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bracts triangular-subpeltate, brown-hairy; fruit subglobose-compressed; stigmas 

 linear, sessile. 



CHIMBORAZO: canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km north of Huigra (moist forested 

 valleys in the afternoon fog-belt), 1500-1950 m, May 19-28, 1945, E-3362 (TYPE). 



The large, bullate, oblique-based leaves and long, thick spikes are distinc- 

 tive features of this species. 



Piper squamulosom CDC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6: 488. 1898. 



Junction of GUAYAS, CAflAR, CHIMBORAZO & BOLIVAR: foothills of the western 

 cordillera near the village of Bucay, 300-375 m, June &-15, 1945, E-3664, E-3747. 



EL ORO: in Moro-Moro region (about 21 miles west of Portovelo), in dense rain-forest, 

 1020-1260 m, Oct 7, 1944, E-640. 



Piper obliquum R. & P. Fl. Peruv. & Chil. 1: 37. pi. 63. 1798. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): valley of the Rio Zamora, east of Loja, ridge 

 across the river from the village of Zamora, 2400 m, June 28-July 1, 1944, E-39; Cordil- 

 lera Cutucu, ca 2 40* S, 78 W, ridge ascending into central Cutucu, 1260 m, Nov 17— 

 Dec 5, 1944, E-1116. 



Piper strigosum Trel, Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 13: 238. 1936. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ^'Oriente"): eastern slopes of the cordillera, valley of the Rio 

 Negro, near junction of Rios Pailas and Negro, on the trail to Mendez, 1800-2250 m, Aug 

 20-24, 1945, Prieto (Camp E-4937). 



The collector reports the leaves as deep green above, very pale beneath, and 

 with "ruffled" margins; petiole margin deep red to crimson, becoming reddish- 

 green with age; floral bracts pink; spikes pendent. 



This species was based on a specimen collected by Killip and Smith (no. 

 28538) at Balsapuerto, Loreto, Peru. The type lacks spikes. Those on the 

 present specimen are as yet immature, 2 mm thick x 4 cm long; peduncle slender, 

 2 cm long, puberulent with a mixture of long hairs; bracts broadly triangular- 

 subpeltate, puberulent; ovary ovoid, gradually pointed, substylose; stigmas 

 linear, curved; fruit immature. 



Piper subnitidifolium Yuncker, sp. nov. 



Frutex; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, apice sensim acutis, basi inaequilateraliter 

 cordatis, supra subnitidis ad venas conferte pubescentibus, subtus villosis, a 

 parte infera pinnatim venosis; petiolo ad laminam vaginato-alato; ovario ovoideo; 

 stigmatibus sessilibus. 



Shrub, 2 m tall; upper internodes moderate, 6 cm or more long, moderately 

 subhispid; leaves oblong-elliptic, the apex gradually acute, the base inequilater- 

 ally cordately lobed, the sinus open, one side 5 mm shorter at the petiole, sub- 

 nitid ^bove with the nerves densely pilose, paler and villous beneath, 14 cm 

 wide x 22 cm long, pinnately nerved from the lower half, the nerves about 6 on 

 each side, with cross-connecting-anastomosing nervules, the ultimate nervules 

 very fine and numerous as seen by transmitted light, drying rather membranous, 

 translucent; petiole about 15-25 plus 5 mm long, rather densely pilose, vaginate- 

 winged to the blade; spikes as yet young, 3 mm thick x 2.5 cm or more long; 

 peduncle 1.5 cm long, rather sparsely pilose; bracts triangular-subpeltate, 

 fringed; ovary ovoid; stigmas sessile. 



GUAYAS: coastal plain, in the vicinity of Naranjito, about 36 m, June 6-7, 1945, 

 E'3637 (TYPE). 



Piper pendentispicum Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. Am. 157. /. 136. 1950. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): eastern slopes of the cordillera, valley of the Rio 

 Negro, near junction of Rios Pailas and Negro, on trail to Mendez, 1800-2250 m, Aug 

 20-24, 1945, Prieto (Camp E-4946). 



