172 CHLORA.NTHE.E. 



ovate-oblong, with a bluntish point, very unequal at the base, pimpled with minute blots on 

 Jhe glabrous upper side, smooth and puberulous on the*nerves beneath, papery : principal 

 veins equidistant, 8— 10-jugal : petioles very short, winged-sheathing, shorter than the pe- 

 duncles. — Piper, Kth. (vix Jacq). P. verrucosum, Sieb. Trin. 17. — A shrub, with tumid 

 nodes; leaves 5"-4" long, 2"-H" (-2£") broad: petiole 2"'-l'" long, 2'" broad ; aments 

 4"-3" long: peduncle 4 "-6"' long.— Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb., Schach, 

 Cr.; [Mexico! to Brazil!]. 



51. A. geniculata, Miq. ! Branchlets smooth, glabrous; leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, rarely bluntish, very unequal at the base, smooth, glabrous, papery : 

 principal veins equidistant, 7-12-jugal : petioles channelled, naked, as long as the pedun- 

 cles.— Mart. Fl. Bras. 11. t. 18; Miq. III. t. 86.— Piper, Sw. ! A. xylopioides, Miq. 

 A. xestophylla, Miq.! {exclus. syn. Sw.) -. a form with shining leaves. A. staminea, Miq. 7: 

 a rare form, with bluntish leaves. — A shrub : nodes very tumid ; leaves 8"-4" long, 2i"-li" 

 broad, devoid of pellucid dots : exterior side 8"'-3'" protracted at the base : petiole 3"'-4'" 

 long ; aments 3"-5" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in rocky woods ; Trinidad !, Schach, 

 Lockh. ; [Guiana!, Brazil]. 



** Leaves equal at the base. 



52. A. eequalis, Miq. ! Smooth, glabrous ; leaves elliptical, with a narrow point, 

 equal at the base, papeiy, opaque : principal veins equidistant, 6— 10-jugal : petioles chan- 

 nelled, naked, as long as the peduncles. — Miq. III. t. 88. — A shrub ; leaves 7"-5" long, 

 S"-2i" broad, sometimes unequal-sided, but equal at the base : petiole 6"'-8'" long ; aments 

 2" long. — Hab. Montserrat, Dominica !, Imr., Trinidad. 



53. A. Martiana, Miq. ! Smooth, glabrous ; leaves elliptical or ovate, with a narrow 

 point, equal at the base, papery, pellucid-dotted : «priucipal veins 5-6-jugal, equidistant or 

 the lowest approximate : petioles channelled, naked, twice as long as the peduncles. — Miq. 

 III. t. 77.— A. Schachii, Miq. in Herb. Hook.— Leaves 7 "-4" long, 4"-2" broad, often un- 

 equal-sided : petiole 12"'-4"' long ; aments 3"-l" long : peduncle 4"'-2'" long. — Hab. Tri- 

 nidad !, Schach ; [Brazil !]. 



54. A. xylosteoides, Miq. Smooth, glabrous; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 

 tapering towards the equal base, papery, minutely pellucid-dotted : principal veins 4-6- 

 jugal, subequidistant, the lowest more approximate : petioles channelled, naked, as long as 

 or shorter than the peduncles. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 11. t. 13. /. 1. — A shrub ; leaves 5"-3" 

 long, 2"-l" broad, unequal-sided : petiole 3"'-4'" long ; aments 2"-l"long : peduncle 6"'-4"' 

 long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Brazil to Montevideo]. 



6. OTTONIA, Spreng. 



Bracts cucullatc, usually at the base of a pedicel. Stamens 4 (-3), inserted around the 

 ovary. Stigmas 4, sessile. Pericarp baccate, tetragonal. — Shrubs; leaves, nodes, and 

 aments as in Artauthe, but the flowers at length usually racemose -. pedicels jointed with 

 the flower. 



55. O. Vahlii, Kth. Smooth, glabrous ; leaves ovate, pointed, broadly cuneate at the 

 base, papery, opaque ; berries pedicellate, somewhat longer than their pedicel, rounded at 

 the base, mucronate with a bluntish point. — Vahl, Eclog. t. 1. — Piper ovatum, V. — Leaves 

 8"-6" long, 3i"-3" broad : veins equidistant, 12-15-jugal : petiole channelled, naked, 6"'-4"' 

 long ; aments 3"-2" long : peduncle as long as or shorter than the petiole. — Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Pd., Cr., in woods, Arima, Maraccas. 



LIX. CHLOKANTHE^. 



Flowers naked. Ovary simple : ovule single, pendulous, atropous. Embryo minute, en- 

 closed within the top of the fleshy perisperm. — Leaves opposite, inserted into a stipular 

 sheath. 



The aromatic properties are the same as in Piperacea. 



