TIPERACEAE NOVAE 
A 
obtus® ; rhachis et bractea ut in mare ; ovarium basi rhrcri immersum, 
superne liberum et g labium ; stigma unieum, minutum, oibiculare, lacca 
tantum ima immeisa, globcsa, circiter 1 mm. diametro, in vivo aurantiaca 
vel saturate flava, in sicco nigra. 
Fenang ; — at Guneng Bulang, on trees Kur.stler 270 !; at Balik 
Pulau, at 800-1,000 ft., alt. Curtis 792 ! ; Kunstler 1481 ! ; DescJiamps ! : 
Perak ; — at Gunong Keledang, "Ridley 9582 ! ; at Larut King } s 
collector 8574 ! : Johore ; — at Bukit Saya, Ridley 11022 ! . 
i . 
Stigmata 3 — 4 — 6. 
3. Piper rufispicum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum. Ramuli glabri in sicco pallido-fuscescentes, spieiferi 
1 mm. crassi ; collenchyma in fasciculos discretos a latere productos 
dispositum et zona interna libriforme ; eanaliV ly si genus centralis canal- 
esque peripherici pluies. Folia glabra ; limbus in sicco rigidus et caeeus, 
8 5 — 9 5 cm. longus, 3'2 — 3‘5 cm. latus, elliptico-lanceolatus, bas 1 
lev iter inaequilatera altero latere subacutus alter o acutus, 6-nervius > 
petiolus usque ad limbi latus longius 5 mm. inter limbi latera 1 mm. 
longus. Pedunculi glabri, 13 mm. longi. Spic® $ cylindrical apice 
i*otundat®, 5*7 cm. ‘long®, 2*6 cm. crass®; rhachis rufo-tomentosa ; 
bracte® pelta suborbicularis, apice emarginulata, utrinque minute glan- 
dulosa, centro sessilis, 1 mm. diametro ; bacca rhachi prof unde immersa, 
superne stilo conico tenui circiter 1'5 mm. longo munita ; stigmata 4, 
brevia, ovato-acuta. 
Perak, Scortechini , Ijuk 1177 ! 
4. Piper conibaccum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum. Ramuli glabri, spieiferi 4 mm, crassi, 6 — 7-costulati, 
costulis membranaceis ; collenchyma in fasciculos discretos a latere 
productos dispositum, hand libriforme ; fa~ iculi intramedullares uni- 
seriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus, centralis ; cellul® flav® in cortice et in 
medulla crebr®. Folia breviter petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicco firmus, 
12 — 13 5 cm. longus, 5 — 7*5 cm. latus, elliptico-lanceolatus, basi aequila- 
teia acutus, apice subacute acuminatus, 7-plinervius, nervo centrali nervos 
adscendentes 2 mittente, quorum supremus 20 — 30 mm. supra basin 
solutus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2, adscendentibus, a basi solufcis ; 
petiolus 10 mm longus, basi ima vaginans, Pecu iculi petiolis aequi- 
lengi. Spic® ? fere 40’ 3 cm. long® ; rhachis glabra ; bracte® 
glabra pelta obovata, inferne attenuata, 2 mm. longa ; ovarium liberum, 
) 
