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acuminato, 5- ad 7-plinervio, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes 
alternos mittente quorum supremus a 10 mm supra basin solu- 
tus, nervo laterali unico vel nervis lateralibus 2 adscendentibus 
utrinque a basi solutis, quorum externus aliis multo tenuior et 
brevior, petiolo fere usque ad medium vaginante; stirpis fern, 
pedunculo glabro petiolum fere aequante, spica matura limbi 
dimidium fere aequante, rhachi hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta 
obovata centre sessili, ovario libero ovato glandulis subasperato, 
stigmatibus 3 ovato-acutis, bacca oblongo-ovata glabra stipitem 
suum glabrum multo superante. 
Dioicum, in arboribus scandens. Ramuli in sicco fusci, spici- 
feri 5 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos a latere 
productos dispositum et zona interna libriforme, canalis lysige- 
nus unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco rigide membranacei pellu- 
cido-punctulati, usque ad 11 cm longi et 3.5 cm lati. Petioli 
circiter 12 mm longi. Spica fern, matura 5 cm longa, subdensi- 
bacca, bracteae pelta 1.5 mm longa et usque ad 1 mm lata, bacca 
6 mm longa usque ad 3.5 mm lata, in sicco nigra. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 24984 Ramos. 
PIPER MARIVELESANUM C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
457. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Montalban, Loher 6792: Laguna Province, San 
Antonio, Bur. Sci. 10952 Ramos, fruit red: Tayabas Province, Tagcauayan, 
Bur. Sci. 13349 Ramos. 
PIPER CANINUM Blume in Verh. Bat. Genoots. 11 (1826) 214. 
Luzon, Ifugao Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19820 McGregor: 
Camarines Province, Sagnay, Bur. Sci. 22133 Ramos. Samar, Bur. Sci. 
17508 Ramos. Leyte, Wenzel 856. Mindanao, Surigao Province, Piper 
244, 245. Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 14645, 14672, 14685, 14699 Ramos. Pala- 
wan, Malampaya Bay, Merrill 7213, on small trees in forests, flowers green. 
PIPER M ERRITTI I C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 460. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Mount Isarog, Bur. Sci. 22623 Ramos: 
Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 16537 Ramos. Samar, Bur. Sci. 
17557 Ramos. 
P parvifolium C. DC. var. nov. 
Limbo rotundato basi cordato apice acute acuminato, 7 cm 
longo, 4.7 cm lato. 
Leyte, Wenzel 1095, a vine in forests, altitude 500 m. 
PIPER V1LULIMBUM C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 461. 
Luzon, Cagayan Province, Bur. Sci. 13895 Ramos: Tayabas Province, 
Mount Banajao, Elmer “C.” Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 14472 Ramos. 
