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PIPER ACE A E tS'OVAE 
apice breviter acurainatus, nervo central! nerves adscendentes utrinque 
3 — 4 mittente quorum supremus a 5*5— -7*5 cm. supra basin solutus ; 
petiolus dense hirsutus, basi ima vaginalis, usque ad limbi latus lougius 
8 mm. inter limbi latera 2 mm. longus. Pedunculi petiolis esquilongi, 
dense pilosi, Spic® £ foliis pluries hreviores, fere 4 cm, long® ; 
rhachis hirsuta ; bracte® glabrae pelta obovata, 2 mm. longa, 1 mm. 
lata, centro pedicel lata, pedicellus latus celliilis gelifactis farcins ; ovarium 
liberum, ovatum, glabrum ; stigmata 3 — 5, linearia ; bacca ovato-glohosa, 
apice subacuta, 4 mm. longa, in vivo aurantiaea vel rubra, in sicco 
nigra; ejus stipes glaber, 2 mm. longus. 
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Sela igor ; — -15th mile, Pahang tract, Ridley 8531 !: Pehak j— 
Scorf echini 314a! Larut, Waterfall Ilill at 500 ft. Wray 4237 !. Ridley 
11025 ! K mistier 2880, 1958 !. 
Forma PILISTIPES C. DC. n. f. 
Herba circiter 60 cm. alta ; limbus subobovato-olliptieus, basi 
leviter iiv.equi latera rotundatus, apice acute acumiuatus ; bacc® stipes 
birtellus. 
Sei.angor.; — Kwala Lumpur, Ridley 4685!: Pjsuak Water- 
fall Hill Wray 2076 ! 
33. Piper protractum C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum vel monoieum cum spicis androgynis. Ramuli dense 
biisuti cum pilis 1 mm. longis spicifcri fere G mm. crassi ; collon" 
c hyma continuum, partim libriforme ; canalis lysigenus centralis cana- 
lesque peripherici plures. Folia breviter petiolata ; limbus 20’8— 33*8 
cm. longus, 4*2 — 5*6 cm. latus, utrinque pilosus pr®sertim in nervis* 
oblongus, basi leviter i mequilatera cordulatns, apice subacuta acumi* 
natus, penninervius, nervo centrali nervos utrinque 4 mittente quorum 
supcii adscendentes et oppositi, inferi x subadsoendentes aliis multo 
tenuiores ; petiolus subtus hirsutus, usque ad limbi latus longius 4 mm. 
inter limbi latera 6 mm. longus, ultra basin vaginans, Pedunculi 
hirsuti, circiter 12 mm. longi. Spic® fere 8‘7 cm. long®, s®pesuperne 
cum floribus masculinis ; rhachis hirsuta ; bracte® glabr® pelta ob- 
ovata, inf erne plus minusve attenuata ; pedicellus brevissimus et crassus ; 
ovarium liberum, ovatum, glabrum ; stigmata 3—4, linearia ; bacca 
globosa, apice acuta, 4 mm. longa, stipitom suum ®quans. 
Joltore Cheng Kang, Gunong Pulai, Cast! •wood ! : Singa- 
pore ; Sunji Gurong, Ridley 588, 6723 !. 
