170 PIPERACE2E. 



or subcordate or minutely cuneate at the base : petiole 8"'-4'" long ; aments 4"-H" long : 

 rhachis glabrescent. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Pd., Wils., March, in the mountains, at 

 4000' alt. 



40. E. Sieberi, Miq. Glabrous, or the petioles slightly pubernlous ; leaves membra- 

 naceous, minutely pellucid-dotted, ovate, with a narrow acute or bluntish point, somewhat 

 oblique at the base, 5-7-nerved, somewhat longer than the aments ; berries approximate, 

 ovate, blunt, obsoletely sulcate. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 8 ; Miq. III. I. 65 ; JDesc. Fl. 6. t. 427. 

 — Piper medium, Jacq. P. discolor, Desc. (non Sw.). E. plantaginea, Kth. : a name com- 

 prising (from its- synonyms) this and the preceding species, and applied to the latter by 

 Miquel.— A shrub; leaves 4"-3" long, 2V'-H" broad; aments 3"-l£" long.— Hab. An- 

 tigua !, Wullschl. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad {Sieb.) ; [S. Croix, Guadeloupe !, along 

 roads, Venezuela !]. 



E. reticulata, Miq. (Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 242. f. 2), a synonym of which (PI. Carib.) be- 

 longs to a Triuidad plant not seen by myself, is probably no congener, the uppermost leaf- 

 ribs being distant from the leaf-base. 



4. SCHILLERIA, Kth. {emend.) 



(Artanthe, sect. Nhandi, Miq.) 



Bracts peltate. Stamens 5, iuserted around the ovary : anther-cells distinct. Stigmas 

 3 (-5), sessile. Pericarp baccate: seed augular. — Shrubs; leaves cordate, palmatinerved : 

 petiole usually winged towards the base : nodes and abortive leaves as in Enckea ; aments 

 opposite to the leaves, solitary, mucronate : bracts approximate, villous-ciliaie. 



41. Sch. caudata, Kth. Leaves cordate-roundish, usually with a narrow2point, mem- 

 branaceous, 9-11-nerved, minutely pellucid-dotted: petiole winged below; aments shortly 

 pednncled, curved, nearly as long as the leaf. — Piper, V. Artanthe, Miq. ! — A high shrub ; 

 leaves 6"-4" diam., glabrescent (rarely puberulous) : basilar sinus usually spreading. — Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr.; [Portorico ; Panama!, Venezuela! to Pernambuco !]. 



5. ARTANTHE, Miq. 



Bracts peltate. Stamens 4 (2 inferior, 2 superior) or 2, lateral to the ovary : anther- 

 cells connivent. Stigmas 3-5 (-2), sessile. Pericarp baccate: seed angular. — Shrubs or 

 trees ; leaves uninerved with arched veins ; nodes, abortive leaves, and aments, as in 

 Schilleria. 



§ 1. Principal arched veins more distant from the top of the leaf than from each other ; 



leaves pellucid-dotted. 

 * Leaves smooth (or rugose). 



42. A. jamaicensis, Gr. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate, with a short,"acuminate 



Joint, very unequal at the rounded base, smooth, glabrous above, hairy on the nerves 

 eneath, papery : principal veins 4-5-jugal, alternate, the inferior approximate, the upper- 

 most inserted at a distance from the leaf-top ; peduncle* longer than the short naked 

 petiole. — Piper nitidum, Sw. (not A. nitida, Miq., a synonym of which is P. divaricattim, 

 Mey.!, or A. Meyeri, Miq.).— A shrub, 6' high ; leaves 5"-3" long, 2\"-\\" broad: the 

 exterior side 2"' protracted at the base -. petiole l'"-2'" long ; aments 3"-l" long, usually 

 straightish : peduncle 4'" long ; stamens 4. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., March, iu mountain- 

 woods. 



43. A. Bredemeyeri, Miq. Leaves obliquely ovate, pointed, unequal at the base, 

 smooth or usually pustulate-rugose, glabrous with the nerves hairy, membranaceous ' principal 

 veins 4-7-jugal, alternate, the uppermost inserted about the middle of the midrib ; peduncles 

 shorter than the naked petiole. — Jacq. Eclog. t. 84. — Piper, Jacq. P. auritum, Sieb. 

 Mart. 7. P. dilatatum, Rchb. in Sieb. Trin. 18. A. macrophylla, Miq. ! {exclus. syn. Sw.). 

 A. ulraifolia, Miq.!—k shrub; leaves 7"-4" long, 4"-2" broad, often somewhat shining: 

 petiole 12'"— 5'" long ; aments 4"~2" lonjr, straight : peduncle 4'" long: flowers densely ap- 

 proximate.— Hab. Autigua!, Nichols., Wullschl.; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent 1, Guild.; 

 Trinidad!, Schach, Sieb.; [Portorico, French islands!, Guiana]. 



