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Fl. J spicati, spicis pedunculatis, oppositifoliis, cylindraceis 3J cm. 

 longis, 4 mm. latis, pedmiculis IJ cm. longis. Fl. J subsessiles. 

 Stamina 2, filamentis brevibns, bracteis peltatis, peltis stipitatis 

 li mm. in diametro. 



Hab. Köshiln, Kurarusha, leg. T. Kawakami, Juli. 1906, (No. 

 1645). 



Near Piper sarmentosum Roxb., but differs from it by the sub- 

 cordate leaves with different venation. 



Piper kwashœnse Hayata sp. nov. Caulis scandons prostratus, 

 ad nodos radicans, (internodiis 6-7 cm. longis), longitudinaliter 

 rugulosus, rugulis prominentibus. Folia membranaceo-chartacea, 

 cordato-rotundata, 8-10 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, apice rotundata, 

 subito cuspidata, (cuspidibus IJ cm. longis, 3 -4 mm. latis), basi peltato- 

 cordata, vel subpeltata, (ab insertione petiolorum usque ad basin 

 laminas 2 mm.), margine integerrima, utrinque pallidissima, nervis 

 utrinque tenuibus distincte elevatis, 5-nervia, utrinque pagine 

 glabra, petiolis 4 cm. longis, multistriatis, brevissime pubescentibus. 

 Alabastrum foliorum oppositifolium, cylindricum, 1 cm. longum, 

 2 mm. latum, 1-perulatum, perulis brevissime fusco-p)ubescentibus. 



Hab. Kwashötö, leg. T. Kawakami et Z. Kobayashi, 1907, 

 Aug. (No. 475). 



Near P. ornatum N. E. Beown, but differs from it in having 

 much more cordate leaves witli primary lateral veins curving 

 upwards and reaching the apex of the blade. 



Piper sarmentosum Koxb.; C\ DC. in DC. Prodr. XVI.-l, p. 352 ; 

 Maxbi. in Mel. Biol. XI T. p. 533 ; Foebes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 II. p. 366. 



Piper Füto];achuni Tashiro, (in sched.) Herb. Tokyo. 



