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VIVERACHAE 2s 0 VAE 
15. Piper febrifugum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli dense fulvescente villosi, spiciferi 1 
mm. orassi ; collenchyma continuum libriforme ; fasciculi in trained ullares 
uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus peripliericus nullus, zona cellularum scleros- 
arum inter collencbyma et fasciculos bbrovasculares periphericos. Folia 
breviter petiolata ; limbus in sicco firmo-membranaceus, supra glaber, 
subtus breviter et sat dense birsutus, 2*2 5 cm. longus, 13 cm. latus, 
ample ovatus, basi leviter insequilatera cordatus, lobis rotundatis ad 
petiolum aequilongis ab eo inaequilongis et insequilatis, apice acuta 
acuminatu^ 11-plinervius, nervo centrali utrinque nervos 3 adsceiulentes 
oppositos mittente quorum supremus a circiter 9 cm. supra basin solutus, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque 3 a basi divaricantibus ; petiolus - dense 
villosus, 10 mm. longus. Pedunculi minute puberuli, 45 mm. longi 
Spicae ? florentes 16*5 cm. longse, 3 ‘5 mm. crassae ; rhacbis birsuta ; 
bracteae glabrae pelta rotunda, centro breviter pedicellata, pedicellus 
crassus ; ovarium paullo ultra medium in rhachi immersum, superne 
umbanum et glabrum ; stigmata 3, ovato-acuta ; bacca in sicco nigra. 
Sunjei Ujong; — Atrar Sang Trap, Ridley 1867 ! 
The roots when boiled are given in cases of fever. 
2, BliACTEA IUIACHI ADNATA. 
16, Piper flavispiciuii C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum, erectum, 60 cm. altum. Ramuli glabri, spiciferi circiter 
1*5 mm. crassi ; collenchyma libriforme in fasciculos discretos sat cras- 
sos dispositum ; fasciculi intra medullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus 
unicus centralis. Folia brevissime petiolata, glabra : limbus in sicco 
membranaceus, minqite pellucido-punctulatus, 1 3—15 cm. longus, 45— • 
5 '5 cm. latus, ellipt ico -lanceolatu s, basi aequilatera acutus, apice acute 
et sat longe acuminatus, 7 -plinervius, nervo centrali nervos 2 alternos 
adscendentes mittente quorum supremus a circiter 4 cm. supr$, basin 
solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis 
quorum externi aliis multo breviores et tenuiores ; petiolus 4 mm. longus, 
basi ima vaginans. Pedunculi glabri, 6*3 mm. longi. Spica $ 5*6 cm. 
longa, 1 mm. crassa ; rhachis glabra; bractea glabra, oblongo-obovata, 
2*5 mm. longa, usque ad 1*5 mm. lata; stamina 3, antberae ovatse, 4- 
valvatse, filamenta oblonga fere aequantia. Spica ? in vivo flava, 5*6 mm. 
longa ; bractea ut in mare ; bacca libera, ovuta, 4 mm. longa., in sicco 
nigra 
