E PENINSULA MALAYAN A. 
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33, Piper bipedalc C. DC. n. sp. 
Dioicum, 60 cm. altum. Hamuli hirsuti, spiciferi 2 mm. crassi ; 
collenchyma hand libriforme, in xasciculos discretes a latere produefcos 
dispositum ; fasciculi intramedullares uniseriati ; canalis lysigenus cen- 
tralis canalesque peripheric i plures. Folia modiee petiolata ; limbup in 
sicco membranaceuS; supra ad nervos, subtus ubique et densius hirsu- 
tus, 20 cm. longus et usque ad 7 cm. latus, obovato-ob longus, basi 
le viter in©quilatera, altero latere rotundatus altero attenuating, apice 
acute acuminatus, penninervius, bervo centrali nervos utrin’que 4-— 5 
mittente quorum supremi adscendentes alii minus adscendentes multo 
tenuiores ; petiolus dense hirsutus, usque ad limbi latus longius 10 mm. 
inter limbi latera 4 mm. longus, basi ima vaginans. Pedunculi hirs- 
uti, 12 mm. longi. Spic© £ circiter 32 mm. longs, jn vivo viridesi 
rhachis hirsuta; bracte© glabr© pelta oho vat a, .1*5 mm. longa, eentro* 
breviter pedicellata, pedicellus cellulis gelifactis farctus : ovarium 
glabrum, Qvato-acuminatum ; stigmata 3, linearia, ; bacca 
ovato-globosa, apice acuta, 4 mm. longa, stipite suo multo long aof. 
Pebak ; at 300 ft. Wray 3710 l. 
U, Piper Ridley! C. DC. n, sp. 
Dioicum, erectum, 60 — 90 cm. altum. Hamuli dense hirsute 
spiciferi 4 mm. crassi, pili circiter 1 mm. longi ; eollenchyma parce 
libriforme in fascicules discretos dispositum ; fasciculi intra- 
medullares uniseriati ; fasciculi cellularum sclerosarum inter collen- 
chyma et fasciculos fibro-vasculares peripbericos , canalis Ivsigenus 
centralis canalesque peripherici plures. Folia breviter petiolata ; 
limbus in sicco membranaceus, utrinque hirsutus, circiter 25 cm. longus, 
12 cm. latus, lanceolato-ellipticus, basi subsequilatera acutus, apice acute 
acuminatus, penninervius, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes utrinque 5 
mittente quorum supremus a 6*5 cm. supra basin solutus ; petiolus 
hirsutus, usque ad 10 mm. longus. Pedunculi hirsuti, in maye 14 mm. 
in femina 22 mm. longi. Spic© & fere 10'5 cm. longi© et 2 mm. crass©; 
rhachis hirsuta ; bracte© glabr© pelta obovata, inferne subacuia, 1*5 
ram. longa ; pedicellus crassus, cellulis gelifactis farctus ; stamina 2, 
anther© rotundat©. Spica ? 12 cm. longa ; rhachis hirsuta ; bracte© 
pelta obovata usque ad 2 mm. louga et 15 mm. lata ; pedicellus ut in 
mare ; ovarium liberum, glabrum ; stigmata 4, linearia, acuta, ; bacca 
globosa, fere 3 mm. diametro, ejus stipes minute puberulus, 4 
longus. 
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