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dr. n. o. forbes's new guinea plants 
monochlamyde.se. 
By Spencer Moore, F.L.S. 
Nyctaginaceal 
Pisonia Muelleriana Warb. Sogere, 1800-2500 ft., 167, 398. 
Amarantaceje. 
Beeringta indica Zoll. Sogere, 1750 ft., 77. 
Alterjsanthera denticulata 11. Br. Sogere, 2000 ft., 813. 
NEPENTHACEAL 
Nepenthes maxima Iieinw. Mt. Wori-wori, 4000 ft., 643. 
% 
Aristolocitiaceal 
Aristolocitia pithecurus Bidl. in Journ. Bot. lii. 296. Mt. 
Koikoko, 2500 ft., 621. Sogere, 2200 ft., 762. 
PlPERACEJE. 
Piper (§ Eupiper) sogerense S. Moore, sp. nov. Ramulis sat 
robustis (4 mm. crass.) ad nodos geniculatis striatis glabris; foliis 
brevipetiolatis (pet. validis plerumque circa 15 mm. long.) ovatis vel 
ovato-oblongis acuminatis acumine obtuso basi rotundatis stepe 
levissime cordulatis membranaceis glabris multiplinervibus nervo 
centrali ad 2'5-35 cm. ultra basin utrinque nervum apicem attin- 
gentem emittente nervis reliquis utrinque 2 a basi solutis reticulo 
laxo subtus eminente 17-22 x 10-13 cm. foliis summis usque ad 
7 X 2-3 cm. reductis ; spicis fern, oppositifoliis elongatis pedunculis 
circa 3 cm. long, fultis 18-21 cm. X 6-10 mm.; bractea peltata apice 
solum libera 5 mm. diam.; ovariis oblongo-ovoideis arete congestis 
jiulposisque in stylum firinum apice capitulatum circa 1 mm. long, 
attenuate. 
Sogere, 2500 ft., 76. 
Apparently near P. Eueclceri K. Sebum, which has somewhat 
different foliage and shorter and thinner spikes. 
No. 147, represented by two small specimens each consisting of a 
reduced leaf and a shorter spike about 10 X 5 cm., seems to be con- 
specitic. 
Piper (§ Eupiper ) obesispicum S. Moore, sp. nov. Eamulis 
validis (6-7 mm. crass.) inferne tetragonis vel subteretibus superne 
compressis exiinie striatis glabris; foliis petiolatis (pet. 2 cm. long, 
ima basi vaginantibus) late oblongo-ovatis acuminatis apice obtusis 
basi late rotundatis pag. inf. prsesertim in nervis minute brunneo- 
pubescentibus multiplinervibus nervis 2 utrinque fere a basi solutis 
reliquis utrinque 4-5 pari proximali a basi 1*5 cm. distante pari 
distali ad apicem (ceteris fere ad apicem) ducto usque 23 X 10 cm. ; 
spicis fern, oppositifoliis pedunculo patulo sat valido minute pubescente 
13 mm. long, insidentibus maturis 4 cm. x 8-12 mm. ; rhaebi glabra; 
bractca libera limbo suborbiculari fere 1 mm. diam. pedicello 2 mm. 
