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PIPER POLISAN U M C. DC. sp. nov. 
Ramulis hirtellis, foliis parvis modice petiolatis, limbo ovato- 
acuminato basi inaequilatera oblique rotundato, apice acute 
acuminato, supra glabro subtus praesertim ad nervos nervulos- 
que puberulo, 5-nervio, petiolo dense hirtello usque ad medium 
vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo puberulo petiolum superante, 
spica quam limbus pluries breviore, densiflora, l’hachi pilosa, 
bracteae pelta glabra rotunda centre pedicellata, pedicello piloso, 
ovario libero ovato glabro, stigmatibus 3 ovatis, bacca ovato- 
globosa. 
Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi 1 mm crassi, in 3 mm crassis 
collenchyma in fasiculos discretos dispositum et haud libriforme, 
fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus unicus 
centralis. Limbi in sicco membranacei creberrime pellucido- 
punctulati, 5.5 cm longi, 2.7 cm lati. Petioli 4 mm, pedunculi 
6 mm longi. Spica matura 1.5 cm longa et fere 0.5 mm crassa, 
bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm diam., bacca in sicco fuscescens. 
Luzon, Ifugao Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19617, 19816 
McGregor. 
PIPER PI LI PES C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 423. 
Leyte, Dagami, Bur. Sci. 1536b Ramos, Wenzel 20, 717, 773, 889, 89b, 
948. 
PIPER RHYNCHOLEPSIS C. DC. in DC. Prodr. 1 6 1 (1869) 344. 
Samar, Bur. Sci. 17409, 17563, 17595 Ramos. Leyte, Wenzel 56, 733. 
PIPER ROTUNDIST1GMUM C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
425 . 
Adder Stirpis masc. spica florens limbi dimidium superans, 
rhachis hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro pedicel- 
lata. Stamina 2, antherae ellipticae 4-valvatae quam filamenta 
oblonga multo breviores. 
Ley'TE, Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15247, 15379 Ramos; Palo, Elmer 7079, 
scandent, not much branched, staminate inflorescence about a foot long, 
curved, infructescense somewhat shorter, rigid, yellowish-red, irregularly 
curved. 
13 PI LOSI US C. DC. var. nov. 
Ramulis villosis, limbo supra puberulo subtus hirtello; stirpis 
masc. spica subfiorente quam limbo paullo breviore, rhachi hir- 
suta, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda pedicello longiusculo, stami- 
nibus 2, antheris ellipticis 4-valvatis filamenta paullo angustiora 
fere aequantibus. 
Samar, Bur. Sci. 17434, 17653 Ramos. 
