E PENINSULA MALAYAN A. 
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Perak Snnga Rya, near small limestone bill in dense jungle 
Kunstler 1004 ! 
17. Piper longieaule C. DC. n. sp, 
Dioicum, ad arbores et frutices longe et arete scandens. Ramuli 
glabri, in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi ] mm. crassi ; collencbyma libri- 
forme in fascicules discretos et tenues dispositum ; fasciculi intrame- 
dullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus centralis. Folia modice 
petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicco rigidus-membranaceus, minutissime 
et inconspicue pellucido-punctatus, 7*5— *10 cm. longus, 3 5— -4 cm. latus, 
elliptico-lanceolatus, basi lsevissime insequilatera subacutus, lateribus 
aequilatis paullo inaequilongis apice acute acuminatus, 7-plinervius, 
nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes alternos mittente quorum supremus 
circiter 12—14 mm. supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus adscendentibus 
utrinque 2 a basi solutis quorum externi aliis multo breviores et ten- 
mores ; petiolus circiter 7 mm. longus, basi ima vaginans. Pedunculi 
glabri, 12 — 14 mm. longi, 0*5 mm. crassi. Spica & fere 8 cm. longa et 0*5 
mm. crassa ; flores fere verticillati ; rhaebis birsuta ; bractea dorso 
minutissime puberula et margine minute ciliata, obovato-oblonga, 
inferne obtusa, apice rotundata vel brevissime attenuata, 1*5 mm. longa ; 
stamina 3, antberse obovatae, 4-valvatae, filamentis oblongis paulle 
longiores. Spica ? usque ad 19 5 cm. longa, in vivo alba ; rbaebis birs- 
uta, 15 mm. crassa j bractea dorso minutissime puberula et margine 
minute ciliata, bauobovato-oblonga, 2*5 mm, longa; ovarium liberum, 
glabrum ; stigmata 4—5, linearia, acuta et recurvata; bacca ovata, apice 
subacuta, fere 2 5 mm. longa, in vivo rubra vel Hava, in sicco fuscescens. 
India -Wight 2556 ? Penang Curtis 1318 ! Perak ;—Ulu 
Slim at 500— 800 ft. dense jungle, rocky soil, King’s eollector 10673 1 ; 
Scortechini f Larut at 100-3,000 ft. altitude i Kunstler 2545 ! King’s 
eollector 4048 !. Goping: King’s collector 5876 Kota Larut, in plains 
Wray 2857, Tapa 1347 !. Malaya : Maingay 1335 f 
18 . Piper kotanum C. DC. n.sp. 
Dioicum. Ramuli glabri in sicco nigrescentes, spiciferi 1 mm, 
crassi ; collencbyma libriforme, continuum ; canalis lysigenus unicus 
centralis. Folia breviter petiolata ; limbus in sicco rigido-membranaceus, 
minute pellucido-punctulatus, usque ad 1 2 cm. longus, et 5 cm. latus, 
ellipticus, basi leviter insequilatera altero latere acutus, altero subrotun- 
datus, apice acute acuminatus, penninervius, nervo centrali utrinque 
nervos 3 adscendentes mittente quorum supremus a 315- — 37*5 mm. 
supra basin, infimus paullo supra basin soluti ; petiolus glaber, usque* 
