peduncled, filiform, pendulous; bracts linear oblong:
female about the length of the leaves; bracts oblong
roughish beneath: stigmas 4, reflexed, deciduous.
Courtallum. In dense woods climbing on trunks
of trees like Ivy.
1938. P ipe r nepaxense (Mig.), younger leaves
membranaceous, the adult ones membranaceo-coria-
ceous, glabrous on both sides, pellucido-punctuate; the
lower ones obliquely ovate, or elliptico-ovate, nearly
equal and rounded at the base, acuminate, and like
those of the branches 7-tuple-nerved; those of the
male plant narrower; female catkins erect, afterwards
spreading (patulous) about the length of the
leaves: bracts oblong, beneath and the rachis roughish
: ovary acuminate: stigmas 3-4, lanceolate, deflex-
ed, pubescent: berries ovate acute.
Courtallum, in dense forests climbing on trees.
There are some discrepancies here between the character
and figure, but not of essential importance.
1939. P ipe r W ig h to (Miq., erroneously P. Wigh-
tiana on the plate), leaves coriaceous, membranaceous,
finely pellucido-punctuate, glabrous, smooth above
beneath, on the younger ones, sparingly hairy, ovate
or elliptico-ovate, shortly acuminate, slightly unequal,
rounded at the base, 7-nerved, (or the 3 middle ones
united at the base) somewhat septuple-nerved, female
catkins afterwards elongating equaling or exceeding
the leaves, spreading; peduncles longer than the
petiols: bracts oblong, linear, somewhat membranaceous
: stigmas 3 or 4.
Pulney Mountains above Cunnawaddy, Courtallum,
Bababuden hills, Mysore ? I am not quite certain
in regard to the last station, the specimens being
male only. My others are female, but they seem
the same species. I am indebted to the kindness
of Dr. H. Cleghorn for them. Dr. Miquel compares
this with P. attenuatum, Nepalense, and sylvestre, with
all of which it more or less corresponds, but he thinks
readily distinguished by its rigid coriaceous leaves, a
mark which the figure cannot show.
1940. P iper arborescens ? (Miq.), stem shrubby,
scandent, the younger leaves membranaceous, the
adult ones thick, coriaceous, shining above, glauces-
cent beneath, puberulous on the nerves, elliptic or
ovate elliptic, obliquely shortly acuminate, unequal
at the base 5- or somewhat 7-tuple-nerved : peduncles
about the length of the petiols: male catkins
short, somewhat curved, bracts orbicular, diandrous:
females filiform, pendulous, at length very long,
bracts linear oblong, sessile; stigmas 3-4, berries
oblong.
Nefigherries. Fruit yellowish, passing into red when
ripe.
Much as the specimens selected for representation
differ in some points from the character, especially
in regard to the length of the male catkins, I can
hardly hesitate in considering this the species I have
named, for many of my specimens, taken‘from the
same plant, perfectly correspond with that part of
the character. The point on which my doubts rest,
and an account of which I have added a mark of
doubt to the specific name, is the discrepancy in the
form of the female bracts. This is a fine species,
climbing on trees and forming large masses of pendulous
herbage round their trunks and lower branches.
I got it in a fine state of fructification in the months
of April and May.
1941. P ipe r argtrophyleum (Miq.), glabrous*
the upper leaves membranaceous, thickly white spotted
beneath, light opaque green above, obliquely ellip-
tico-lanceolate, taperingly acuminate, nearly equalsided,
acute or cuniately tapering at the base, the
lower septuple- the upper ones quintuple-nerved, the
lateral nerves not extending to the ap ex : female
catkins peduncled: peduncles about the length or
sometimes exceeding the petiols : bracts oblong, glabrous
above, subciliate: ovary elliptic, glabrous: stigmas
3-4, broadly lanceolate from the base, revolutely
recurved, pubescent: berries ovate, shortly beaked,
black when d ry : testa of the seed dark brown, shining,
wrinkled.
My only specimen of this plant is a male one, the
counterpart of which it would appear Dr. Miquel had
not seen as his description altogether refers to the
female plant. So far as the habit and foliage is concerned
it seems to agree with the character of the
species, but it looks so like the following, that I
almost suspect they are the male and female of the
same species.
1942. P ip e r hymenophtelum (Miq.), younger
branches petiols and nerves on the under surface of the
leaves, crisply roughish (crispatulo-hirtillis) : leaves
thinly membranaceous, transparent, elliptic, attenua
te ^ acuminate; acumen pointed or slightly blunt;
base acute, equal-sided, quintuple-nerved; the lower
nerve3 very slender, the upper ones, by interlacing,
stronger, scarcely extending to the point: peduncles
twice as long as the petiols : female catkins about the
length of the leaves: bracts linear oblong, adnate,
undulated, stigmas 3-4.
Courtallum.
As already remarked, this seems to me the female
of the preceding, and, so far as description goes, it
does not appear to differ from the plant defined. I
fear too much stress has been laid on characters
taken from the relative lengths of the inflorescence
and leaves, and on the forms of the bracts, in the
discrimination of the species of this genus. I make
the remark mainly for the purpose of directing- attention
to the subject.
1943. Muldera W ightiana (Miq.), leaves ovate
or ovato-elliptic, obliquely and acutely acuminate;
equal and roundish at the base, septuple-nerved, the
three middle nerves continued to the apex, (reddish
beneath) membranceo-coriaceous, pellucido-punctuate
: male catkins long peduncled, filiform, longer than
the leaves, many-flowered: cups reflexed, clavate;
opening transversely near the ap e x ; hairy within.
Courtallum, in dense forests, flowering during July
and August.
The above character applies to the male plant—
that on the righthand side of the plate. The other,
the female, seems to differ a little, but is I think the
same species, though, I strongly suspect it is the M.
galcata of Miquel. I have specimens of the female
form from both the Neilgherries and Courtallum.
On the supposition that it is indeed that species, I
subjoin Miquel’s character of it.
Muldera gaeeata (Miq.), leaves broad or lan-
ceolato-elliptic, somewhat acute and acuminate, slightly
unequal-sided, obtuse or acutisli at the base; septuple
or quintuple-nerved, the middle nerves free from
a little above the base extending to the apex, some