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PI PER A CEAE NOVAE 
27. Piper longibracteum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum. Ramuli glabri in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi 1*9 mm. 
crassi ; collenchyma libriforme in fasciculos discrefcos tenues dispositum ; 
fasciculi intramedullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus centralis 
JFolia sat longe petiolata, glabra ; limbus 11*5 cm. longus, 5 — 6 cm. latus, 
elliptico-lanceolatus, basi ®quilatera acutus, apice acute acuminatus, 
7-plinervius, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes alter nos 2 mittente 
quorum supremus a 16 mm. supra basin solutus. nervis lateralibus ads- 
cendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis ; petiolus tenuis, 12.-16 mm. longus^ 
basi ima vaginans. Pedunculi glabri, 1 6 mm. longi, tenues. Spica $ 
10*5 cm. longa; rhacliis glabra, 1 mm. erassa ; braote® glabr® pelta 
oblongo-obovata, inf erne attenuata, fere 2*2 mm. longa, supra centrum 
sessilis ; ovarium liberum, glabrum ; stigmata 4, ovato-acuminata ; bacca 
elliptica, in sicco nigra, 4 mm. longa, ejus stipes paullo brevior, 
P&it a k ; — -Maxwell Hill, Wray 101 ! 
28. Piper xanthocarpnm C. 1)C. n. sp. 
Dioicum, seandens. Ramuli glabri in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi 
1 mm. crassi ; collenchyma continuum libriforme ; fasciculi intramedul- 
lares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus centralis; cellule aurantiac® 
in cortice et in medulla crebrse. Folia breviter petiolata ; limbus supra 
glaber, subtus puberulus, usque ad 14*5 cm. longus et 6 cm. latus 
elliptico-lanceolatus, basi sequilatera acutus, apice acute acuminatus, 7 — 9- 
plinervus, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes utrinque 1 — 2 mittente 
quorum supremus a 26 — 39 mm. supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus 
adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis ; petiolus glaber, basi ima vaginans 
circiter 6 mm. longus. Pedunculi glabri, usque ad 26 mm. longi, tenues. 
Spicse $ usque ad 12 cm. long® ; rhachis hirsuta, usque ad 2 mm 
erassa ; braetea glabra, oblonga, inferne subattenuata, apice rotundata 
rhaclii adnata et tantum marginibus libera, 3 mm. longa et usque ad 
1 mm. lata ; ovarium liberum, glabrum, ovatum ; stigmata 3 — 4, ovato- 
acuminata ; bacca globosa, circiter 3 mm. diametro, in vivo aurantiaca, 
in sicco nigra, stipite suo longior. 
Perak ; at 1,000 feet altitude, Wray 3795 ! 
29. Piper larutamim C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum, ad arbores proceras seandens, 3 — 5'5 m. longum. Ramuli 
glabri, spiciferi 2 mm. crassi ; collenchyma fere continuum, libriforme ; 
fasciculi intramedullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus centralis canalesque 
peripkerici plures; cellul® fuse® in cortice et in medulla crebr®. Folia 
