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&. magnolifolia, Dietr. Leaves spathulate or obovate-spathulate, cuneate above the chan- 

 nelled, subsessile base.— Jaeq. Ic. Bar. t. 213. — Piper, Jacq. — Leaves 5"-3" long, 20"'-12"' 

 broad above, 2"'-l"' at the base. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., March, Wullschl. (a, $) ; [Guadeloupe]. 



19. P. talinifolia, Kth. Glabrous, fleshy-succulent; stem erect; leaves alternate, 

 leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, tapering into the short petiole, penninerved ; 

 veins inconspicuous ; aments usually geminate, elongated ; ovary beaked ; fruit . . . . — Kth. 

 Nov. Gen. t. 8. — Stem 1' hie;h ; leaves 5"-3" long, 2£"-li" broad : petiole channelled, 

 8"'-4'» long ; aments 4'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [New Granada]. 



20. P. alpina, Dietr. Glabrous, fleshy-succulent ; stem erect or ascending ; leaves op- 

 posite, superior alternate, leathery, elliptical or elliptical-roundish, pointed at both ends, 

 shortly petioled, penninerved ; aments solitary ; ovary beaked ; fruit . . . . — Leaves 2"-l £" 

 long, 10'" broad, exceeded by the aments. — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), in the mountains; [Cuba I 

 in the eastern hills], 



21. P. pernambucensis, Miq. Glabrous, succulent; stem erect, aphyllous above; 

 leaves alternate, large, papery, elliptical, mucronate at the rounded top, cuneate at the base 

 and tapering into the petiole, penninerved; aments short, subsessile, whorl ed in an aphyl- 

 lous, terminal panicle ; ovary beaked: beak deciduous; fruit ovoid, with a short, blunt 

 appendage. — 1'high; leaves 8"-3" long, 3£"-lV broad: petiole 2"-|" long ; panicle as 

 long as the leaves, long-peduncled : aments 10"'-6'" long, 4-8 in each whorl (rarely scat- 

 tered). — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., rare at Irais ; [Venezuela !, Pernambuco]. 



§ 3. Leaves whorled, rarely opposite, shortly petioled. Stigma terminal, 



* Amentum-rhachis smooth ; fruit devoid of an appendage. 



f Leaves thin, dotted. 



22. P. stellata, Dietr. Stem erect or ascending, branched, pubescent, subcylindrical ; 

 leaves 3-4 (-5) in the whorl, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate with a bluntish point, 3-nerved, 

 glabrescent, pellucid-dotted; rhachis smooth : flowers distant ; fruit sessile, bluntish. — 

 Piper, Sw.—V high; leaves 12"'-6'" loug, 6"'-3'" broad: petiole 2"'-l'" long; aments 

 3"-2" long, filiform, straight, shortly peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, Wils., in moun- 

 tain-woods. 



23. P. galioides, Kth. Stem erect, branched, puberulous with very short hairs, sub- 

 cylindrical ; leaves 6-4 (-2) in the whorl, oblanceolate, blunt, 3-nerved, glabrescent, punc- 

 tate beneath with brownish, pellucid dots, subsessile; rhachis smooth: flowers distant; 

 fruit sessile, bluntish. — Kth. Nov. Gen. 1. 17. — 1' high, trichotomous-fastigiate above ; leaves 

 4"'-3"'long, 1 "'-!"' broad ; aments 15"'-6"' long, filiform, straight, shortly peduncled. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Wils. ; [New Granada, Brazil]. 



24. P. Swartziana, Miq. Stem creeping, filiform, glabrescent, tetraquetrous ; leaves 

 4-2 (-6) in the whorl, obovate, oval or spathulate-oblong, tapering into the petiole, blunt 

 or emarginate, obsoletely 3-nerved, glabrous, ciliate, with a few large, pellucid dots ; rhachis 

 smooth : flowers approximate; fruit . . . . — Sw. Ic. Ind. Occ. t. 5. — Piper filifonne, Sw. 

 Perhaps identical with P. tenerrima, Schlecht. (Miq. 111. t. 21). — Stem radicant, of indefinite 

 length : branches short, ascending ; leaves 3"'-2'" long, 2"'-l'" broad; aments 4"'-2'" long, 

 terminal, solitary, peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica {Sw.), creeping among mosses in the moun- 

 tains ; [Portorico !]. 



25. P. pulchella, Dietr. Stem erect, few-branched, puberulous, cylindrical : hairs very 

 short, mixed sometimes with long, spreading ones ; leaves 4-3 in the whorl, spathulate- 

 oblong, oblong or oval, blunt or bluntish, tapering into the petiole, obsoletely 3-nerved, 

 glabrescent or puberulous above, obsoletely pellucid-dotted ; rhachis smooth : flowers ap- 

 proximate ; fruit . . . . — Piper, Ait. — Stems csespitose, 4"-3' high ; leaves 4"'-5'" long, 

 2'" broad :' petiole l'"-V" lori£ ; aments 4"'-3'" long, terminal, shortly peduncled. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Dist. ; Antigua !, Wullschl. 



26. P. verticillata, Dietr. Stem erect, branched, densely pilose, striated : hairs as 

 long as its diameter, jointed ; leaves 4-6 (-2) in the whorl, obovate or oval, bluntish or 

 blunt, shortlv petioled, 3-nerved, puberulous (or glabrescent) above, pubescent beneath, often 



