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in fasciculos discretes disposition et hand libriforme, fasciculi intra- 
medullares 1-seriati, canalis lysigenis centralis, canales peripherici pauci, 
cellulae sclerosae interfasciculares cum phloemate fasciculorum peri- 
phericorum continuae. Limbi in sicco membranacei inconspicue pel- 
lucido-punctulati, 12 cm longi, 6 cm lati. Petioli 2 cm, pedunculi usque 
ad 5.5 cm longi et 0.5 mm crassi. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River, Williams 23J/3 p. p., February. 
96. Piper malalaganum C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis basi subaequilatera acutis apice 
acute acuminatis supra glabris subtus dense et breviter hirsutis, pen- 
ninerviis nervo centrali usque ad 2 cm supra basin nervos adscendentes 
utrinque 4 opposite mittente; petiolo breviter hirsuto fere usque ad 
medium vaginante; stirpis fern, pedunculo tenui paree piloso petiolum 
paullo superante, spica matura folii limbum subaequante, rhachi hirsuta, 
bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda centro sessili; ovario libero ovato glabro, 
stigmatibus 4 e basi subovata acuminatis, bacca submatura elliptica 
stipitem suum superante, 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli .dense et breviter hirsuti, costulati, 
spiciferi 1 mm crassi, collenchyma in fasciculos a latere valde elongates 
disposition et libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares 1-seriati, canales 
lysigenes plures quorum unus centralis alii peripherici. Limbi in sicco 
membranacei, pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 12 cm longi et 52 mm lati. 
Petioli usque ad 2 cm., pedunculi usque ad 2.5 cm longi et vix 1 mm 
crassi. Spicae submaturae fere 12 cm longae. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Malalag, Copeland 696, March. 
97. Piper villilimbum C. DC. in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 784. 
Foliis modice petiolatis, ovato-ellipticis, basi leviter inaequilatera altero 
latere obtusis altero acutis, apice acute acuminatis, utrinque villosis, 
penninerviis, nervo centrali in mare a 1 cm supra basin trifido nervosque 
adscendentes utrinque 2 paullo supra basin mittente, in femina nervos 
adscendentes utrinque 3 mittente quorum supremus fere a 3 cm supra' 
basin solutus; petiolo villoso basi ima vaginante; maris pedunculo 
tenuissimo villoso quam petiolus paullo breviore, spica juvenili quam 
folii limbus pluries breviore, bracteae glabrae pelta orbiculari centro 
pedicellata; feminae pedunculo tenuissimo; villoso, petiolum paullo 
superante, spica folii limbum subaequante vel paullo superante, rhachi 
dense hirtella, bracteae glabrae pelta parva, rotunda centro subsessili, 
ovario libero glabro, stigmatibus 3 ovato-acuminatis brevibus, bacca 
matura subglobosa stipitem suum superante. 
Dioicum, scandens. Eamuli dense villosi, spiciferi 1 mm crassi, pili 
usque ad 2 mm longi, collenchyma libriforme continuum, fasciculi 
intramedullares 1-seriati, canales lysigenes plures quorum unus centralis, 
