460 ANIMADVERSIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 
proxime vel ex ea ortæ, reliquæ remotiores alterne, 1 vel 2 
superioris ad apicem ductæ, anastomoses serius tantum pro- 
minule. Stipula oppositifolia oblongo-lanceolata acuminata 
striata ciliata ceterum glabriuscula 22 cent. longa.  Pedun- 
culi juniores sparse pilosi cito glabrati 1-11 cent. longi. 
Amenta 7-10 cent. longa erecta cylindrica acuta recta, bac- 
cifera pennam corvinam tenuiorem crassa. Bracteæ conchæ- 
formi-peltatæ, vertice triangulares vel semilunares fuscæ mar- 
gine extenuato brevi-ciliolate. 
48. A. Barclayana; ramulis petiolis pedunculis dense hir- 
tello-pubescentibus, foliis membranaceis sparse pellucido- 
punctatis utrinque in nervis venulisque sparse appresse 
hirtellis, supra sensim glabratis subscabriusculis, subtus 
pallidis demum sublacunoso-scabriusculis, oblique sublan- 
ceolato- vel rhombeo-oblongis attenuato-acuminatis, acu- 
. mine obtuso mucronato vel mutico, versus basin attenuatis, 
basi obtusa valde inæqualibus, costis utrinque ad 1 alt. 5-6 
adscendentibus summa per anastomoses ad apicis marginem 
ducta, amentis (nascentibus) brevi-pedunculatis brevibus 
dense hirtis. 
Han. in parte occid. Nove Granade, (Barclay.) 
Ramuli flexuosi trigoni pubescentes, sensim glabriores et 
scabrescentes, internodiis 2-5 cent. longis. Petioli 5-8 mm. 
longi. Folia rigidiuscule membranacea supra saturate viridia 
subopaca juniora in nervis densius et inter ea sparse pilosula 
sensim glabrata et verruculis parvis asperula, subtus cirera- 
scenti-pallida, praesertim in nervis primariis appresse hirtella, 
sub lente fusco-punctata, plus minus inæquilatera sed semper 
obliqua, plus minus oblonga, sed ita ut latitudo maxima 
supra $ alt. pertingat, basi valde inæqualia, latere exteriore 
3-1 cent. longiore rotundato, altero attenuato-truncato an- 
gustiore, apice attenuato-acuminata, acumine ipso obtuso 
nervo excurrente plus minus mucronulato, 15-21 cent. longa, 
53-7 lata; coste 6 in latere majore, 5 in minore, anastomoses - 
tenues vix prominule, demum versus margines scrobiculate- 
Stipulæ petiolares ellipticæ ciliate breves vix petiolo adnatæ. 
