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[Piper. 
when dry, narrowed slightly at base, distant, sunk in rachis; 
stigmas 4. Hab. Selangor, Batu caves (Curtis). Bindings, 
Gunong Tungul. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Tenas- 
serim, fide C. DeCandolle. 
(62) P. longamentum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 23; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 331. 
Scandent ? hairy. Leaves membranous oblong-ovate lanceo¬ 
late acute, long acuminate equilateral, base acute, pubescent above 
and densely beneath 5-nerved; midrib with two opposite nerves; 
3-9 in. long, 1-4 in. wide; petioles 2-5 in. long, densely hairy. Male 
spikes nearly 5-5 in. long, slender; rachis hairy. Bract round. 
Stamens 2; anthers ovate. Female spikes and fruit unknown. 
Hab. Perak, Larut, at 1800 to 3000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
I have not seen this species. 
(63) P. conibaccum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 4; Journ. 
ris. Soc. Beng. l.c. 301. 
Stem stout glabrous. Leaves stiff, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate 
acute, base shortly cuneate acute, equal-sided; nerves 3 pairs, 
elevate beneath, nervules invisible; 47 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2-2 in. 
wide; petioles -4 in. long. Peduncles as long. Male flowers 
unknown. Female spikes 157 in. long, stout; rachis glabrous. 
Bracts glabrous; limb obovate attenuate below. Ovary narrowed 
to a long conic style; stigmas 3 to 5. Hab. Hill forests, rare, 
Pahang, Semangkok Pass towards Tras (Ridley). 
A very striking plant near P. magnibaccum, but the fruits are larger and 
the leaves smaller and stifler. 
(64) P. subsessililimbum C. DC, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 24. 
Scandent, cirrhi ramulose. Leaves sub-sessile, glabrous, mem¬ 
branous obovate, elliptic-oblong acutely acuminate, base narrowed 
penninerved with 10 pairs of fine nerves from midrib; 7-3 in. long, 
2 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Peduncles -3 in. long. Male 
spikes nearly 2*4 in. long, *07 in. thick, yellow (young); rachis 
hairy. Bracts oblong-elliptic; pedicel short central. Female 
and fruit unknown. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
I have not seen this species. 
(65) P. rufibracteatum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 21. 
Glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceous oblong-elliptic, short blunt 
attentuate, base inaequilateral, rounded both sides, 9-nerved; 
midrib with 2 nerves; 3-6 in. long, 1-4 in. wide; petioles *25 in. 
long, sheath prolonged a little. Peduncles glabrous, *12 in. long. 
Male spikes 1 in. long; rachis glabrous. Bracts obovate sub¬ 
attenuate below densely red-pubescent; pedicel short and thick. 
Stamens 2 or 3. Hab. Malacca (Maingay 1329). 
I have not seen this species. 
