170 C. DE CANDOLLE: 
8. Piper mananthum C. Wright, foliis breviter petiolatis, ovato- 
lanceolatis, basi oblique truncato-rotundatis vel subcordatis, apice atte- 
nuato-acuminatis acumine mucronulato, supra glabris, subtus praecipue 
ad nervos puberulis, 5-nerviis, petiolo basi vaginante pedunculoque 
petiolum multo superante puberulis; spica florente sat laxiflora, quam 
limbus paullo breviore, rhachi dense hirtella, bractea obovato-rotunda 
extus basi hirtella intus glabra; ovario glabro; stigmatibus reflexis. 
Piper mananthum C. Wright in Sauv. Oub. (1871) n. 2235 p. 144. 
Frutex divaricato-ramosus ramulis puberulis, spiciferis in sieco fere 
1 mm. crassis, in 1!/, mm. crassis collenchymate haud libriformi in fasci- 
culos discretos disposito, fasceieulis intramedullaribus 1-seriatis 3. Limbi 
in sicco membranacei, minutissime pellucido-punctulati, ad 81/, em. longi et 
ad 3!/, em. lati; petioli circiter 3 mm. longi. Pedunculi per anthesin 
12 mm. longi. Stamina 4—5, plerumque 4, rhachi inserta, antheris reni- 
formibus. Stigmata 3 sessilia brevia et obtusa. 
Hab. in Cuba prope Matanzas v. in Zarabanda: Wright s.n. 
Obs. Species P. Kunthii C. DC. proxima. 
9. Piper subpanduriforme C. DC. foliis breviter petiolatis, e basi 
obtusa inferne obovatis, superne inaequaliter trilobis, lobis lateralibus 
brevissimis obtusis, centrali longe lineari-acuminato acumine acuto, vel 
Junioribus e basi ovata subito lineari acuminatis, omnibus utrinque 
glabris, 5-nerviis, petiolo basi ima vaginante pedunculoque petiolum 
paullo superante glabris; spica florente quam folium paullo breviore 
subdensiflora, rhachi dense puberula, bractea ovario proxima rotundata 
et subeucullata intus et basi extus dense puberula. 
Enckea subpanduriformis Miq. in Linnaea XXVI (1853) p. 217. 
Enckea Amalago var. variifolia Griseb.! Flor. (1859) p. 169. 
Piper panduratum 0. DO. Prodr. XVI,1 (1869) p. 250. 
Frutex ramulis glabris in sieco nigrescentibus, spiciferis fere 1/, mm. 
erassis, in 11/, mm. crassis collenchymate haud libriformi in fasciculos dis- 
cretos disposito, fasciculis intramedullaribus 1-seriatis eireiter 7 sat crassis. 
Limbi in siceo rigiduli opaci, minute pellueido- punctulati, 71/, cm. longi, 
sub lobis 1 cm. lati, lobo centrali in medio 6 mm. lato; petioli 5 mm. longi. 
Stamina 4—6, rhachi inserta, antheris reniformibus filamenta superantibus. 
Ovarium ovatum glabrum. Stigmata 3 sessilia, brevia et obtusa. 
Hab. in Jamaica: Wullschlaegel (in h. Monac., Berol., Griseb.). 
.  Obs. ‚Species quoad foliorum evolutionem P. trieuspe C. DC. (Artanthe 
trieuspis Miq.) in Seem. Bot. Herald p. 200 t. 42 a cl. Miquelio descriptum 
ac figuratum referens, verisimiliter, ut illud, alius speciei (forsan P. ungui- 
eulati R. et Pav.) varietas. i 
10. Piper retieulatum L. foliis breviter petiolatis, superioribus @ 
basi aequilatera cordata rotundatave late ovatis, apice acuminatis acumine 
acuto, utrinque glabris, 7 — 9-nerviis, petiolo basi ima vaginante pedun- 
