606 



Cretcit in Savana arenosa ad pi. Berljn, TId quietude, 



Sppcies piili'hpllaj ad §,1. in Kanth. Ennm^ Tom. IF. 

 p. 3. referenda, foliis X. nubigenac K*, sqiiamarum (orna 

 et colore X. arenicolac aecedens, 



Planu annua? FoUa 4 — 12, plernniqiic 6 crnt. longji, 

 complicata 2 — 3 mm. infrrue lata, ad tt>utem transverse pli- 

 catnla. Pedunculi 20 — 30 cent, longi. Spicae maturae 8 

 mm, loogo, obltjsae. 



Piperaceae RicIk *}. 



Nematanfhera nor. gen. 



Flores herraaphrodiii amrritnrou Bracteae pcrsislcairs 

 camosae concliat^furmi -puttalae vrrtice tnuiuaio scmilunan 

 tenuiter eiliolalae. Stamina duo lateralia, JilamentU brp- 

 Tibns compressis perslstentilius, antherh arliculalim den- 

 dnis longissimia filiformi-scmi- cjlindricis recurvalo • exser- 

 tia, ronnecliro ad vi»riicem inrrassato rapilrJlatis, Liloenlan- 

 bus^ locnlis rima longitndinali snbnntire dehi$centibHS« Ova- 

 rium ovalnm, stigmatibus 3 vel rare 2 lancpolatis rerolii- 

 lis. — Bacca subglobosa, stigmaliliBs coronala? — Frutex 

 surinamemis ^ falitB oblongis aenminatis, basi inaeqnalibos, 

 costnlato-Tenosis, stipulis oppositifoliis parvia decidui«, 

 amentis longioscuJe pedunciilalis brevibus cjlUidne'iB oblnsis 

 antheris exserlis ct recarvatis elegauter echinatis, his cUa 

 deeiduis laerigatis. 



Genus omoium ad Tribum Pipercarum perti«<?ntiiim ob 

 singnlarpm anlherac fabricam admodum peculiarc et maniK- 

 stam cnm Hedtfosmo aftinitaCem indii^ans, habitu et {olionim 



*) Stirpem admodum meFnoraJiiletn e coMcctfonc Kap(>teriaiia h'<^ 

 ftddo; Rpeciei» i^uerum jam co^nitoruiii iti fiopvleuifuio f^}'^^^^^ 

 Uft Piperacearutn uio& etiumerabo. 



