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illic sparsis circa nodos eonferlioribus, dociduis; intornodia 

 6 — 12 cpnt, longa, nodi pelioloriira basilius raargioati. Pe- 

 tioli 21/3 — 5 ecut. longi. Folitim majus 16 cpiit. longum, 

 15 latuiD, aliquatcnus iiiaequllaterale, mi/iora plerumqne 

 plane apqiiilateralia, 10 — 12 cent. longa, raorabranacpa, gla- 

 bra Tel basin versus sparse pilosnla, utriiiqiie glandniis nunc 

 nigrescentibns punctata. Nervi praeter tres raedios per ana- 

 stonioses ad apicem diictos, omnes e basi versus marginos 

 adscendentes, subtus prominentes, anastomosibns snbhoriznn- 

 talibus prorainulis juncti. Stipulae petiolares adnatae an- 

 gustae cito delitescentes, Stipula oppositifolia lanceolata 

 convoluta obtusa glabra V2 f'''^'. longa. Peduncvlus glaber 

 21/2 cPDt- longHs. Amentum in siippetente sp. diffractnm 

 matiirum feminenm 11 cent. longiim calamo scriptorio cras- 

 siiis, obtusnm, in sicco llavesccns. Bractcae pedicHllato- 

 peltatae, peita exigua orbiculari vel rhombeo-orbicnlari, 

 submerabranacea, raarginibns extenuatis undulata, centro in- 

 crassata et juniore aetate glanduloso- verrueniosa. Baccae 

 dpnsae a laferibns compressae et basi subcohaerentes, ver- 

 tice rotundatae glal>rae, pericarpio tenni sncculento, bracteis 

 latiores, st/'gmatibus 3, raro 4 brevibus crassinscuHs albido- 

 pubernlis coronatae. Semen obovato - SHbtetragonum sub- 

 coinpressum fuscnra nitiduni^ alhnmine albo duro. 



Chart ca Miq. 



1. Chavica niiniata l. c. p. 234. — Hab. Sangjang - 

 tiJcora ; in die. Siri utam. 'ji^,^,... 



2. Ch. macrostacliya, p. 236. Piper rubrum Herb. 

 Rpinw. n. 1369. Crescit in ins. Banda; ine. Tjalu utan. 



3. Ch. sarmentosa, p. 242. Ad hanc portinere Piper 

 dfffusum Vabl. Miq. Syst. Pip. (= P. Karoh Bl.), inspo- 

 rtis perfcctioribus speciminibns nunc edoctus sum. Crescit 

 in dislr. Bantam Javae. — Karoh , Obak batok Sund. 



