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ad limbi latus longius et inter limbi latera 5 mm longi. 

 Pedunculi 2 cm longi. Spicae subflorentes 8 cm longae, 2 

 mm crassae. 



Mindanao, Province of Agusan, Cabadbaran (Mt. Urda- 

 neta), A. D. E. Elmer, no. 13319. 



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Piper brevistigmum C. DC. n. sp. 



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Ramulis glabris; foliis modice petiolatis, limbo ovato basi 

 ima aequilatera utrinque acuto apice acute acuminato supra 

 glabra subtus breviter et parce piloso, 5-plinervio, nervo 

 centrali paullo supra basin trifido nervo laterali utrinque a 



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basi soluto, petiolo glabro basi ima vaginante, pedunculo 

 glabro petiolum paullo superante, spica quam 1 imbue fere 

 duplo brevore, rhachi hirsuta, bracteae pelta rotunda vel 

 subobovato-rotunda centro subsessili supra puberula margine 

 ciliata, ovario libero ovato glabro, stigmatibus 3 sessilibus 

 ovatis brevibus, bacca libera obovato oblonga. 



Ramuli spiciferi 1.5 mm crassi, collenchyma in fascic- 

 ulus discretos dispositum, zona interna vel fere omnino 

 libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus 

 centralis periphericique multi. Limbi in sicco rigido-membra- 

 nacei creberrime pellucida punctulati, superi circiter 9 5 cm 

 longi et 5.5 cm lati, subaequentes magis ovati, 12.5 cm longi, 

 5.5 cm lati. Petioli 12 mm, pedunculi circiter 17 mm 

 longi. Spicae 5.5 cm longae 2 mm crassae; bracteae pelta 

 in sicco fulvescens paullo, ultra 1 mm diam. Baccae fere 

 4 mm longa et superne 2 mm crassa. 



Mindanao, Province of Agusan, Cabadbaran (Mt. Urda- 

 neta), A. D. E. Elmer, no. 13684. 



Species Piper cilibractei C. DO. proxime. 



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Piper cabadbaranum C. DC. n. sp. 



Ramulis glabris; foliis parvis modice petiolatis glabris, 

 limbo elliptieo-laneeolato basi aequilatera acuto apice acute 

 acuminato, 5-plinervio, nervo centrali a 5 — 15 mm supra 

 basin trifido, nervo laterali utrinque a basi soluto, petiolo - 

 usque ad medium vaginante; pedunculo glabro petiolum 

 paullo superante, spica limbi adulti dimidium aequante, 



