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P1PEMACEAE NOVAE 
hirtellus, usqtie ad 22 cm. longus et 21 cm. latus, rotundato-ovatus 
basi prof unde cordatus, apige acute acuminatus, 1 1-plinervius, nervo 
centrali nervos adscendentes oppositos 2 a circiter 6 '3 mm. supra basin 
mittente, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5 a basi divaricantibus ; petiolus 
fere 11*5 cm. longus, usque ad 17 mm. supra basin vaginans, fulvescente 
hirsutus praesertim in mare, stipulis glabris. Pedunculi usque ad 
10'8 mm. lorsgi, in mare fulvescente hirsuti, in femina glabri. 
Spicae S 3*8 cm. longae, 4*2 mm. crassse ; rhachis birsuta ; bracteae 
glabrae pita rotundata, 1 mm. diametro, centro pedicellata ; stamina 
2, antherae subglobosae, 4-valvatae, ftlamentis oblongis exsertis multo 
breviores. Spicae ? usque ad 5*7 cm. longae et fere 5*2 mm. crassae ; 
rbacbis birsuta ; bracteae glabrae pelta rotundata, 1*5 mm. diametro, 
centro pedicellata ; ovarium liberum, giabrum, ovatum ; stigmata 3 
rarius 4, ovato-oblonga ; bacca sessilis, ovato-globosa, in vivo 
flavo-rubra, in sicco nigra, 4‘2 mm. longa. 
Perak; — Larut at 800 — 2,000 ft. altitudes, in open jungle 
between rocks, August, Kunstler 2193 !, King 3 8 collector 2196 !. 
Distribution : Sumatra. 
12, Piper Scortecliinii C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum, scandens, caule tenui 45 — 6 m. longo. Kamuli glabri, 
in sicco fusci, spiciferi 1 — P5 mm. crassi ; collenchyma in fasciculos dis- 
cretos a latere productos dispositum, baud vel partim libriforme, fasciculi 
intramedullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus nullus ; cellulae rubescentes 
in cortice crebrae. Folia breviter petiolata, glabra; limbus in sicco 
membranaceus, crenerrime et minute pellucido-punctulatus, 12 — 15cm* 
longus, 36—48 mm. latus, oblongo-elliptico-lanceolatus, basi in mare 
leviter inaequilatera in femina aequilatera acutus, apice acute acuminatus, 
penninervius, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes 7 mittente quorum 
supremus a 6 — 7 cm. supra basin solutus altero latere 3 altero 4 ; petiolus 
usque ad limbi latus longius 8’4 — 12*5 mm. inter limbi latera 1*1 — 4*2 
mm. longus, paullo ultra basin vaginans. Pedunculi glabri, tenues, 
14*7 — 25 2 cm. longi. Spicse S florentes 6 5 cm. longae, fere 1 mm. crassae ; 
rbacbis hirsuta ; bractea glabra, rotundato-subovata, centro pedicellata 
pedicellus crassus, cellulis gclifactis farctus ; stamina 2, filamenfa brevis- 
sima, antherae el lipticae, bivalvatae. Spicae $ maturae circiter 7 7 — 15*6 
cm. longae ; rbacbis et bractea ut in mare ; ovarium liberum, giabrum 
ovatum ; stigmata 3, linearia ; bacca sessilis, subobovatc-globosa, breviter 
mucronata, 4*2 mm. longa, in sicco nigra. 
