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superne in stilum conicum attenuatum ; stigmata 3 — 5, rarius & et'inter- 
dum 2, linearia ; bacca glaucescens, stilus 7 mm. longus. 
Selangor ; — at Semangko, Ridley 17056 ! 
5. Piper magnibaccum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri, in sicco fuscescentes, spici- 
feri usque ad 6 mm. crassi et costulati ; collencbvma in fasciculos 
discretos a latere productos dispositufn, haud libriforme ; fasciculi intra- 
medullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus, centralis. Folia modiee 
petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicco subcoriaceus, 15 — 22 cmr longus, 6— -10*5 
cm. latus, elliptic o-lanceolatus, basi aequilatera acutus, apice acute atten- 
uato-acutus, 7-pli — 9-ni-nervius, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes 
oppositos 2 a 20 — 26 mm. supra basin mittente, nervis lateralibus adscen- 
dentibus utrinque 2 — 3 a basi solutis quorum externi aliis multo breviores ; 
petiolus circiter 20 mm. longus, ima basi vaginans. Pedunculi glabn, 
petiolis fere aequilongi, 2 mm. crassi. Spicae ? circiter 21 cm. long® ; 
rhachis glabra ; bracteae glabrae pelta obovata, inferne "plus minusve 
producta et lacerulata, usque ad 3 mm. longa, centro late subsessilis ; 
ovarium glabrum, ovatum apice attenuatum ; stigmata 3 — 4, linearia, 
acuta, recurva ; bacca globosa, apice acuminata, in sicco nigra. 
Species verisimiliter, quum mas notus erit, in sectione Sarco- 
stemon C. DC. in Philip. Jour*. / o ) 413 ut P. Korthalsii Miq. forma 
collocanda. 
Perak ; — Maxwell's Hill, at 4,000 ft., alt., September, Curtis 
2046 ! ; at Thaiping, March, Ridley 2963, 5480 ! ; at Larut, rare, growing 
closely to the stem of a tree in dense jungle, King } s collector 6369 ! ; 
at Maxwell's Hill at 3,800 ft. alt., Wray 4239 !: Selangor Saniangko 
Pass, April, Ridley 15569 ! 
6. Piper flaTibaccum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum. Ramuli glabri, in sicco pallide fuscescentes, spiciferi 
1 mm. crassi ; collenchyma continuum, sparsim libriforme, fasciculi 
intramedullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus, centralis. Folia 
modiee petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicco rigido-membranaceus, crebre 
pellucido-punctulatus, usque ad 11 cm. longus et 3'5 cm. latus, oblongo- 
ovjatus, basi inaequilatera\ latere longiore rotundatus, breviore attenuatus, 
4-nervius, nervis lateralibus in latiore latere 2 in angustiore 1 ; petiolus 
10 mm. longus, basi ima vaginans. Pedunculi glabn tenues, fere 
20 mm. longi. Spicsc S florentes circiter 22 mm. long* ; rhachis 
hirsuta ; bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda, 0*5 mm. diametro, centro 
