450 ANIMADVERSIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 
remotius a basi ortus extrorsum dichotomus, per anastomoses 
ad apicem fere continuatus, omnes anastomosibus prominen- 
tibus juncti. Stipula oppositifolia decidua lanceolata carinata 
leviter curvata hirtella petiolum circiter æquans. Pedunculi 
1-13 cent. longi, amenta fere matura 3-4 cent. longa, calamum 
scriptorium crassa recta obtusa suberecta, in sicco nigricantia. 
Baccæ obpyramidate tri-polygone, glabra, stigmatum 3-4 
lanceolatorum longiusculorum basi coalitorum cicatrice no- 
tate. Antheræ parve. Bracteæ persistentes. 
16. A. Andicola ? p. 415.—Cum specimen authenticum non 
viderim, in tanta affinium specierum copia determinationem 
certam habere vix audeo. 
Crescit in Peruvie Prov. Serruja; Chachapoyas, (Mathews, 
n. 3225.) 
Ramuli fusco-tomentoso-pubescentes. Petioli 1-2 cent. 
longi antice canaliculati basi nodum marginantes pubes- 
centes, Folia submembranacea lato-ovata attenuato-acu- 
minata, acumine brevi obtusiusculo, basi inæquali cordata, - 
lobis conniventibus petiolum tegentibus, 11-114 cent. longa, — 
7-74 lata, noveno-nervia si nervos infimos tenuissimos 
adnumeres, nervis 5 mediis paullo supra basin solutis, - 
reliquis ex ipsa basi egressis, medio ad apicem, 2 supe- 
rioribus fere ad eum ductis, supra molliter pubescentia, 
subtus flavescenti-tomentoso-pubescentia. Pedunculi 1 cent. 
longi pubescentes, amenta baccifera 4-6 cent. longa obtusa, 
calamum scriptorium crassa. Bracteæ pedicellato-peltatæ - 
triangulares hirto-ciliate pilis flavis, area exigua oblonga - 
nuda verruculosa. Baccæ obovate compresso-quadratz apice - 
umbonate punctate, juniores puberulæ ? M 
Osserv. Hec et precedens species foliorum tomento, © 
amentorum forma et baccis ad species quasdum Sect. Radule, 
v. c. A. erocatam accedere videntur. RT estt 
17. A. Pavoni ; ramulis petiolis pedunculis foliisque subtus | 
molliter pubescentibus, his membranaceis pellucido-punc- - 
tatis, supra molliter puberulis sensim glabratis ovans- 
attenuato-acuminatis subæquilateris, basi æquali-rotun- - 
datis vel leviter cordatis, nervis e basi et e nervo mec” 
