CXV. PIPE RACERS. 
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Piper.] 
base narrowed on one side, sub-attenuate on the other unequal; 
nerves 6, 3 on one side of midrib, 2 on the other; 2-6 to 3-6 in. 
long, 1*25 to 1-4 in. wide. Peduncles -5 in. long. Male spikes 
unknown. Female spikes cylindric, top round. Bracts sub-orbic¬ 
ular, sessile in centre. Drupe deeply embedded; style free, conic 
slender; stigmas 4, ovate acute. Hab. Perak at Ijuk (Gunong 
Hijau) (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this species. 
(44) P. minutistigmum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 9; 
Journ. ^ 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 311. 
A very large climbing pepper 36 ft. long, glabrous. Leaves rigid 
ovate, acutely acuminate, base round equally wide but one side 
longer, 9-nerved, midrib with one pair; 4 in. long, 2-8 in. wide; petioles 
•6 in. long. Peduncles 2*3 to 2-8 in. long. Male flowers not known. 
Female spikes cylindric, 3-6 in. long, nearly -13 in. thick; rachis 
velvety, puberulous. Bracts ovate round. Pedicels short and 
thick. Ovary deeply embedded convex and puberulous above; 
stigmas 3. Drupe 4-angled at top. Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
I have not seen this species. 
( 45 ) P- globulistigmum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Sure. Ind. vi. 3. 
Glabrous. Leaves rigid, oblong-elliptic-lanceolate acute, long 
narrowed, base unequal, shortest tapering, the other round, penni- 
nerved; nerves 3 pairs; 3-6 to 4-3 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; 
petioles *2 in. long. Peduncles 1 in. long. Male spikes unknown. 
Female spikes cylindric, 27 in. long, -03 in. thick; rachis densely 
velvety. Bracts glabrous, orbicular with short central pedicel. 
Drupe partly embedded, free part round and densely velvety pube¬ 
rulous; stigma i, globular. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this species. 
§5. Eupiper. 
(46) P. Kurzii Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 188. 
Erect, shrubby, branched. Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous 
elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate nearly ^equilateral; nerves fine 
elevate, 2 from base, 2 stouter above, nervules nearly horizontal, 
numerous; 4 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. 
Male spikes slender, 175 in. long; peduncles 75 in. long. Bracts 
oblong rounded. Female spikes 175 in. long; peduncles *5 in. 
long. Flowers not sunk; rachis hairy. Stigmas 3, thick round. 
Drupe small, sessile ellipsoid shortly pointed. Hab. Mountain 
forests usually lowland, Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Temengoh. 
Kelantan, Chaning woods. Disirib. Burma. 
(47) P. erecticaule C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 22; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 330. 
Stem slender, fleshy flexuous. Leaves thin membranous 
