Piper betle L.

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ISLAND OF NEGROS. MARCH, 1908
? UMAGUETE (CUERNOS MTS.), PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAI.
9073* Piper betle linn* A lofty tree climber,
forming dense tanfcled masses clear around the naked ex-
posed stems; stems 3/4 inch thiol:* with smooth yellowish
barfc, nodose every 6 inches, tightly cleaving to its support;
branches divaricately spreading, easily separating at the
much thickendd joints; coriaceous leaves subp endulous>
shining green on the upper side, much paler beneath, con«
duplicate on the upper surface; the pendulous spikes yel-
lowish green, the staminate slen&erei and yellow* "Buyoc**
2?he peppery leaves of this species ere chewed
with lime end beetle^nut {a palm which they
The saliva excreted by the commixture is of a
Bumaguete, March, 1906*
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
3	DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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