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CXV. PIPERACEjE, 
[Piper. 
elliptic-oblong lanceolate or ovate, base round or blunt (acute, 
C. DC.) unequal; nerves 2 from base and two pairs from the 
midrib (8-nerved, midrib with 5 nerves, 2 on one side, 3 on the 
other, DC.) transverse nervules sub-parallel flexed ; 4 to 5-9 in. long, 
1*75 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Peduncles *27 in. long. 
Male spikes -5 in. long (very young); rachis hairy. Bracts round 
short pedicelled. Stamens 3. Hab. Mountains, very rare and 
little known, Kedah Peak (Ridley). 
(48) P, subrubrispicum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Sum. Ind. vi. 
23. 
Erect ? about 3 ft. 1 in. tall, long hairy. Leaf membranous, 
glabrous above, hairy below, round ovate obtusely acuminate, base 
equilateral, deep cordate 9-nerved, midrib with one pair of ascending 
nerves; 5-9 in. long, 5-3 in. wide; petioles 2*4 in. long, hairy on 
back sheathing for 5*4 its length. Stipules pubescent. Peduncles 
hairy, 2*5 in. long. Male spikes 2-4 in. long, -15 in. through, blunt, 
white tinted pink; rachis glabrous. Bracts oblong-obovate 
alternate attenuate to lower end. Stamens 3; anthers reniform. 
Hab. Perak, Upper (Wray). 
I have not seen this species. 
(49) P. velutinervium C. DC. Rec. Bot. Sum. Ind. vi. 7; Journ. 
As. Soc . Beng. l.c. 308. 
Erect ? lower portion rooting from nodes; young parts hairy. 
Leaves membranous, glabrous above, velvety, hairy on the nerves 
beneath, round ovate acute acuminate, base equally deep cordate, 
n-nerved; midrib with 2 opposite nerves; 8*6 in. long, 8 in. wide; 
petioles densely hairy, -6 in. long. Peduncles -6 in. long, hairy in 
male, glabrous in female. Male spikes 1-5 in. long, thick; rachis hairy. 
Bracts glabrous, round with central pedicel. Stamens 2. Female 
spikes 2-3 in. long; rachis hairy. Ovary glabrous; stigmas 3, 
rarely 4, ovate-oblong. Drupe ovate-globose, yellowish red, -15 in. 
long. Hab. Among rocks, Perak, Larut Hills, 1800 to 2000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(50) P. acre Bl. Act. Bat. n, p. 185, Fig. 13; Enum. PI. Jav. 
68 . 
Rather slender glabrous climber sparsely hairy, especially the 
nodes. Leaves firm in texture, ovate sharply acuminate base 
nearly round, base slightly narrowed, glabrous above except base of 
midrib, 5 elevate nerves from base pubescent beneath, a more 
slender pair near the edges inarching with transverse nervules; 3 to 
3-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles hairy, *25 in. long. Male 
spikes unknown. Female spikes, peduncles -25 in. long, hairy; 
rachis slender, 7 in. long, densely velvety tomentose. Bracts oblong. 
Ovary deep sunk. Fruits oval, separate in elliptic depressions 
fringed with long hairs. Hab. Mountain forests, Perak, Waterloo 
to Cottage, Thaiping Hills (Curtis). Distrib. Java. 
