414 ANIMADVERSIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 
majora; petioli 4 14 cent. longi; folium majus 2j cent. 
longum, 23 latum, 5-vix sub-7-nervium, nervo medio ad 
apicem ducto parce ramoso, lateralibus praesertim extrorsum 
ramulosis, infimis subtilissimis; folia superiora 13-2 cent. 
longa et lata, basi minus profunde cordata, in universum 
magis ovata. Compages in sicco transparenti-membranacea, 
sed haud perspicue marginata. Pedunculi 3-8 mm. longi; 
amenta 2 cent. longa, filiformia; bracteæ juniorum imbricate, 
florentes remote, demum dissitæ, persistentes, membranaceæ. 
Ovarium ellipticum, rectum, apice stigmatiferum. Stamina 2, 
filamenta brevia; anthere biloculares pallide. Baccee leviter 
immerse. 
5. P. hirtella; succulenta, basi radicans repens, ramis erectis 
petiolis pedunculisque appresse hirtellis, foliis alternis 
ovatis ellipticisve acuminatis vel acutis, acumine obtusius- 
culo, basi obtusis vel rotundatis, utrinque appresse pube- 
rulis subtusque glandulose punctatis, 3-5-nerviis, amentis 
lateralibus solitariis pedunculatis (pedunculo petiolum 
parum superante) subdensifloris carnosis teretibus obtusis 
folio plerumque brevioribus, bracteis persistentibus, baccis 
glóboso-ovatis punctatis. 
Crescit in insula Domingo, in mont. Couliaban, (Dr. Imray), 
n. 244. 
Collocanda prope P. Hilarianam vel P. acuminatam, ab 
omnibus autem hujus sectionis speciebus alternifoliis diver- 
sissima. Planta pedalis, inferne crebro radicans, decumbens ; 
rami erecti. Petioli 2-8 mm. longi. Folia majora 5 cent. 
longa, 25-23 lata, breviter attenuato-acuminata, acumine ipso 
obtusiusculo dense piloso; minora 31-2 cent. longa, 2-14 
lata 3 superne saturate viridia, pilis parcis inspersa, subtus 
pallida, punctata et pilosa, pilis supra nervos densioribus ; 
nervi tres nudo oculo distincti, medius ad apicem ductus. 
Pedunculi 5-raro 10 mm. longi. Amenta 11-24 cent. longa 
Bracteæ primum imbricatæ, adultæ subdistantes, subsessiles 
suborbiculares carnose persistentes et baccæ basin subam- 
plectentes. Stamina 2, filamentis brevibus, antheris parvis 
