CXV. PIPERACEJS. 
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Piper.] 
Male spikes unknown. Female spikes nearly i in. long; rachis 
hairy. Bracts obovate 3-1 in. long with thick central pedicel. 
Ovary free, ovate; stigmas 3, oblong blunt. Drupe -13 in. long; 
stalk -i in. long. Hab. Mountain forests, Selangor, Semangkok, 
Sempang Mines (Ridley, 15567). 
In a letter written to me in Herb. Singapore, DeCandolle writes : " No. 
15567 is a new species, which I describe as Selangorense. 15569 is the same 
species, and your 2963 previously named by me magnibaccum in your herb' 
arium.” But in the Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. later he quotes 2963 as magni- 
ba-ccum and 15565 and 15569 as selangorense. All these plants seem to me 
identical, and do not fit the description of selangorense at all. 
(17) P. Klossii Ridl. Journ. Roy. yfs. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 189. 
Scandent, branches smooth rather soft, nodes not dilate. Leaves 
rigidly membranous, nearly chartaceous elliptic-ovate gradually 
blunt acuminate, base rounded or nearly, very slightly unequal, 
one side a little longer than the other; nerves 1 pair from base 
with 7 pairs from the midrib, horizontal and inarching with the 
side pair, glabrous above, sparsely hairy on the back, midrib 
elevate, thickly pubescent; 5 in. long, 2-25 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long, grooved. Peduncles 1*5 in. long. Male flowers 
unknown. Female spikes in fruit 4 in. long, rather thick puberu- 
lous. Bracts cup-shaped. Drupe globose with a short point, 
*2 in. long when dry, pedicel much shorter, thick, shortly sunk in 
the rachis. Hab. Mountains, Selangor, Menuang Gasing, Ulu 
Langat (Kloss). 
(18) P. paucistigmum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 14; Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 320. 
Slender creeper, glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong-elliptic 
acutely acuminate equilateral, acute at base, 5-nerved; midrib 
with 2 ascending nerves; 4 in. long, 1-27 in. wide; petioles very 
slender, -3 in. long. Peduncles slender as long. Male flowers 
unknown. Female spikes nearly 1*6 in. long; rachis puberulous. 
Bracts ovate, *039 in. across. Ovary free; stigmas 2 or 3 ovate 
acuminate. Drupe red globose nearly *1 in. through, pedicel 
shorter. Hab. Perak, Ulu Kerling on trees in bamboo forest 
(Kunstler). 
(19) P. Maxwellanum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 15; 
Journ . /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 320. 
Climber, glabrous. Leaves membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, 
acutely acuminate equilateral and acute at base, 7-nerved, midrib 
with one pair of nerves; 2-8 in. long, 1-4 in. wide; petioles slender, 
*43 in. long. Peduncles slender, *3 to *4 in. long. Male flowers 
unknown. Female spikes 1-4 in. long; rachis hairy. Bracts obovate 
shortly pedicelled. Ovary ovate, free; stigmas ovate acute. 
Drupe globose, red, *13 in. through; pedicel shorter. Hab. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills, Maxwell’s Hill (Wray). 
I have not seen this species. 
