E PENINSULA MALAY ANA. 
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Chan-chu-kan, Ridley 3772 l ? 
4®, Piper rarlspiciim C. DC. n. sp. 
Bioicum, Ramuli glabri, in sicco nigrescentes, spiciferi 1 mm, 
crassi ; collenchyma continuuip libriforme ; canalis lysigenus centralis 
canalesque lysigeni plures; fasciculi intrameduliaros uniseriati, Folia 
modice petiolata, glabra; limbus 10-5—13 cm. longue, 5‘8 — 7 cm, latus, 
o vat us, basi leviter insequilatera rotundatus, apice acute et sat breviter 
acuminate, 7»plinervius, nervo centrali nervog 2 adscendentes mitten te 
quorum supremus a 14-5 — 16’5 mm. supra basin solute, nervis latera- 
libus 2 a basi solutis quorum externus aliis minus adscendens multo 
tenuior et breviors petiolus 14*5 — 19 mm. longus. Pedunculi glabri, 
tenues, 29 mm. longi. Spicse $ rarse, fere 5*9 cm. longse ; rhachis 
puberula ; receptacula stipitata, el'liptica, utrinque velutino-puberula, 
diandra ; antherse obovatse, 4-valvats8, fere 0-5 mm. longse, filamentie 
oblongis sequilongse. 
Penang ;— road to Sungei Penang, at 1,500 ft, March, Curtis 
1771 ! 
5®. Piper polygynum C. BC. n. sp. 
Bioicum, scan dens, caule usque ad 13 cm. crasso. Ramuli glabri 
in sicco fuscescentes, spiciferi 1 mm. crassi ; collenchyma in 3 mm. 
c rassis libriforme in fasciculos discretos dispositum ; fasciculi intramedul- 
lares uniseriati; canalis lysigenus nullus ; zona cellularum sclerosarum 
continua, fasciculos fibrovasculares arete cingens. Folia modioe petiole 
ta, glabra ; limbus in sicco coriaceus, circiter 13 cm, longus, 6*5 cm. 
latus, ellipticus, basi leviter insequilatera attenuatus, apice acute et 
breviter acuminatus, penninervius, nervo centrali nervos 3 adscendentes 
alternos utrinque mittente quorum supremus a 29 mm. supra basin 
solutus; petiolus usque ad limbi latus longius 12-5 mm. inter limbi 
latera 2 mm. longus, basi ima vaginans. Pedunculi glabri, 29 mm* 
longi, tenues. Spicse ? limbis fere sequilongse; rhachis minute pubera- 
la ; receptacula sat distantia, sessilia, transverse elliptica, extus minute, 
velutina, intus dense hirsuta ; ovaria in eodem receptaculo 3—4, trans- 
verse inserta, libera, sessilia, ovata, apice velutina, quorum unum tantum 
maturescens ; stigmata 3, linearia ; bacca globosa, glabra, circiter 5 mm. v 
crassa. 
Penang Sungei XJgong, Stephenson ! . Selangqe ;«-Gunong 
Pass, May, at 3,500 ft., Wray 4068 ! 
