ANNOTATIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 553 



In Peninsula Ind. Or. legit Dr. Wight. 



A P. sylvestri, cui foliorum forma accedit, distinguiter 

 bracteis, a P. attenuate et P. Nepalensi foliorum forma et 

 nervatione. 



Hamuli flexuosi, teretes, striati, juveniles angulati leeves 

 glabri, internodiis 3-4 cent, longis, nodis constrictis. Petioli 

 H-l cent, longi antice canaliculati glabri. Folia 8-11 cent, 

 longa, 5-7 lata, supra dilute viridia glabra leevia, subtus pal- 

 lida, adulta glabra, juniora in nervis parce pilosula, minora 

 basi subaequali rotundata, majora basi leviter insequali sub- 

 emarginata, subeequilatera, apicis acumine brevi obtusiusculo 

 vel acuto, nervis septem, vel omnibus e basi, vel plerumque 

 3 mediis aliquatulum supra basin liberis, quorum medius ad 

 apicem ductus, laterales fere ad eum perducti, reliquorum 

 infimus brevis infra |, sequens ad \ alt. delitescens, omnibus 

 utnnque prominulis, subtus anastomosibus parcis horizontali- 

 bus vix prominulis junctis. Stipula oppositifolia coriacea in 

 sicco nigricans subglabra carinato-convoluta recurvata 3-4 

 mm. longa. Pedunculi 1^-2 cent, longi glabri recti vel arc- 

 uati. Amenta florentia 4-6 cent, longa, baccifera ssepe duplo 

 longiora densiflora. Bractecs oblongo-lineares in sicco fuscae 

 luteo-marginatse submembranaceae, subtus longe hirtee Ion- 

 gitudinaliter adnatae. Ovarium ellipticum, stigmatibus 3-4, 

 plerumque 3, lanceolatis deflexis puberulis. Baccce ellipticse 

 subglobosee 3-4 mm longee, stigmatibus plerumque connatee, 

 pencarpio pulposo. — Folia queedam sub lente subtus ar- 

 genteo-lepidotula. Specimini, quod in Negapatam in 1830, 

 le git eel. Wight, hsec adscripsit : " An alpine plant, gathered 

 °n mountains near Dundygul, Dec. 1826, in flower and fruit, 

 v e«7 abundant." 



forma etiam exstat foliis glabris fere quintuplinerviis, amen- 

 tis bacciferis elongatis 13-17 cent, longis ; quae autem nequa- 

 quam separanda videtur. Courtallum. 



5 - Piper lanatum, Wight, MSS. hand Roxb. Ramulis, pe- 

 uunculis, petiolis foliisque subtus hirtellis, his membrana- 

 c eis pellucid o-punctatis supra glabris, ellipticis vel sub- 

 v «l. v. s s 



