436 
DE CANDOLLE. 
42. Piper malindangense C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, oblongo-elliptico-lanceolatis, inferne attenuatis 
et basi aequilatera acutis, apice acute et sat longe aeuminatis, utrinque 
glabris, 7-plinerviis nervo centrali nervos adscendeutes 2 mittente quorum 
supremus ex 3.5 cm supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus 
utrinque 2 a basi solutis; petiolo glabro basi ima vaginante; stirpis masc. 
pedunculo glabro quam petiolus breviore, spica florente limbi dimidium 
fere aequante, rhaehi hirsuta, bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro 
pedicellata, staminibus 2, antheris ellipticis parvis. ' 
Dioicum. Eamuli glabri in sicco fusci, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collen- 
chyma partim libriforme in fasciculos discretos dispositum, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canales lysigenes peripherici nulli. Limbi in 
sicco membranacei opaci indistincte pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 12.5 
cm longi et 4.5 cm lati. Petioli 10 mm, pedunculi 3 mm longi. Spica 
florens circiter 5.5 cm longa et in sicco 1.75 mm crassa. Antherae 
juveniles 4-loculares, filamenta lata. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. J/758 M earns & 
Hutchinson, May. 
43. Piper podandrum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, anguste subovato-lanceolatis basi aequilatera 
subrotundatis apice longe attenuato-acuminatis et summo' apice acutis, 
utrinque glabris, 5-plinerviis nervo centrali fere ex 1 cm supra basin 
nervum adseendentem utrinque mittente nervoque laterali adscendente 
brevi et tenui utrinque a basi soluto ; petiolo 1 glabro basi ima vaginante ; 
stirpis masc. pedunculo glabro petiolum aequante, spica quam folii limbus 
pluries breviore cylindrica, rliachi dense liirtella, bracteae glabrae pelta 
rotunda, pedicello brevi, staminibus 2 filamentis post anthesin rhaehi 
proeessu brevi stipitatis, antheris reniformibus parvis. 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli glabri, juniores costulati dein fere teretes, 
spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos discretos in costulis 
dispositum et haud libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canales 
lysigenes nulli. Limbi in sicco* membranacei minute pellucido-punc- 
tulati, usque ad 9 cm longi et ad 10 mm lati. Petioli 5 mm longi. Spica 
florens usque ad 35 mm longa et 1.5 mm crassa. Bracteae pelta 0.75 
mm diametro. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 81Jfl Curran & Merritt, 
December, Bur. Sci. 5053 Ramos, December. 
44. Piper viminale Opiz in Eeliq. Haenk. 1 (1828) 150, tal. 26; Miq. Syst. 
Pip. (1843) 336; C. DC. Prodr. 1 6 1 (1869) 377. 
Piper radicans Opiz 1. c. 159 (non Vahl). 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, anguste ovato-lanceolatis basi aequilatera 
acutis apice longe attenuatis et summo apice obtusiusculis, junioribus 
subtus basi in nervo centrali puberulis, cito utrinque glabris, 5-plinerviis, 
nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendeutes alternatim mittente quorum 
