Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 303 
techint ; Goping, King’s Collector 415; Kampong Simpai, Batu Pahat, 
Lake and Kelsall 4015. Setanaor: Gua Batu, Kajang, Kwala 
Lumpur, Ridley.—Disrris : Sumatra, Borneo. 
8. PipER FLAviBAccUM, C. DC. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind. VI. 5 
(1912). Branches glabrous, pale brown when dry, the spiciferous 
about 1 mm. thick ; collenchyma continuous, sparsely libriform; a 
single central lysigenous canal. Leaves moderately long petioled, 
glabrous, limb rigid, membranous when dry, copiously pellucid- 
dotted; 10—11 cm. long, 2:8—3:5 cm. wide; oblong-ovate, acutely 
attenuate, the base inequilateral, attenuate on the shorter, rounded 
and wider on the longer side; 4-nerved, 2 lateral ascending nerves 
on one side of the base and a single on the other; petiole 10 mm. 
long with basal sheath. Peduwncle glabrous, slender, nearly 20 mm. 
long. Spike: # about 22 mm. long when flowering ; rhachis hirsute ; 
bract glabrous, its limb round, 0:5 mm, in diam. with a central short 
pedicel ; stamens 2, anthers rounded, 4-valvate, much shorter than 
the oblong filaments: 2? 20 mm. long when ripe. Berry free, 
globose, bright yellow when living, brown when dry, 2 mm. in diam. 
PERAK : Scortechini; summit of Gunong Batu Putih, alt. 6700 
ft., Wray 271, 331. 
9. PIPER MINIATUM Bl. in Verh. Bat. Genoots. XI. 166 (1826) and 
Enum. Pl. Jav. 1. 65. Slender creeper,up to 6m. long. Branches 
glabrous drying brown, the spiciferous nearly 1 mm. thick; collen- 
chyma in distinct bundles, nearly entirely libriform ; a single central 
lysigenous canal. Leaves very shortly petioled ; limb rigid-membra- 
nous when dry, very minutely pellucid-dotted, 8-18 cm. long, 4-9cm. 
wide. shining above, glabrous on both surfaces except at the base 
where the nerves are at first hirsute and soon glabrous; oblong- 
ovate, acutely acuminate. slightly inequilateral and very shortly half 
cordulate at the extreme base the longer side of which is auriculi- 
form; 5-7-nerved ; petiole hirsute especially at the margins, about 
4 mm. long, sheath basal. Peduncle glabrous, 26 mm. long, slender. 
Spike: 3 10°5 cm. long, up to 7 mm. thick, rhachis hirsute; bract 
glabrous, its limb round, 0-5 mm. in diam. with a central rather long 
pedicel ; stamens 3, anthers elliptic, 2-valvate, filaments very short: 
2 10°5—18 cm. long, 4 mm. thick, densely bacciferous, rhachis 
and bract as in the male; ovary free, glabrous, oblong ; stigmas 3, 
very minute. Berry oblong-obovate, angulose, 2 mm. long, bright red 
when living, black when dry. C. DC. in Prodr. XVI. i. 354 ; 
