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PIPERACEAE NOVAE 
bractese glabrae pelta obovata, inf erne subattenuata, 35 mm. longa 
usque ad 1 mm. lata, supra centrum sessilis ; ovarium liberum, ovatum, 
g lab rum ; stigmata 3, ovata, brevia ; bacca juvenilis elliptica, stipite 
suo paulio longior. 
Perak Gunong Batu Pateh, lower camp, at 3,400 ft. Wray 
448 ! 
S3. Piper Curtisii C. DC. n. sp. 
XHoicum, scandens. Caulis tenuis 3 — 4* 5m. longus. Hamuli 
glabri, spiciferi usque ad 1 mm. crassi ; collenchyma continuum partim 
libriforme ; fasciculi intramedullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus 
centralis ;/ cellulae flavse in cortice et in medulla crebrae. Folia modice 
petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicco membranaceus, subtus creberrime 
nigro-punctulatus, 9 — 11*5 cm. longus, 3*7 —4*5 cm. latus, subovato-ellip- 
tico-lanceolatus, basi sequilatera acutus, apice subacute attenuato-acumi- 
natus, 5-plinervius, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes 2 a circiter 
2 mm supra basin sursumque nervulos plures patulos mittente, nervo 
lateral! adscendente utrinque a basi soluto ; petiolus tenuissimus, 10 mm. 
longus basi ima vaginans. Pedunculi tenuissimi, petiolis sequilongi, 
glabri. Spica ? fere 4 cm. longa, tenuis ; rhachis pilosa ; bractese 
glabrae pelta elliptica, 2 mm. longa, centro pedicellata; pedicellus brevis 
et crassus, cellulis gelifactis farctus ; ovarium liberum, glabrum ; stig- 
mata 3—4, ovato-acuminata ; bacca globosa, in vivo flavo-rubra, in sicco 
nigra, fere 4 mm. longa, ejus stipes paulio brevior. 
Perak ; — Waterloo, May, Curtis 2699 ! Larutat 2,500 — 3,000 ft. 
slender creeper 3‘3— 5 m. long, King’s collector 6263 ! Scorteckini !: Selan- 
gor, Kwala ; Malacca ubi vern. “ Akar Siri Haton,” Ridley 2337 ! 
24. Piper paucistigmuiu C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri, spiciferi fere 1 mm. crassi ; 
collenchyma partim libriforme, in fasciculos discretos a latere valde pro- 
ductos dispositum ; fasciculi intramedullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus 
unicus centralis ; cellulae flavse in cortice et in medulla crebrae. Folia 
modice petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicco membranaceus et subtus crebre 
nigro-punctulatus, usque ad 10*5 cm. longus et 32 mm. latus, oblongo- 
ellipticus, basi aequilatera acutus, apice acute acuminates, 5-plinervius, 
nervo centrali nervos adscendentes alternos 2 mittente, quorum supremus 
a circiter 26 mm. supra basin solutus, nervo laterali adscendente utrinque 
a basi soluto ; petiolus tenuissimus, fere 8*4 mm. longus, basi ima vagi- 
nans. Pedunculi tenuissimi, petiolis sequilongi. glabri. Spica $ fere 
