320 - #lora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
glabrous ; limb membranous when dry, copicusly black-dotted under- 
neath, 9—11°5 cm. long 3:7—4:5 cm. wide, subobovate-elliptic-lanceo- 
late, acutely acuminate, the base equilateral and acute; 5-plinerved, 
the central nerve emitting 2 ascendent nerves from about 2 mm. above 
the base with many spreading veins higher up, and having on each 
side of it one ascendent nerve free from the base ; petiole very thin, 
10mm. long, sheath basal. Peduncle glabrous, very thin, as long as the 
petiole. Spike: 9 slender, 4 cm. long; rhachis hirsute; bract 
glabrous, its limb elliptic 2 mm. long with a central short and thick 
pedicel containing gelified cells ; ovary free, glabrous; stigmas 3—4.,. 
ovate-acuminate. Berry globose, yellowish-red when living, black 
when dry, nearly 4 mm. in diam., its stipe a little shorter. 
PERAK: at Waterloo in May, Curtis 2699 ; at Larut at 2500—3000 
ft. altitude, King’s Collector 6263; Scortechini. SELANcor: Kwala 
Lumpur, Curtis. Mauacca: where Vern. ‘‘Akar Siri Haton’’, Ridley 
2a01. 
36. PipaR PAucIsSTIGMUM, C. DC. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind. VI. 
14,(1912). Slender creeper; branches glabrous, the spiciferous nearly 
1mm.thick; collenchymalibriform in distinct laterally much widened 
bundles; a single central lysigenous canal; numerous yellow cells in 
bark and pith. Leaves moderately long-petioled, glabrous ; limb 
membranous when dry, copiously blackish-dotted underneath, up to 
10°5 cm. long and 32 mm. wide ; oblong-elliptic, acutely acuminate, 
the base equilateral and acute; 5-plinerved, the central nerve 
emitting 2 ascendent nerves, the uppermost from about 26 mm. 
above the base, and having on each side of it one ascendent nerve 
free from the base ; petiole very slender, 8-4 mm. long, sheath basal. 
Peduncle very slender, as long as the petiole, glabrous. Spike: 9 
nearly 4 cm. long; rhachis puberulous; bract glabrous, its limb 
obovate, 1 mm. long and up to 1 mm. wide, with a central short 
pedicel; ovary free, glabrous; stigmas 2 or 3, ovate-acuminate. 
Berry sealing-wax red when living, black when dry, globose, nearly 
3 mm. in diam., its stipe shorter. 
Perak: near Ulu Kerling, April, on trees in dense bamboo 
forest, at 500—700 ft., King’s Collector 8820 ; Scortechini. 
37. PreprR MAxweccanvM, C. DC. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind. VI. 
15 (1912). Scandent. Branches glabrous, light brown when dry, 
the spiciferous 2 mm. thick; collenchyma continuous and libriform ; 
a single central lysigenous canal; numerous orange-coloured cells in 
