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rime pellucido-punctulati , 9 cm longi 4 cm lati. Petioli pedunculique 
10-11 mm longi. Spica 8-15 mm longa 5-6 mm crassa, in vivo aureo- 
flava. Bractea 0.75 mm diametro. Bacca cum stilo 2 mm longa, in 
vivo rubra in, sicco fuscescens. 
Mindoeo, Mount Ilalcon, For. Bur. J/S93 Merritt, in flower, June, Merrill 5773, 
in fruit, November. 
9. Piper mindorense C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis parvis breviter petiolatis, ovatis basi aequilatera rotundatis 
apice breviter et subacute aeuminatis, supra glabris subtus ad nervos 
hirtellis, 9-nerviis nervis lateralibus extremis tenuibus; petiolo dense 
hirtello fere usque ad limbum vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo hirtello 
quam petiolus breviore, spica matura subglobosa, braeteae pelta rotunda, 
bacca inferne rhachi immersa superne umbonata, stigmatibus 3 linear! bus. 
Dioicum, scandens. Bamuli dense retrorsum et crispule hirtelli, spi- 
ciferi 2 mm crassi, collenchyma continuum haud libriforme, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unieus centralis. Limbi in 
sicco rigiduli, usque ad 5.5 cm longi et 3.5 cm lati. Petioli 10 mm, 
pedunculi 6 mm longi. Spica matura circiter 7 mm longa. Stigmata 
in apice baccae sessilia. 
Mindoeo, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. hh7h Merritt, June. 
10. Piper longum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 41, excl. syn. Rumph. 
Philippines, unknown collector in herb. DC. 
11. Piper pilipes C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis brevissime petiolatis, ovato-oblongis basi aequilatera obtusis 
apice acute aeuminatis, utrinque et praesertim subtus villosis, 5-nerviis, 
petiolo dense villoso basi ima vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo dense 
villoso petiolum pluries superante, spica matura folii limbum aequante, 
rhachi hirsuta, braeteae pelta rotunda glabra, centro pedicellata pedicello 
sat longo hirsuto', bacca libera oblonga apice rotundata, stigmatibus 3 
minutissimis et cito deciduis. 
Dioicum, scandens. Bamuli villosi, pili in sicco rufescentes 1.5 mm 
longi, ramuli spiciferi 1.5 mm crassi, collenchyma subcontinuum et libri- 
forme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unieus cen- 
tralis. Limbi in sicco membranacei pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 14.5 
cm 1 longi et ad 52 mm lati. Petioli 6 mm, pedunculi 30 mm longi. 
Spica cum baccis circiter 6 mm crassa. Braeteae pelta 0.75 mm diametro. 
Bacca 1.5 mm longa, 0.75 mm crassa. Stigmata in apice baccae sessilia. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitkley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., July. Polillo, 
Bur. Sci. 691J/. Robinson, August, 1909, on river banks, east of the town of Polillo, 
climbing on trees, flowers dark-red. 
12. Piper Rhyncholepsis C. DC. Prodr. 1 6 1 (1869) 344. 
Rhyncholepsis Cumingiana Miq. Syst. Pip. (1843) 282. 
Samae, Cuming 1697. 
