Jew S, 1914] 8ix New p , pkrackae 



rhachi hirsuta, bracteae peita rotund <to-obovata marline dense 

 cihata c-ntro subsessili, ovario ovito giabro stigma tibus 3 ovatis, 

 bacca immature obovata stipitem suum glabrum aequante. 



Hamuli spiciferi 1 mm paullulo cras^iores, collenchyma 



libriforme in fasciculos disoretos dispositmn, fasciculi intramed- 



ullares l-seriati, canalis lysigenus centralis peri^liHrieique 

 multi, cellulae scierosae interfasciculares zonam earn phloeraato 

 contmuam formantes. Limbi in sicco firmi crebe pellucido- 

 puntulati, usque ad 9.3 cm longi et 4 cm lati, nermli 

 Uitiini numerosissimi areolas minutas formantes. Petioli 1 cm, 

 pedunculi 1.4 cm longi. Spica 4 cm. longa fere 2 mm 

 crassa, bracteae pelta I mm longa et apice fere aequilata. 

 Bacca inferne stipitiformis. 



Mindanao, Province Agusan, Cabalbaran (Ml Urdaneta), 

 A- D. E. Elmer, no. 14186. 



Piper lucbanense C. DC. n. sp. 



Foliis modice petiolatis elliptico lanceolatis, basi aequi- 

 latera acutis, apice acute acuminata, utrinque glabris, 7 pli- 

 nerviis nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes akerne m'vtente 

 quorum supremus a 15 mm supra basin solutua nervisque 

 lateralibus utrinque 2 a basi Bala tig; petiolo glabro basi 

 vaginante; stirpis fern. pedunculo glabro petiolum aequante, 

 spica matura quam folii limb s pluries brevdore, rylindrioa, 

 rhachi glabro, bracteae glabrae pelta lunata centre subsK— iii; 

 bacca inferne in rhachi immersa et cum ea concreta auperne 

 rotundato-umbonata, stigmatibus 3 mtundatis brevibus. 



Dioicum. Ramuli glabri, collenchymatis libriformis et 

 continui zona tenuis, fasciculi intramndui lares l-fleriati, canals 



lysigenes nulli. Limbi in sicco rigidi, pellucido-pnnctuati, 

 usque ad 19 cm longi et ad 7 cm Jati, nervi in sicco suUu- 

 prominentes. Petioli 15 mm longi. Spica 5 cm longa, 1 

 cm crassa. Bracteae pelta 0.5 mm longa, 1 mm lata. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban (Mt. Banahaoj, 

 A. D. K Elmer, no. 7383. 



Piper urdanetanum C. DC. n. sp. 



Ramulis glabris; foliis noodice petiolatis glabris, limbo 

 elliptico-lanceolato basi aequilatera acuto apice acute et iongiu-- 



