THE PHILIPPINE 
Journal of Science 
C. Botany 
Vol. XI SEPTEMBER, 1916 No. 5 
PIPERACEAE PHILIPPINENSES NOVAE VEL NUPER REPERTAE 1 
Auctore C. de Candolle 
( Geneva , Switzerland) 
Sectio Muldera Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 79 
PIPER SARCOPODUM C. DC. sp. nov. 
Rartiulis glabris; foliis modice petiolatis glabris, limbo ovato- 
acuminato basi leviter inaequilatera utrinque obtuso apice acute 
acuminate, 7-plinervio, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes al- 
ternos mittente quorum supremus a 1.5-2 cm supra basin solutus, 
nervis lateralibus adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis, petiolo 
basi vaginante ; stirpis fern, pedunculo glabro petiolum superante, 
spica glabra limbum aequante vel paullo superante, receptaculo 
cupuliformi in apice stipitis recti et crassi, bacca globosa, stig- 
matibus 4 minutis rotundatis. 
Dioicum. Ramuli in sicco nigri, spiciferi 3 mm crassi, collen- 
chyma libriforme in fasciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus centralis pluresque 
peripherici. Limbi in sicco firmi opaci, 9-10 cm longi, 5-6 cm 
lati. Petioli usque ad limbi latus longius 1.1 cm, inter limbi 
latera 0.2 cm, pedunculi 2 cm longi, bacca matura 4 mm crassa 
in sicco nigra. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Bur. Sci. 1 6536 Ramos, in forests near streams. 
Sectio Sarcostemon C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 413 
PIPER KORTHALSII Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1863) 39. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Merrill 7805, on trees in ravines, altitude 
about 1,500 m, stems angular, flowers greenish-yellow: Bontoc Subprovince, 
1 The species are arranged in sequence with those in my ‘previous 
paper on Philippine Piperaceae, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 405-463. 
the new species being interpolated according to their relationships. 
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