142 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



Peperomia hedyotidea, PJdl., sp. nov. 



Caules erecti, 9-15 cm. longi, internodiis 1 cm. longis basi nudis succulentis, in sicco 

 fusci. Folia opposita, lanceolato-linearia, ad apices et bases auj^ustata, acuta, 2 cm. 

 longa, 3 mm. lata, paucis pilis in pagiua superiore exceptis glabra, subtiis pallida. 

 Spicce axillares et terminales, erectse, 2 cm. longae, glabraj, pedunculo 5-10 mm. 

 longo. Bractece peltatse, orbiculares. Ocarluiu conicum, rostratum. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. ; Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 to 5500 ft. 



A curious species witb narrow opposite leaves, and the habit of one of the small 

 species of Rubiaceae. 



Peperomia obliqua, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herba succulentn, ultra 15 cm. alta. Folia alterna, 1 cm. remota, lanceolata, obliqua, 

 ad basin breviter angustata, 2-5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, glabra, succulenta, subtus 

 pallida, costa in dorso lata, nervis gracilibus 6, petiolis 4 mm. longis. Spicce axil- 

 lares, 2 cm. longae, crassiusculfe, sicccje 1 mm. crassse. Bractea orbicularis, peltata, 

 carnosa. Ovarium conicum. 



Camps IX to SI, 5500 to 8300 ft. 



Species near P. cUndyguleiisis, Miq., but smaller in all parts. 



Piper (§ Chavica) grande, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Berha magna. Folia ovata, cordata, acuta, basi lobis latis insequalibus obtusis, 

 majore 6 cm. longo, glabra, subtus pallida, minute nigro-punctata, 24 cm. longa 

 et seque lata, nervis 14 e sinu ascendentibus, 3 mediis ad basin connatis, petiolis 

 validis 3-5 cm. longis. Spica elongata, 28 cm. longa, 4-7 mm. lata, cyliadrica, in 

 pedunculo crassiusculo 5-15 mm. longo. Bractece peltatse, orbiculatse, uudulatse, 

 medio depressae, irregulariter angulatse. BrupcE obovoidese, stylo brevi. Semen 

 triquetrum, obovoideum. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camp I, 500 ft. 



Allied to P. torricelle7isis, Lauterb., but the leaves are glabrous and the midrib is not 

 twice bifid. 



Piper quinqueneevium, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 284. 

 Camp I, 500 ft. ; Camp Via, 3100 ft. 

 Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Piper miniatttm, Blume, in Verb. Bat. Gen. xi. (1826) 166. 

 Camp VI &, 3900 ft. 

 Bistrlb. Malaya. 



Piper (Eupiper) malacocarpum, K. Schum. & Lauterb. PL Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 

 259. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



