E PENIN'StTLA MALAYAN a. 
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PfcRAK Maxwell's Hill at 8,000 ft. altitude, March, Scortechim 
285 ! Larut at 2,800—3,000 ft. August, King** collector 3230 S Goping. 
Limestone hills at 300-500 ft. 5906 ! 
13. Piper subfragile C. DC n. sp. 
Dioicum, scandens. Hamuli glabri, in sicco pallide fuscescgntes 
spiciferi 0-5 mm. crassi ; collenchyma libriforme in fasciculos discretos 
disposition; canalis lysigenus centralis canalesque peripherici plures 
Folia breviter petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicpo subcoriaceus, creberrime 
pellucido-punctuiatus, 5*2 cm. longus, 3*6 cm. latus, ovatus, basi levi~ 
ter inse juilatera rotundatus, apice attenuatus, 7-plinervius, nervo centrali 
nervDs 2 adscendentes oppositos a 8*4 mm. §upra basin mittente, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis quorum internus adscendens, exter- 
nus subadscendens ; petiolus usque ad limbi latus longius 4*2 mm. inter 
limbi latera 2 2 mm. longus. Pedunculi, glabriadhuc juveniles 3*3 mm. 
longi. Spicse ? 1 0*5 mm. longae, 2mm. crassse ; rhachis hirsuta ; brac- 
teae pelta rotundata, glabra, centro pedicellata ; pedicellus hirsutus ; 
ovarium glabrum, inferne rhachi immersum. 
Kurau, in the plains, May, Wray 4262 ! 
Species P. fragile Benth. valde referens structura discrepans. 
14. Piper miimtistigmum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum. Caulis 9 — 12 m. longus. Eamuli glabri in sicco pallide 
fuscesc spiciferi usque ad 3 mm crassi ; collenchyma continuum 
zona interna parce libriforme ; canalis lysigenus periphericus nullus 
cellulse fuscse in cortice et in mediAla creberrimae. Folia modice petiolata 
glabra ; limbus in sicco rigidu^, minute et parce pellueido-punctula- 
tus, 13*5 cm. longus, 7 cm. latus, ovatus, basi insequilatera rotundatus 
lateribus sequilatis altero longiore, apice acute acuminatus, 9-ninervius 
nervo centrali nervos adscendentes alternos 2 mittente quorum supremos 
a 16*5 — 19*8 mm. supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus 3 utrinque a 
basi solutis, nervis omnibus subtus prominentibus ; petiolus usque ad 
limbi latus longius 12*6 mm. inter limbi latera 6*3 mm. longus. 
Pedunculi glabri, 5*8 — 7*7 cm. longi. Spicse ? cylindricse, fere 9 cm. 
long®, mature 4*2 mm. crassse ; rhachis velutino-puberula ; bracteae 
glabrae pelta ovata-rotunda, 1*5 mm. longa, infra centrum pedicellata 
pedicellus brevis et crassus ; ovarium in rhachi profunde immersumj 
superne convexum et velutino-puberulum : stigmata 3, minuta ; bacca 
apice subtetragona. 
Perak Larut, September, Kunstler 2388 ! Scortechini ! 
