430 ANIMADVERSIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 
basin utrinque trivenosis, amentis terminalibus vel e folio- 
rum supremorum axillis, solitariis longe pedunculatis, 
pedunculo plerumque unibracteato, densifloris, ovario ob- 
lique acuminato antice stigmatifero, baccis acuminatis- 
simis. 
Crescit in ins. St. Vincent, (Guilding). 
P. obtusifolie pre reliquis cognata, sed statura minore et 
foliorum forma haud dubia species.— Carnosa basi radicans, 
superne erecta.  Petioli antice plano-canaliculati 2 cent. 
longi. Folia spathulata obtuso-rotundata, basi cuneata in 
petiolum attenuata, carnosa, utrinque glandulis fuscis crebris 
elevato-punctata, glabra preeter apicem aliquando parcis pilis 
secus marginem instructa, subtus pallida nervo medio per- 
currente instructa, venis e basi vel prope basin utrinque 
circiter 3 adscendentibus in sicco supra discernendis, 4-7 
cent. longa, 14-23 paullo infra apicem lata. Pedunculi 4-5 
cent. longi. Amenta 7-8 cent. rectiuscula, carnosa, cylindrica 
obtusa densiflora. Bracteæ pedicellato-peltatee orbiculares 
persistentes. Stamina 2. Bacce apice sterili filiformi an 
demum deciduo ? appendiculatæ, 
48. P. amplexicaulis, p. 196, forma grandifolia.—Decumbens, 
radicans, succulenta, glabra, foliis alternis sessilibus vel 
subsessilibus cuneato-spathulatis apice attenuato obtusius- 
culis, nervo medio valido ad 2 alt. 4-costulato. 
Crescit in Jamaica, (Purdie, n. 109). 
Differt a specie foliis majoribus et latioribus 12-16 cent. 
longis, 31-4 latis. : 
Erasmia, Mig. : 
1. Erasmia floribunda, p. 200, forma minor pauciflora, foliis 
minoribus 10-14 cent. longis, amentis in pedunculo com- 
muni geminis. Prope Xalapa (Galeotti.) 
— Trisus Pireres, Mig. 
-  Pornomorpue, Mig. 
1. P. peltata, l c. p. 203,—In St. Vincent (Guilding), — 
Trinidad; Jamaica (Distan), Surinam (Hostmann, n. 42) — — 
