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CXV. PIPE RACEME. 
[Piper. 
(55) P. subfragile C. DC. Rec. Bot. Sure. Ind. vi. 9. 
Climber, glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceous ovate, short, sub¬ 
acute, attenuate, base round nearly equal, 7-nerved; midrib with 
one pair of nerves; 2*2 in. long, 1-4 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. 
Peduncles -I in. long. Male spikes unknown. Female spikes *4 in. 
long; rachis hairy. Bracts round ; pedicel central hairy. Ovary 
glabrous, lower part embedded in rachis. Hab. Perak, Kurau 
(Wray). 
I have not seen this species. 
(56) P. gymnocladum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 6; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 304. 
A straggling climber. Leaves thin, firmly membranous, ovate 
acute, pale beneath, base round unequal; nerves 7 from base 
with one pair from the midrib above, transverse nervules and 
reticulations conspicuous on both sides; 5-5 in. long, 2-6 in. wide; 
petioles -25 to -4 in. long. Male spikes slender, 75 in. long, on 
a slender peduncle as long. Female spikes 6-3 in. long. Bract 
round with short central pedicel. Ovary free. Stigmas 3 or 4, 
ovate-oblong. Fruit-spike 2 in. long. Drupes sessile globose, 
close set, -i in. long. Hab. Hill forests, Perak, Maxwell’s Hill, 
Thaiping Hills (Ridley). 
(57) P. curtipetiolum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 22; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 330. 
Glabrous. Leaves membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, acute 
acuminate base aequilateral, 5-nerved, mid-nerve with 1 pair of 
side-nerves; 4-2 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Peduncles 
glabrous, nearly -22 in. long. Male spikes *67 in. long; rachis 
hairy. Bract round, sub-sessile. Stamens unequal; filaments 
oblong, longer than ovate anthers. Hab. Perak, Gunong Inas 
(Wray). 
I have not seen this species. 
(58) P. magnibaccum C. DC. Bee. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 5, p. 301. 
(Fig. 139, p. 47.) 
Climber, glabrous, stout. Leaves rather fleshy elliptic-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, often abruptly, base shortly narrowed acute or 
blunt; nerves prominent beneath, 5 to 7 from base, 2 slender 
ones outside, no visible secondary nerves, entirely glabrous; 6 to 
7 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. Peduncles -I to 
•5 in. long. Male spikes slender, 75 in. long. Bracts ovate. 
Female spikes 1 in. long, lengthening to 10 in. Ovary narrowed 
to tip. Drupe *25 in. long, ovoid-conic. Hab. In hill forests 
climbing on trees, Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Semangkok Pass; 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Kerbau 
(Robinson). 
(59) P. flavispicum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 10; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 314. 
Erect 2 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous elliptic-lanceo- 
