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aequante, staminibus 2, antheris 4-valvatis filamenta brevia 
aequantibus, stirpis fem. pedunculo glabro petiolum paullo vel 
usque ad duplo superante, spica florente limbi dimidium supe- 
rante, rhachi dense hirsuta, bracteae pelta rotunda glabra centro 
breviter pedicellata pedicello hirsute, ovario libero ovato, stig- 
matibus ovato-acutis. 
Dioicum. Ramuli spiciferi fere 3 mm crassi, collenchyma 
continuum libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, cana- 
lis lysigenus unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco firme membrana- 
cei pallidi epunctati, in mare usque ad 17.5 cm longi et 4.5 cm 
lati, in femina usque ad 17 cm longi et 5.5 cm lati. Petioli 
11 mm, pedunculi 22 mm longi. Spica florens 10 cm superans 
et fere 2 mm crassa, rhachis in mare et in femina canali lysigeno 
centrali periphericisque multis munita, bracteae pelta fere 1 mm 
diam. in sicco pallide fuscescens. 
Leyte, Wenzel 1168, 819, 1197 spec, femin., 779 spec, masc., 891 spec, 
masc. cum staminibus in staminoidia mutatis. 
PIPER VILLIRHACHE C. DC. sp. nov. 
Ramulis glabris crassis ; foliis modice petiolatis glabris, limbo 
amplo subobovato-elliptico basi leviter inaequilatera utrinque 
acuto summo apice apiculato, 13- ad 17-plinervio nervo centrali 
nervos adscendentes utrinque 4-6 mittente quorum supremus alte 
supra medium centralis solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendenti- 
bus utrinque 2 a basi solutis, petiolo basi ima vaginante ; stirpis 
fem. pedunculo glabro quam petiolus breviore, spica quam lim- 
bus pluries breviore, rhachi dense villosa, bracteae pelta glabra 
obovata centro longe pedicellata pedicello villoso, floribus dense 
condensis, ovario libero glabro ovato apice attenuate, stigmati- 
bus 3-4 oblongis, bacca ovato-globosa glabra. 
Dioicum scandens. Ramuli in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi 
fere 7 mm crassi, collenchyma continuum haud libriforme, fas- 
ciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, cellulae fuscescentes in cortice 
et in medulla creberrimae. Limbi in sicco firme membranacei 
creberrime et praesertim secus nervulos pellicido-punctulati, 
punctulis rubris, superi 25.5 cm longi et 14 cm lati. Petioli 
usque ad limbi latus longius 3 cm, inter limbi latera 4 mm 
pedunculi 2 cm longi. Spica matura 6.5 cm longa et 6 mm 
crassa, rhachis canali lysigeno unico centrali munita, bracteae 
pelta 1.5 mm longa, bacca 2 mm longa et 1.75 mm lata, in vivo 
rubra, in sicco fulvescens. 
Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Sumilao, Bur. Sci. 15778 Fenix, a 
vine on trees, locally known as tugpuan. 
