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3. Piper curtifolium C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabrum, foliis parvis modice petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis, in- 
feme attennatis et ima basi aequilatera acutis apice acute aeuminatis, 
5-nerviis; petiolo ima basi vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo petiolum 
aequante, spica matura quam folii limbus fere quadruplo breviore eylin- 
drica apice obtusa, braeteae pelta longitudinaliter elliptica centre breviter 
pedicellata, ovario libero ovato, stigmatibus 3 vel 4 ovato-acutis, baeca 
globosa. 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli glabri, primum laeves et postea crebre 
lenticellosi, spiciieri 1 mm crassi, collenchyma in fascicules discretes 
dispositum et liaud libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canales 
lysigenes nulli. Limbi in sicco membranacei creberrime pellucido-punc- 
tulati usque ad 4 cm longi et 1.5 cm lati. Petioli 5 mm longi. Braeteae 
pelta 1.5 mm longa 1 mm lata. Bacca 1.5 mm crassa. Stigmata in 
apice ovarii sessilia. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Mount Paraga, Bur. Soi. 7101 Ramos, February. 
4. Piper varibracteum C. DC. in Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 760. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mount Apo), Elmer 11998, October. 
5. Piper cacuminum C. DC. in Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 761. 
Foliis modice petiolatis ovato-oblongis basi ima aequilatera acutis apice 
longe attenuato-acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 5-nerviis- petiolo glabro 
ultra medium vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo glabro petiolum paullo 
superante ; spica quam folii limbus pluries breviore, ovata, rbachi hirsuta, 
braeteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro pedicellata, ovario libero, stig- 
matibus 3 rotundis, baccis condensis ovatis apice acutis. 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli glabri in sicco rubro-fusci, spiciferi 1-2 
mm crassi, costulati, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos in costulis dis- 
positum et haud libriforme, canalis lysigenis nullus. Limbi in sicco 
membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati, 11 cm longi et usque ad 3.7 
cm lati. Petioli 1 cm, peduneuli 1.5 cm longi. Spica matura 15 mm 
longa, 9 mm crassa, flores in vivo albi. Baccae in vivo atro-rubrae in 
sicco fuscescentes, braeteae pelta 1 mm diametro. Stigmata in apice 
ovarii sessilia. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Elmer 6890, November, rare near 
the summit of the mountain : Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 
8016 Curran & Merritt, above an altitude of 2,000 m. 
6. Piper fragile Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 234, var. multi- 
nerve C. DC. var. nov. 
Foliis longe petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis basi ima aequilatera acutis 
apice breviter attenuato-acutis, utrinque glabris, 5-nerviis; petiolo basi 
ima vaginante; stirpis masc. pedunculo quam petiolus paullo longiore, 
glabro ; spica florente quam folii limbus dimidio breviore, rhaehi hirsuta, 
braeteae glabrae pelta orbiculari pedieello longiusculo hirsuto, antheris 
ellipticis filamentis brevissimis. 
