142 _——— 
subtas fusceseenti- pallidis, anguste orato-Janceolalis acute 
attennatis, basi valde inaeqnali semicordatis, patulo - malti- 
veniis, Aamentis folio brevioribas (an semper?), bracteis in- 
flexo - peltatis, pelta subtriangulari centro nude, ambitu pu- 
bescenti -eiliata, baceis a inleribus compressis fuligineo - 
tomeniellis. 
Brasilia, (Hb. Molliau. nunc Mart.) 
4. pothifoliae et brasilieusi proxima, ad illam par- 
tinm forma, ad banc pnbe accedit. 
- Rami veinstiores glabrati. Petioli 3 cent. longi usgae 
ad apicem alati, dorso villoso-hirti, alis ipsis fere glahris 
sursuih Angustatis convergeulibus. Folia in sicco supra ni- 
gricantia pierumque aequilatera, rarius parsmper obligua, 
basi admodum inaequalia, ita ut lobus major perpendicularis 
plerumgue aurieulatim petiolum tegeus 2— 3 centimetrorum 
sit, alter valde brevis fere horizontaliter truneatus; 17— 18 
eeut, longa, 41, — 5%/g lata; costulae 2—3 e basi paulle 
magis adscendentes, reliquae omnes, utringue eirciter 10 sub- 
patnlae majores minoresgue, nequaquam fortes, versus mar- 
gines confuentes; pili in nervo medio fortes densi., Pedun- 
euli 2 cent. longi. Amenta patula 5— 53/2 cent. longa, 
penpam corvinam erassa, Stamina quoi? Unum vidi in- 
ter bracteam et haccam; religua forlasse decidua. - Stig- 
mata 3% 
9. A. Lessertiana I. c. p. 405. In Hp. Schreber. sp, ex- 
stat Swartzianum (P. verrucosum), cujns folia 32 cent. lon- 
ga ilaque ea aequantia quae olim in Hb, Hookeri vidi. 
10. Arthanthe (Macrostachys) obumbrata n. sp. (Piper 
obumbratum Mart. Herb.) Famis semitereli -irigonis mi- 
nute verrnenlosis, foliis subsessilibus coriaceis supra praeter 
nervum medium juniorum glabris, subtas praesertim in ner- 
vis pubescenti-subhirtellis, Into -oblongis acute acuminalis 
