220 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
7-plinervio nervo central! paullo supra basin trifido nervis late- 
ralibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis, petiolo sat dense hirsute basi 
vaginante; pedunculo parce hirtello petiolum triplo superante; 
spica subfiorente quam limbus longiore, in mare rhachi dense 
hirsuta, bracteae pelta glabra rotundato-obovata pedicello sat 
longo basi parce piloso, staminibus, 2 antheris ellipticis 4-valvatis 
quam filamenta aequilata multo brevioribus, in femina rhachi 
hirsuta foveataque, bracteae pelta glabra transverse elliptica 
centro pedicellata pedicello hirsute, baccis condensis obovato- 
oblongis glabris, stigmatibus 3 oblongis brevibus et hirtellis. 
Frutex scandens. Ramuli spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma 
in fasciculos discretes dispositum, libriforme, fasciculi intrame- 
dullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus unicus centralis. Limbi in 
sicco membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati, superi 6.5 cm 
longi et 3.5 cm lati. Petioli fere 1 cm, pedunculi 3.5 cm longi. 
Spica subflorens 8.5 cm longa et usque ad 2.5 mm crassa, brac- 
teae pelta 0.75 mm longa. 
Leyte, Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15227 Ramos, masc., in forests, altitude 500 
m, Wenzel 1C05, fem., a vine, fruit green. 
PIPER LEYTEANUM C. DC. sp. nov. 
Ramulis velutine puberulis; foliis sat longe petiolatis, limbo 
oblongo-ovato basi fere aequilatera cordato apice acute acumi- 
nato, utrinque velutine puberulo; nervo centrali nervos adscen- 
dentes utrinque 4 mittente, quorum supremus a 5-7 cm supra 
basin centralis solutus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 a basi 
divaricantibus, petiolo hirtello et velutine puberulo paullo ultra 
basin vaginante; stirpis masc. pedunculo fere glabro petiolum 
superante, spica suflorente quam limbi dimidium paullo longiore, 
rhachi hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro sat longe 
pedicellata, staminibus 2, antheris 4-valvatis. 
Ramuli spiciferi 2.5 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos dis- 
cretos dispositum et zona interna vel fere omnino libriforme, 
fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenus centralis 
nullus, peripherici plures. Limbi in sicco membranacei incon- 
spicue pellucido-punctulati, 15-20.5 cm longi, 8.5-9 cm lati. Pet- 
ioli 2 cm, pedunculi 3.5 cm longi. Spica subflorens 2 mm crassa, 
bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm diam. 
Leyte, Dagami, Wenzel 21 It. 
PIPER OVATIBACCUM C. DC. in Elm. Lead. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 782. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Banajao, Bur. Sci. 9755, 9759 Robinson; 
San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 20418, 20428, 20486 Ramos: Tayabas Province, 
Mount Pular, Bur. Sci. 19870 Ramos. Leyte, Wenzel 735, 1114, 1162, Bur. 
Sci. 15363 Ramos, in forests, altitude 500 m, fruit scarlet. 
