NO. 6 NEW SPECIES OF PIPER FROM PANAMA CANDOLLE ■ ^ 



Panama: Pastures around El Boquete, Chiriqui, alt. i,ooo- 

 1,300 m., H. Pittier 2930. 



forma b. Limbo paullo majore usque ad 11 cm. longo et 4 cm. 

 lato, spica submatura 7.5 cm. longa. Frutex circiter 2 m. altus. 



Panama: Forests along Rio Ladrillo and vicinity, above El 

 Boquete, Chiriqui, alt. 1,000-1,300 m., W. R. Maxon 5557 (type), 

 5558 ; H. Pittier 4944. 



PIPER HIRTELLIPETIOLUM C. DC, n. sp. 



Ramulis primum parce hirtellis cito glabris ; f oliis breviter petio- 

 latis, limbo oblongo-elliptico-lanceolato basi leviter inaequilatera 

 utrinque acuto apice acute et sat longe acuminato supra subtusque 

 glabro, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes utrinque 3-4 mittente 

 quorum supremus a ^-^ longitudinis centralis solutus, petiolo parce 

 hirtello basi ima vaginante ; pedunculo glabro petiolum aequante, 

 spica matura limbi dimidium subaequante apice obtusa, rhachi hir- 

 suta, bracteae pelta triangulari margine pedicelloque angusto dense 

 et longe hirsutis, antheris rotundato-reniformibus filamenta oblonga 

 paullo superantibus, ovario libero glabro, stigmatibus linearibus, 

 bacca subtetragona glabra. 



Ramuli spiciferi 2 mm. crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos 

 dispositum et zona interna libriforme, fasculi intramedullares 

 i-seriati, canalis lysigenus nullus. Limbi in sicco membranacei 

 creberrime pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 12.3 cm. longi et 3.4 cm. 

 lati. Petioli usque ad latus longius fere 5 mm., inter limbi latera 

 2 mm., pedunculi 7 mm. longi. Spica matura circiter 4.5 cm. longa 

 et 3 mm. crassa, stamina 3 basi ima baccae adnata, bacca in sicca 

 nigra, stigmata 3 sessilia. 



Panama: Along streamlet, vicinity of David, Chiriqui, alt. 

 30-80 m., H. Pittier 2932. 



PIPER PALMASANUM C. DC, n, sp. 



Ramulis glabris ; f oliis modice petiolatis, limbo oblongo-ovato basi 

 leviter inaequilatera rotundato apice acute et sat longe acuminato, 

 supra glabro subtus ad nervos nervulosque hirtello, nervo centrali 

 nervos utrinque 4 mittente quorum superi 3 adscendentes quorum 

 supremus circiter a 4 cm. supra basin et infimis fere a basi soluti, 

 petiolo primum puberulo et cito glabro paullo infra medium vagi- 

 nante, pedunculo petiolum aequante puberulo, spica sub anthesi quam 

 limbus pluries breviore mucronulata, bracteae pelta triangulari in 



