2 
tivejiact.au novae 
obovatum, paullo sub apice oblique sti great if erum ; stigma glabrum ; 
bractea et ovarium in sicco rubropunctulata. 
Perak ; Maxwell's Hill, Ridley No. 5481 ! 
3. Peperomia malaceensis Ridley in Kew Bull. 1895,185. 
Caules prostrati succulentes, glabri, subangulosi, e nodis radicantes, 
in sicco circiter 1 mm. crassi. Folia alterna, modice petiolata, glabra ; 
limbus in-vivo saturate virescens vel cupreofuscus, in sicco fuscescens et 
membranaceus, rotundato-ovatus, basi baud prof unde cordatus, apice 
obtusus, 5-nervius, 29 mm. longus et usque ad 30 mm. latus; petiolus 
12-5 mm. longus. Pedunculi terminales, petiolis fere aequilongi, glabri. 
Spic® florentes 38 mm. long®, glabrae ; bracte® pelta oblonga, rotundata, 
centro pedicellata, pedicellus cum fiore in rliaclii immersus ; ovarium 
globosum, summo apice stigmatiferum ; stigma minutum, glabrum ; bacca 
globosa, asperulata, basi in rhachi immersa, fere 1 mm. diametro. 
Malacca, rocks in forest, Derry No. 80 ! 
4. Peperomia kotana C. DC. n. sp. 
Caulis e basi repente erectus, dense hirtellus, in sicco fere 1 mm, 
crassus. Folia alterna, petiolata ; limbus utrinque dense hirtellus 
rotundato-obovatus, 23 mm. diametro in foliis inferis, ellipticus, basi 
subacutus, apice rotundatus, 23 mm. longus, 14 5 mm. latus in superiori- 
bus ; petiolcts dense hirtellus, 10 mm. longus in inferis, 4 mm. longus 
in superis. Pedunculi terminales. Spic® 2 7 mm. long®, 1 mm. crass® 
glabrae, densiflor® ; bracte® pelta obovata, centro subsessilis, in sicco fusee 
punctulata ; anther® rotundat® ; ovarium emersum, obovatum, paullo 
sub apice oblique stigmatiferum ; stigma minutum, glabrum. 
Species P. convexce Miq. proxima ab ea bracte® pelta obovata 
discrepans. 
Pakang ; Kota Slanggi, Pulley ! 
PIPER L 
SECTIO. EUPIPER C. DC. in Prodr. XVI, 1,339, emend. 
Spic® oppositifoli®. Bracte® baud connat®, hypopeltatte, centro 
vel fere centro pedicellat® aut subsessiles vel rhachi adnat® et turn tantum 
marginibus et extremitatibus liber®. Flores unisexuales ; raro bisexuales 
Stamina 2, lateralia vel 3-4, quorum 2 lateralia. Ovarium liberum 
vel ill feme rhachi immersum et cum ea connatuin. 
