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rhachi in mare glabra in f emina parce pilosa, staminibns 3 antheris 
reniformibus; stigmatibns 4, ovato-acutis, bacca globosa. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 7691, May, low, scandent, in light 
woods, altitude 750 m, the brown bark roughened with darker brown lenticels: 
Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1019 Ramos, June; Montalban, Loher 4570, 
4578: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Elmer 6855, November: Province of 
Benguet, For. Bur. 15865 Bacani, December. 
5. subarborescens C. DC. var. nov. 
Arbuscula, limbis 17 cm longis, 7.5 cm latis, 5-plinerviis, nervo centrali 
paullulo supra basin trifido; pedunculo petiolum fere duplo superante; 
spica fern, folii dimidium fere aequante, rhachi pilosa, stigmatibus 3, 
ovato-oblongis, apice acutis, bacca globosa. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Bci. 4585 Ramos, a small shrub in 
forests, August. 
72. Piper ellipticibacoum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, inferis ? angiiste ovato-lanceolatis basi ima 
aequilatera acutis superne longe attenuatis et apice acutis, utrinque 
glabris, 5-nerviis ; petiolo glabro ultra basin vaginante ; stirpis fern, 
pedunculo glabro petiolum fere aequante, spica quam folii limbus breviore, 
rhachi hirtella, bractea longe adnata, glabra obovato-oblonga, ovario 
libero, glabro, stigmatibus 3 vel 4, linearibus acutis, bacca elliptica. 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli glabri 2 mm crassi, in sicco flavicantes, 
teretes, collenchyma subeontinuum fere o-mnino li-briforme, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unicus centralis. Limbi in 
sicco subrigidi, minute et haud crebre pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 
11.5 cm longi et ad 2.5 cm lati. Petioli usque ad 10 mm longi. Folia 
speciminis visi verisimiliter tantum plantae folia inf era. Spica baccifera 
in specimine unica et segregata, 6.5 cm longa. Bractea 2.5 mm longa et 
apice fere 1.5 mm lata. Bacca 4 mm longa et fere 2.5 mm crassa, in 
sicco atrorubescens. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Maagnas, Bur. Sci. 6344 Robinson, August. 
73. Piper Clemensiae C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabrum, foliis modice petiolatis, subrotundato-ovatis basi 
aequilatera rotundatis, apice acute acuminatis, 7-nerviis; petiolo basi 
ima vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo petiolum superante, spica matura. 
folii limbum duplo et plus superante, bractea longe adnata oblonga 
utrinque obtusa, ovario libero ovato, stigmatibus 3 ovatis carnosis, bacca 
ovata apice mucronulata. 
Dioicum. Eamuli spiciferi usque ad 3 mm crassi, collenchyma in fas- 
cicules discrete dispositum, zona interna librif orme vel haud librif orme, 
fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis unicus centralis, 
epidennidis parietes externae crassae. Limbi in sicco firmi, virescentes,' 
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