PIPERACEA. 57 
Piper glaucescens, Jacq. Eclog. t. 76. 
Piper pyrifolium, Opiz in Presl’s Relig. Heenk. i. p. 158, non Vahl. 
Piper terminale, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. p. 57. . 
Sovtn Mexico, Chila, Puebla (Andrieux, 96), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1256 ; 
Botteri, 279), near Jalapa &c. (Humboldt & Bonpland).—Cotomsia to Perv and 
Guiana, and in the West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
119. Piper (Artanthe) urostachyum, Hemsley, n. sp. (Tab. LXXII.) 
Novellis ferrugineo-pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis membranaceis rhomboideo-ellipticis ovatisve basi 
cordatis, spicis brevibus longiuscule pedunculatis rhachi supra flores longiuscule producta, 
staminibus 3, stylis 3. 
Herba vel frutex, novellis (presertim ramulis pedunculisque) dense ferrugineo-pilosis. Folia 
alterna, breviter petiolata, membranacea, rhomboideo-elliptica vel ovata, 4-6 poll. longa, 23-3 
poll. lata, basi leviter oblique cordata, sinu clauso, apice acuminata, acuta vel obtusa, utrinque 
scabrida, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque’ 4-5, apicem versus excurrentibus. Spice 
oppositifolize, 9-12 lineas long ; pedunculi 14-2 poll. longi; rhachis pilosa, ultra flores 6-9 
lineas producta ; bractez ciliate ; stamina 3; styli3. Fructus deest. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 319, 875). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. LXXIT. 
Figs. 1 and 2, flowers with subtending bract : enlarged. 
120. Piper variifolium, C.DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 308. 
Enckea variifolia, Miq. Syst. Pip. p. 355. . 
Mexico (Andrieux, 133). 
121. Piper veraguense, C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 294. 
Costa Rica (Warscewicz) ; Panama, Veraguas (Warscewicz). 
122. Piper verbascifolium, C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 258. 
Artanthe verbascifolia, Miq. Syst. Pip. p. 431, et in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 455. 
Artanthe leucophylla, Mig. Syst. Pip. p. 460, et in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 457. 
Piper leucophyllum, C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 278? . . 
Sour Mexico, Chila, Puebla (Andrieux, 94), Cuernavaca (Bourgeau, 411). Hb. 
Kew. 
123. Piper verruculosum, C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 303. 
Costa Rica, mountains of Candelaria (Hoffmann). 
124. Piper wagneri, C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 302. 
Panama, Chiriqui (Wagner), 
125. Piper yucatanense, C. DC. in Linnea, xxxvii. p. 334. 
SoutH Mexico, Yucatan (Linden). 
126. Piper zacuapanumi, C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 330. 
Piper tiliefolium, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, vi. p. 352, non Ham.; Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. 
Brux. x. (reprint, p. 23). 
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