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and having on each side of it 2 lateral ascendent nerves free from the 
base; petiole 4—6 mm. long,sheath basal. Peduncle glabrous, about 
15 mm. long. Spike: 2 ovate-globose, nearly 4—6 mm. long, 
rhachis pilose ; bract glabrous, orbicular, subsessile, 1-5 mm. in diam. ; 
ovary free, glabrous, ovate, with an elongated style and 3—4 ovate- 
acuminate stigmas. Berry sessile, globose, about 3°5 mm. long with 
its slender style. Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 88 Chavica venan- 
ensis, Miq. Syst. Pip. 279, Illustr. 45. t. 44. 
Penane: Wallich 6642 B. (in Herb. Berol), 6644 B. (in Herb. 
Hook.); Ulu Selama, Wray 4170. Prrax: at Gunong Inas, 
Scortechint ; Wray 4087. 
5, Piper conrpaccum, C. DC. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind., VI. 4 
(1912). Branchlets glabrous, the spiciferous 4 mm. thick, 6—7-costel- 
ate, the riblets membranous ; collenchyma in distinct and laterally 
widened bundles, not libriform; a single central lysigenous canal, 
abundant yellow cells in bark and pith. Leaves shortly petioled, 
glabrous; limb firm when dry, 12—13°5 cm. long, 5—5:7 cm. wide, 
elliptic-lanceolate, subacutely acuminate, the base equilateral, acute; 
7-plinerved, the central nerve emitting 2 ascendent nerves, the 
uppermost from 20—30 mm. above the base, and having on each side 
of it 2 ascendent nerves free from the base; petiole 10 mm. long, 
sheath basal. Peduncle as long as the petioles. Spike: 2 nearly 
40°3 cm. long ; rhachis glabrous ; bract glabrous, its limb obovate, 
attenuate in its lower part, 2 mm. long; ovary free, attenuate into 
a conic style; stigmas 3—5, more rarely 5 and sometimes 2, linear. 
Berry glaucescent when dry, its style 7 mm. long. 
SELANGOR: at Semangko, Ridley 17056. 
6. PreerR mMaGnripaccum, C. DC. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind. VI. 5 
(1912). Scandent. Branches glabrous, drying brown, the spiciferous 
up to 6 mm. thick and costellate; collenchyma in distinct laterally 
widened bundles, not libriform; a single central lysigenous canal. 
Leaves moderately long petioled, glabrous ; limb subcoriaceous when 
dry, 15—22 cm. long, 6—10°5 cm. wide ; elliptic-lanceolate, acutely 
acuminate, the base acute and equilateral; 7—9-plinerved, the 
central nerve emitting 2 opposite ascendent nerves from 20-26 mm. 
above the base and having on each side of it 2—3 ascendent nerves 
free from the base, the external much shorter than the others ; 
petiole about 20 mm. long, sheath basal. Peduncle nearly as long 
as the petiole, glabrous, 2 mm. thick when dry. Spike: 2 about 
