5 ° 
CXV. PIPERACE/E. 
[Piper. 
cent. Leaves lanceolate acuminate or ovate-lanceolate, base 
unequally rounded, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; nerves strong 
elevate, 5 from base, pubescent beneath, reticulations small yet 
visible; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide; petioles *15 in. long. 
Peduncles *5 in. long or less, slender. Male spikes 2 to 3 in. long, 
very slender puberulous. Bracts glabrous round. Stamens 3. 
Female spikes up to 4 in. long, thicker. Drupes ovoid, small, 
•1 in. long when ripe on broad elliptic scars edged with hairs, hairy. 
Hab. On rocks at 2300 ft. altitude. Perak, Hermitage (Curtis). 
Penang, West Hill; Experimental Nursery (Curtis, Wallich). 
(71) P. Kunstleri C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 21; Journ . 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 329. 
Erect to about 3 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous, 
elliptic-oblong acute and long-acuminate, base unequal; narrow 
on shorter, round on longer side, penninerved, midrib with 3 pairs 
nerves; 4-5 in. long, i-8 in. wide; petioles -07 in. long. Peduncles 
24 in. long. Male spikes -84 in. long; rachis hairy. Bracts 
orbicular, glabrous except central hairy pedicel. Stamens 3. 
Female and fruit unknown. Hab. Penang, rocky ground (Kunst- 
ler). 
I have not seen this species. 
(72) P. Scortechinii C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 8; Journ. 
/ 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 309. 
Slender creeper 18 ft. long. Leaves glabrous membranous, oblong 
elliptic-lanceolate acutely acuminate, base narrowed unequally in 
male, equally in female, penninerved; midrib with 3 nerves on 
one, 4 on the other side; 4-8 to 6-5 in. long, 1*4 to 1*8 in. wide; 
petioles -5 in. long; sheath prolonged a little above base. Peduncles 
slender, *6 to 1 in. long. Male spikes 2-6 in. long; rachis hairy. 
Bracts round, sub-obovate. Stamens 2. Female spikes 2*8 to 
5-9 in. long. Ovary ovate; stigmas 3, linear. Drupe sub-ovate- 
globose mucronate, -13 in. long. Hab. Perak, Thaiping hills 
2500 to 3000 ft. altitude (Scortechini and Kunstler); Goping, 
Limestone hills (Kunstler). 
( 73 ) P- leptonema Hook. fd. F.B.I. vi. 91; C. DC. Journ . As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 316. 
Branching climber glabrous. Leaves membranous, ovate acute, 
base round, very slightly unequal; nerves 7 radiating from base; 
4 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Peduncles -5 in. long. 
Spikes slender. Bracts small glabrous. Male spikes very slender, 
3 in. long, glabrous. Flowers in whorls and clusters separate. 
Stamens 3. Female spikes thicker up to 5 in. long. Flowers 
clustered very small. Ovary prolonged into a short thick style; 
stigmas 4 or 5. Drupe oblong-ovate, small. Hab. Perak, Her¬ 
mitage Hill (Curtis). Penang (Wallich, Maingay) “ two miles 
from Government House.” Distrib. Java. 
