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ferum. Bacce globose vel ovato-globosæ subrostratæ.— 
Quoad genitalia certe e Sect. Micropiperis et P. réflexe 
similis. 
Cresc. in ins. St. — (Guilding), St. Domingo, wee 
"n. 334.) 
33. P. Myrtillus, p. 154, forma foliis latioribus et brevioribus, 
1-2 cent. longis, 5-8 mm. latis, magis ellipticis, trinerviis. 
Cresc. in Jamaica, (Macfadyen sub “ P. discolor.) 
34. P. Hartwegiana ; carnosa, adscendens, dichotoma, caule 
angulato glabriusculo, ramulis petiolisque dense hirtello- 
pubescentibus, foliis verticillatis 4-5 subpatulis lato-vel 
subobovato-ellipticis, basi acutiusculis, apice obtusis, raro 
emarginatis vel mucronulatis, marginibus subrevolutis, 
crasse carnosis supra presertim versus basin puberulis 
sensim glabratis, subtus glabriusculis et glanduloso-punc- 
tatis prope basin uninerviis subaveniis, amentis terminali- 
bus solitariis vel binis pedunculatis densifloris, ovario 
oblongo acuminatim attenuato apice stigmatifero, baccis 
ovatis acutis subobliquis punctatis. 
Crescit in Columbia (Hartweg, n. 1401). 
Ex affinitate P. quadrifolie.—Caulis spithamæus, inferne 
€ nodis radicans; internodia 3-4 cent. longa. Ramuli 1 cent., 
hirtello-incani pilis varie curvatis, haud raro subretrorsis. 
Petioli eadem pube obtecti lato-canaliculati 1-2 mm. longi. 
Folia in sicco.crasse coriacea, 8-15 mm. longa, 6-10 lata, 
pleraque elliptica, basi acutiuscula raro obtusa, pallide viridia, 
. Subtus preter basin glabriuscula, obsolete uninervia, nervo 
luci obverso ad 3 alt. saltem distincto. Pedunculi tenerrime 
. Puberuli 1-14 cent. longi. Amenta 4-5 cent. longa, versus 
. basin 2 mm. crassa, sursum vix attenuata erecta, rectiuscula, 
densiflora. Bracteæ longiuscule pedicellatæ orbiculares, gla- 
briuscule, marginibus pallescentibus, subundulatæ, persis- 
tentes. Stamina 2, filamentis brevibus, antheris bilocularibus. 
_ Stigma majusculum. 
. 95. P. Deppeana, p. 160, forma major. Caulis petiolisque 
. pubescentes; folia terna vel sepe quaterna longiuscule 
. petiolata obovata superne in 3 nervis puberula, marginibus 
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