1894] U^idescribed Plantsfrom Giiatemala. 259 



oblique rotundato-ovatis basi inaequali rotundatis subcorda- 

 tisque apice obtusiuscule acuminatis utrinque dense velutinis 

 7-nerviis nervis 5 medianis validioribus, petfolo dense velutino- 

 basi ima vaginante, amento baccifero limbum aequante, pedun- 

 culo petiolum parum superante velutino, bractea spathulata 

 apice rotundata utrinque et prcxsertim dorso hirsuta, ovario 

 hirtello, bacca globoso-ovata hirtella. — Frutcx 3-4" altus. 

 Ramuli dense velutini, cortex fasciculis collenchymateis dis- 

 cretis instructus fibris destitutus, fasciculi intramedullares 

 uniseriati. Folia in sicco subrubescentia. Limbi in sicco firmi 

 circiter 12"" longi 7.5'^°^ lati. Petioli i'" longi. Amentabac- 

 cifera 3"""" crassa. Stamina 4, antherse reniformi-gIobos3& 

 caducae filamentis circiter aequilongee. 



Rivcr-bank near Santa Rosa, Depart. Baja Verapaz, 

 Guatemala, alt. 5,000^*, Apr. 1887, von Tiirckheim, no. 1,174, 

 distributed as P. patubim Bertol. ; Santa Rosa, Depart. Santa 

 Rosa, Guatemala, alt. 4, 000*:^ May 1 892 and Nov. 1 892, 

 Heyde & Lux, nos. 3,463 and 3,833; Capetillo, Depart. 

 Zacatepequez, Guatemala, alt. 4,300^, Mch. 1892, J. D. S., 

 no. 3,590. 



Piper variabile C. DC. in Donnell Smith Enum. PI. Guat. 

 2: 66; (§ IV. Carpunya C. DC); foliis modice petiolatis late 

 ovatis basi truncato-rotundatis vel elliptico-ovatis basi sub- 

 acutis omnlbus apice acuminatis utrinque glabris, nervo cen- 

 trali nervos ad | longitudinis utrinque circiter 5 sursumque 

 nervulos validos mittente, petiolo glabro basi ima vaginante, 

 amento folium subsequante pedunculo quam petiolus paulo 

 breviore, bracteae vertice glabro triangulari superne breviter 



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acutato unde subquadrangulari pedicelloque basi hirsuto, 

 bacca obpyramidato-trigona glabra. — Ramuli glabri. Limbi 

 in sicco subcoriacei opaci fuscescentes late elliptici 16. 5"" longi 

 i^.S^^^Iati, elliptico-ovati 16^^™ longi 8. 5^" lati. Petioli 1.5^" 

 longi. Amenta baccifcra ad 6'""* crassa. Stamlna 3. — Species 

 follorum forma in ramis amentiferis ipsis valde variabili in- 



signis. 



Mountain-forests near Coban, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guate- 



mala, alt. 4,300^ May 1879, von Tiirckheim, no. 434. 



Piper DonDell-Smithii C. DC. in Donnell Smith Enum. 



Pl. Guat. 2: 95; (§ IV. CarpUNYA C. DC); foliis breviter 

 petiolatis lanceolatis basi aequali acutis apice longiuscule 

 acute acuminatis utrinque glabris, nervo-centrali circiter ad 

 medium nervos utrinque 5 nervulosque validos mittente, peti- 



