434 
DE CANDOLLE. 
1 mm crassi, collenchyma subepidermidale fere continuum, interrupte 
et fere omnino libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 2-seriati, canalis 
lysigenis centralis et canales peripherici multi. Limbi in sicco rigidi, 
pallidi, pellucido-punctulati, 6-7 cm longi, 2.5-4 cm lati. Petioli usque 
ad limbi latus longius 3 mm, inter limbi latera fere 5 mm longi. Pedun- 
culi adulti 1.5-2 cm longi. Spica matura 3.5 cm longa, 7 mm crassa. 
Bracteae pelta 0.5 mm diametro. Stigmata apicibus delapsis stigma 
simplex simulantibus. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, base of Mount Banajao, in calcareous soil, Langlasse 
297, October. 
37. Piper breviamentum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Poliis modice petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis basi aequilatera aeutis 
apice acute acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 9-ninerviis nervo centrali nervos 
2 adscendentes utrinque mittente quorum supremus a 2 cm supra basin 
solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis ; 
petiolo basi ima vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo glabro petiolum 
aequante, spica subflorente subglobosa quam folii limbus pluries breviore, 
rhacbi liirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta lunulata pedicello lato, ovario 
inferne in rhachi immerso superne in stilum conicum carnosum glabrum 
producto, stigmatibus 3 parvis ovato-rotundis hirtellis. 
Dioicum, in arboribus scandens. Eamuli glabri in sicco cinerescentes, 
spicif eri fere 2 mm crassi, in 5 mm crassis collenchyma sparsim libri- 
forme in fasciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi intramedullares 1- 
seriati. Limbi in sicco cinerescentes membranacei pellucido-punctulati, 
12 cm longi 6 cm lati. Petioli pedunculique usque ad 2 cm longi. 
Spica subflorens 1 cm longa. Bracteae pelta 0.75 mm lata, sicca 
triangularis, madefecta lunulata. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax Biver, Williams 210 4, altitude about 150 
m, February. 
38. Piper baguionum C. DC. Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 771. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 5874, 8784- 
39. Piper bathycarpum C. DC. in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1905) 153, emend. 
Poliis modice petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis basi leviter inaequilatera 
.aeutis apice acute acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 7-plinerviis, nervo centrali 
nervos 2 adscendentes alternatim mittente quorum supremus a 1.5 cm 
supra basin solutus, nervo laterali aliis tenuiore utrinque a basi soluto ; 
petiolo glabro paullo ultra basin vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo glabro 
quam petiolus duplo et plus longiore ; spica submatura quam folii limbus 
dimidio. breviore, rhachi dense fulvescenti-hirsuta, bractea glabra semi- 
lunari centro sessili, ovario inferne in rhachi profunde immerso superne 
paullo emerso et ut rhachis hirsuto, stigmatibus 4 vel 5, bre viter oblongis 
et apice aeutis. 
