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DE CANDOLLE. 
Dioicurn, scandens. Hamuli glabri, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma 
in fasciculos discretos dispositum et hand libri forme, fascicnli intrame- 
dullares 1-seriati, eanalis lysigenis unions centralis. Limbi in sicco mem- 
branacei minute pellncido-punctnlati, 5.5-6 cm longi, 3.5 cm lati, inferi 
rotnndati et 5 mm supra basin peltati apice acuminati. Petioli 15 mm, 
pedunculi 10 mm longi. Spica florens circiter 25 mm longa, 1 mm 
crassa. Stamina 2, antherae bivalvae. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Pasacao, near seashore, Merrill 2366. Bucas, 
Merrill 5211. 
The species grows in New Guinea. 
7. Piper miniatum Bl. in Verb. Bat. Genoots. 1 1 (1826) 166.. 
Luzon, Province of Albay, Cuming 841 : Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, 
Whitford 504, Leiberg 6017, Elmer 6683. SamAk, Cuming 1108. Mindanao, 
Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens, s. n. 
Forma b C. DC. 
Foliis ramulisque omnino glabris, ramulis in sicco- flavidis, limbus 
quoad latitudinem ut in typo. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Mount Paraga, Bur. Sci. 1205 Ramos. 
Forma c C. DC. 
Foliis ramulisque omnino glabris limbis coriaceis quam in typo multo 
angustioribus, ramulis fuscescentibus. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, in forests, altitude 800 m, Elmer 1384, 
1910. 
Widely (distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
/3 hirtellum C. DC. Prodr. 1 6 1 (1869) 355. 
Chavica miniata (3 hirtella Miq. Sumatra (1862) 473. 
Ramulis novellis petiolisque rufo-hirsutis, foliis subtus ad nervo's 
pilosis. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (Mount Apo), in damp forests on steep 
slopes at an altitude of about 750_ m, Elmer. 11229. 
8. Piper halconense C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis, inferne attenuatis et basi 
ima aequilatera acutis, apice acute attenuato-acuminatis, supra glabris 
subtus ad nervos parce hirtellis, 7-nerviis nervis lateralibus extremis quam 
alii multo tenuioribus; petiolo glabro fere usque ad limbum vaginante ; 
stirpis fern, pedunculo glabro petiolum aequante, spica matura quam 
folii limbus plunes breviore, cylindrica, rhachi hirsuta, bractea sessili 
rotunda glabra, bacca libera ovata apice in stilum brevem attenuata, 
stigmatibus 3 minutis ovato-acutis. 
Dioicurn, erectum, 1 m altum. Ramuli glabri teretes, spiciferi 1 mm 
crassi, collenchyma continuum haud libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 
1-seriati, eanalis lysigenis nullus. Limbi in sicco membranacei creber- 
