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subtusque' hand ■ dense pilosis, 7-plinerviis, nervo centrali a 5-10 n rm 
supra basin trifido, nervis lateralibus adscendehtibus utrinque 2 a basi 
solutis; petiolo dense piloso paullo ultra basin vaginante ; stirpis masc. 
pedunculo glabro quam petiolus paullo breviore, spica florente limbi 
dimidium fere aequante, rhachi dense pilosa, bracteae glabrae pelta 
rotunda eentro subsessili; staminibus 2 antheris ovato-globosis ; stirpis 
fern, pedunculo rhachi et bractea ut in mare, ovario libero ovato glabro*, 
stigmatibus 3 ovato-acutis, bacca ovata apice subacuta. 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli primum dense villosi dein glabri et 
lenticellis concoloribus asperulati, spiciferi 1.5 mm crassi, collenchyma 
haud libriforme, in fasciculos discretos dispositum vel subcontinuum, 
fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canales lysigenes peripherici nulli. 
Limbi in sicco membranacei creberrime et minute pellucido-punctulati, 
9.5-10 cm longi, 3. 5-4.5 cm lati. Petioli 7-8 mm, pedunculi circiter 
5 mm longi. Spica masc. fere 4.5 cm longa et 1.5 mm crassa, fern. 1.5-2 
cm longa et 6-8 mm crassa. Bracteae pelta fere 0.75 mm diametro. 
Bacca fere 2 mm longa, in sicco fuscescens. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Banajao, For. Bur. 8016 Currcm & Merritt, 
fern., November, Bur. Sci. 2460 Foxworthy, masc., March, Bur. Sci. 6089 Robinson 
March: Province of Tayabas, Infanta, Bur. Sci. 9355 Robinson, fern., in the mossy 
forest, fruit red; Lucban, Elmer 7888, masc., 9335 fern., Whitford 1004, October. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., masc. & fern. 
Forma b. 
Eamulis junioribus parce pilosis, cito glabratis, collenchyma subcon- 
tinuum haud libriforme. 
Mindoko, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5645, November. 
67. Piper Toppingii C. DC. in Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 779. 
Poliis brevissime petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis basi ima leviter inaequi- 
latera altero latere attenuatis altero anguste rotundatis vel utrinque 
rotundatis, apice longe et obtusiuscule acuminatis, junioribus supra 
praesertim ad nervum centralem hirtellis dein glabris subtus ubique et 
sat dense hirsutis, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes utrinque alter- 
natim mittente, quorum superus a 2 cm supra basin solutus, nervis 
lateralihns altero latere 2 vel 3, altero 3 vel- 4 a basi solutis, quorum 
superi adscendentes alii magis arcuati et breviores ; petiolo dense hirsuto ; 
stirpis masc. pedunculo hirsuto petiolum pluries superante, spica florente 
quam folii limbus fere triplo breviore, rhachi dense hirsuta, bracteae 
pelta glabra glandulis farcta et in sicco supra pulverulenti-albicante, 
staminibus 2, filamentis latis et brevibus, antheris secundum rhachin 
oblongo-ellipticis ; stirpis fern, pedunculo et rhachi ut in mare*, bracteae 
pelta ut in mare pedicello longo et hirsuto, ovario libero rotundato glabro, 
stigmate minuto 3-lobulato, baccis subtrigono-obovatis condensis. 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli in sicco albido- villosi pilis 2 mm longis, 
spiciferi 2 mm crassi, collenchyma libriforme in fasciculos a latere valde 
