48  Piperis generis spec. nov. quattuor Ecuadorenses a Sodiro descriptae. 
DC. Prodr., X, p. 96 (after Hooker): Macrotomia cyanochroa Bois. fl. 
or., IV, p. 212 (after Hooker). 
I am not quite sure that Hooker is right in connecting all these 
names; I have two forms which differ in habit: one small with narrow 
leaves and one greater with broader and semi-amplexicaul leaves. But 
if it is right, the species must bear the name given by Royle, which is 
the first. 
XVI. Piperis generis species novae 
quattuor Ecuadorenses a Sodiro descriptae. 
(Aus: Sertula Florae Ecuadorensis, auctore A. Sodiro, 1905, pp. 13—16.) 
I. Foliis penninerviis. 
1. Piper sulcatum Sodiro, |. c., p. 13. 
Frutex 1—2-metralis; ramis striatis membranisque e petiolorum basi 
decurrentibus anguste alatis, brevissime retrorso-pubescentibus demum 
glabratis; petiolis 5—15 mm longis, basi dilatata late membranacea am- 
plexicaulibus, anguste usque ad limbi basin alatis, plurinerviis, cum costa 
nervisque subtus breviter puberulis; limbis penninerviis membranaceis 
supra intense viridibus, glabris subtus virentibus, junioribus punctis 
lineolisque pellueidis notatis, oblongo- vel ovali-elliptieis, basi obtusa et 
profunde (5—8 mm) retusa, e triente vel quadrante inferiore sursum in 
apicem acutum gradatim angustatis; nervis (costaque) tenuibus, supra 
vix, subtus leviter prominulis, 8 —10-jugis, omnibus intra marginem in 
reticulum tenuem deliquescentibus, addito nervulo tenuissimo margini 
subtus adpresso; pedunculis oppositifoliis, 3—4 mm longis, crassiuseulis. 
puberulis; spicis, in specimine adhuc junioribus, 4—5 em longis, 3 - 4 mm 
crassis; bractea subtrigona, puberula; stam. 3 stylo elongato, apice trilobo. 
Ecuador: Crescit in silv. subtropic. declivium orient. vulc. Tun- 
gurahua [XII. 1904]. 
U. Foliis multinerviis. 
2. Piper candicans Sodiro, l. c., p. 13. 
Fruticosum, 1—1,5 m altum, fere e basi subpyramidatim ramosum; 
ramis teneris, petiolis foliisque subtus (praesertim in nervis) pilis bre- 
vissimis, albidis, candicantibus; petiolis 4—5 cm longis, ad !/—!/a vagi- 
natis, basi amplexantibus; limbis dense membranaceis late cordato-ovatis, 
10—15 em longis, 8—12 em latis, basi profunde (2—3 cm) cordatis apice 
longe acuminatis, supra subglabris vel mox glabrescentibus rugosis, sca- 
bridis, subtus lacunoso-alveolatis oc-nerviis; lobo terminali basi 3-nervio: 
nervis lateral. cum centrali in lobi apicem convergentibus; lobis lateral. 
5-nerviis nervo cujusque intimo ad !/; partem superiorem ceteris gradatim 
