ANIMADVERSIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 469 
glandulis fuscis punctulata, nervis tenuibus e nervo medio 
percurrente infra 4 vel 2 alt. utrinque 3, raro 4 fere alternis, 
quorum tres superiores fere ad apicem ducti, reliqui bre- 
vissimi, anastomosibus parcis tenuibus, æquilatera, acumine 
lineari acutissimo uninervio, 11-13 cent. longa, 31-5 lata. 
Stipula oppositifolia lineari-lanceolata 1 cent. fere longa. 
Pedunculi 1-14 cent. longi. Amenta 6-8 cent. longa, pen- 
nam corvinam crassa leviter curvata, floribus annulatim dis- 
positis. Stamina 3? 
73. A.? Warakabacoura, glabra, folis membranaceo-co- 
riaceis obsolete pellucido-punctatis breviter petiolatis æqui- 
lateris lanceolato-ellipticis brevi-acuminatis vel acutis, ima 
basi acuta in petiolum attenuata utrinque venoso-costu- 
lata, venulis patulis cireiter 7, subtus reticulatis, amentis 
pedunculatis, bracteis conchæformibus. 
Guiana Anglica, (Parker. Incolis Warakabacoura, partem 
sistens famosi veneni Ourali. 
Foliorum forma O/foniis haud absimilis et bracteis in sup- 
pententi sp. autem nimis juvenilis, ejus generis characteribus 
vix repugnant, Cum autem genitalium indoles prorsus lateat, 
provisorie huc retuli. 
Rami subteretes vel uno latere compressi, striati, leves, 
cinerascentes, rigidi, nodis tuberculato-incrassatis, ramulis 
compressis, internodiis 2-8 cent. Petioli 2-3 mm. longi 
antice canaliculati. Folia 18-22 cent. longa, 7 fere 8 lata, 
æquilatera apice in acumen breve acutiusculum desinentia vel 
tantum acuta, basi latiora, ima subito acute in petiolum con- 
tracta, supra nervo medio sulcata, subtus costulis 7-8 utrin- 
que per totam longitudinem dispositis instructa, quae versus 
margines in arcum confluunt et anastomosibus crebris reticu- 
latis prominentibus junguntur. Amenta oppositifolia pedun- 
culata cylindrica valde juvenilia; bracteæ nascentes conche- 
formes glabriusculæ ? 
Sectio SALIUNCÆ, Miq. 
74. A. Leprieurii, p. 525. Surinam, (Hostmann, n. 1275) —— 
