

LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 



EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 



Vol. VI. Manila, P. L, July 3, 1914, Art. 108 



SIX NEW PIPERACEAE 



by 



Casimir de Candolle 



( Geneva, Switzerla nd ) 



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Piper agusanense C. DC. n. sp. 



Caule longe et hand dense piloso, rami. lis spieiferN 

 gfabris; foliis superis modice petiolatis, limbo subovato-lan 

 CfcolmtO basi inaequilatera utrinque rotundato apice acute 

 acuminato supra glabro subtus ad nerros parce piioso, pen- 



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ninervio nervo centrali nervos adscendentes utrinque 4 mittente 

 quorum 8upremus fere a 3 cm supra basin aoioUw, petiolo 

 parce pilono basi ima vaginante; pedunculo glabro petiolum 

 'ere duplo superante, spica subfloreute quara limbus paulJo 

 breviore, bracteae glabrae pelta longitudinaliter elliptica infra 

 centrum breviter pedicellate, rhaehi puberula, staminibus 2, 

 antheris ellipticis 2-valvatis filamenta brevia superan 



Frutex ut videtur scandens caulis e nodia cirrhiferu* 

 circiter 6 mm crasstis, ramuli spiciferi 1 mm crasst, col- 

 lenchyraa in fascicules discretos disposi tun haud libnform**, 

 fasciculi intramedul lares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus nuilus. 

 Limbi in sicco rigidi, opaci foliorom caulinium rotundato- 

 ovati basi aequilatera cordati apice acute acuminati 9 cm 

 longi, 6 5 cm lati lt-plinervii, nervtis , ntralis a 1 cm 

 supra b=sin trifidus, foliorum supemrum forma ut in diag- 

 nosi, usque ad 9.5 cm longi et 3 5 cm lati. Petioli nsque 



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