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diff. cor. galea integra, labio trifido, caps.21ocuI. 

 sem, centralis. C. ovata appears a second sp. 

 C. hispida has a baccate berry as in Glycan- 

 thes. C. hirsuta and rutilans must be verified. 

 C. fitellata forms next G. 



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488. Aponoa Raf. (bot.) diff. Glycanthes, cal- 

 stellato, cor, lab. ^inf. bifido, caps, subul. bilocu- 

 laris. Herba fol ternis. — Type Aponoa re- 

 pens Raf. Columnea stellata Lour. auct. — Re- 

 pens, fol. ovatis, ff. solit. — Perennial, in waters 

 of Anam. 



489. Piper L. from 25 sp. in Linneus, this 

 G. was increased to 105 in Persoon, and now 

 about 150, offering great diversities of habit. 

 Peperojnia has been separated by some ; but 

 the whole G. requires complete revision, and as 

 in Ficus, the flowers have been described in but 

 few, I shall endeavor to indicate several Gen- 

 era of it. They will be the types of family Pi- 

 PERiDEs wrongly united to Urticides, to which 

 belong also Misandra, Gnetum, Thoa, Saururus 

 <^c. Chiefly Trees, Shrubs and Vines, but some 

 plants. 



490. PiPERiPHORTJM Neck, bracteis nullis, an- 

 theris sessilis 2, stylus unicus stig. 3. Jvl. alter- 

 nis, ft. spicatis— most of the sp. belong to this. 



491. Amalago Raf. bracteis nullis, antheris 

 2-4 sessilib. stylis 3— Types Am. antillana Raf. 

 P. amalago L. and Am. malamiri ? of East In- 

 dies, probably many others, P. reticulatum, me- 

 dium, asperum &c. 



492. CuBEBA Raf. diff . . . caule articul. fl. ra- 

 cemosis — ^a subg. at least, flowers similar ? type 

 C. officinalis vel P. cubeba. 



493. Lepianthes Raf. diff, Lepigonis floralis 

 stam. 2 cum fllam. stig. 3 sessilib. reflexis fl. spi- 

 catis vel umbellatisy fol, sepe peltatis—Typs 



