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acuminatus, 7-plinervius, nervo centrali nervos adscendentes utrinque 
2 mittente quorum supremus fere a 12 mm. supra basin solutus, nervis 
lateralibus adscendentibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis ; petiolus usque ad 
limbi latus longius 10 mm. inter limbi latera 2 mm. longus, basi ima 
vaginans. Pedunculi glabri, 18 mm. longi, tenuissimi. Spioa <$ florena 
circiter 52 mm. longa, fere 1 mm crassa ; rhachis birtella ; bractea 
obovato-oblonga, inferne subattenuata, apice obtusa, minute ciliolata, 
c©terum glabra, usque ad 2’5 mm. longa et 1 mm. lata ; stamina 3, 
anther© obovat©, 1-valvat©, lilamentis oblongis paullo longiores. 
Perak: — Government Hill, March, liidley 2732 ! 
Forsan P. Zuccarinii C. DC. in Prody. xvi, 1. p. 365 mas. 
46. Piper argyrites Ridl. mss. 
Dioicum. Hamuli glabri in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi 1*5 mm. 
crassi ; collench vma continuum, sparsim libriforme ; fasciculi intrame- 
dullares uniscriati ; canalis lysigenus unicus centralis. Folia modice 
petiolata, glabra ; limbus in sicco firmus, minute pellucido-punctulatus, 
usque ad 18 cm. longus et 6 cm. latus, oblongo-ovatus, basi leviter 
in©quilatera rotundatus, apice acute acuminatus, 7-plinervius, nervo 
centrali nervos adscendentes 2 mittente quorum supremus a 15 mm. 
supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2 a basi solutis, quorum 
externus subadscendens aliis multo tenuior et brevior ; petiolus usque 
ad limbi latus longius 10 mm. inter limbi latera 2 mm. longus, usque 
ad medium suum vaginans. Pedunculi glabri, 25 mm. iongi. Spic© 
cJ subllorentes 8 cm. longae et 3 mm. crass© ; rhachis hirsuta ; bractea 
glabra, rhachi adnata et margine libera, usque ad 1*5 mm. longa ; stamina 
2, anther© reniformes, 4-valvat©, filamenta antheris ©quilata. 
Selangor ; — Gua Batu, December Pulley 8176 !, Ginding 
Bidai, May 7611 !. 
SECTIO . jflULDERA Hook, F. Flor. Brit. Ind. v, 79. 
Secbio Schizonephros C. DC. in Prodr. xvi, -I, 241 emend. 
Spic© oppositifoli©. Bracte© rhachi adnat© extremitatibus in- 
feris et superis inter se in receptaculum floriferum connat©. Flores 
unisexuales. Stamina 2 — 10 in receptaculo transverse uniseriata vel 
biseriata. Ovarium liberum, in receptaculo unicum vel ovaria 2 — 4 in 
receptaculo transverse uniseriata. 
47. Piper pentandrum C. DC. n. sp., 
Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli glabri, in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi 
2 mm. crassi ; collenchyma libriforme, in fasciculos discretos a latere 
