ANIMADVERSIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 493 
Crescit in Madagascaria, (Dr. Lyall). Folia 4-14 cent. lata. 
Num hee Piper Nummularium Lam., nondum extricatum, 
conf. Syst. Pip. p. 131. 
26. P.leptostachya, p. 138, forma nana, spithamea, caule 
simplici, foliis obovatis obovato-ellipticis ellipticisve. — 
Piper Australe, Cunn. Has. Vertical face of sandstone 
rocks, Campden Plains, N. Holland. 
27. P. flagelliformis, Hook. fil. MSS.; erecta succulenta gla- 
briuscula, foliis breviter petiolatis verticillatis 2-4 elliptico- 
spathulatis obtusis, basi acutis uninerviis subaveniis subtus 
pallidis et petiolis ramulisque nascentibus tenerrime sub- 
puberulis, amentis verticillatis 6-7 pedunculatis remoti- 
floris, baccis ovatis acutis verruculosis. 
In ins. Galapagos (James Island) ineunte Oct. 1835, legit 
cl. Darwin. 
. Species distinctissima, cum T. fere P. leptostachye quo- 
dammodo comparanda. Caulis erectus, simpliciusculus? suc- 
eulentus, internodiis 5-6 cent. longis.  Petioli 1-2 mm. 
longi, canaliculati puberuli interdum subciliolati, folia 14-2 
cent. longa, 6-7 mm. apice lata, in sicco submembranacea, 
_ Supra saturate viridia, subtus pallida. Amenta erecta pedun- 
= eulis 1-2 cent. longis filiformibus suffulta, filiformia, remoti- 
flora, glabra. Flores demum valde distantes. Bracteæ bre- 
vissime pedicellate suborbiculares membranacee subundu- 
late glabræ. Stamina 2, antheris subglobosis. Ovarium 
ellipticum, stigmate terminali. Baccæ atrofusce oblique ovate 
. acute punctulato-verruculose millimetro minores. 
. 98. P. Fernandeziana, p. 139.—In sylvis umbrosis frigidis 
. montium editiorum ins. Juan Fernandez, Apr. 1830, 
— . (Bertero, n. 1491.) 
= 29. P. recurvata, p. 141, var. Philippinensis, foliis ellipticis 
vel obovato-ellipticis, subtus in nervis marginibus petiolis 
ramulisque puberulis. Folia 14-23 cent. longa, 1-13 lata. 
.. Crescit in ins. Philippinis, (Cuming, n. 1920.) . 
. 90. P. Mathewsiana; erecta succulenta opposite ramosa 
molliter puberula, foliis verticillatis 4-6, raro 2, bre- 
Viter petiolatis utrinque pubescentibus, pilis subtus su- 
