. Elmer, 
ns. 7382 and 7624. 
A ]lax and finely branched scandent shrub; the older 
stems rather wiry and thin; soft leaves paler beneath; in- 
frutescence pendulous, deep red when mature. Not common in 
woods at 2500 feet of mount Banahao. (Elmer ms. for n. 
7624) | 
Heckeria Hook. 
Spicae in apice ramuli axillares subumbellatae vel axilla- 
res solitariae. Bractea libera. Flos hermaphroditus. Stamina 
2-9. Ovarium liberum. 
