554 ANWOTATIOXES IN PIPERACEAS. 



ovato-ellipticis breviter acuminatis, basi leviter inaequah 

 obtusis vel attenuates, insequilateris vel eequilateris, 5-pli- 

 vel 7-plinerviis, nervis 3 mediis vel fere e basi vel remotius 

 ab eoliberis, amentis dioicis elongatis, (pedunculo petiolum 

 superante), masculis densifloris, floribus diandris, foemineis 

 sub-confertifloris, bracteis fere totis longitudinaliter adnatis 

 subtus parce hirtellis, stigmatibus 3-4. 

 In Peninsula Ind. Or. legit Dr. Wight, in cujus Herbario cum 

 praecedente speciee sub nomine P. trioici et lanati exstat. 

 Eadem species in collectione IVallichiana, sub No. 6642 vj 

 adest, olim a me inter dubias species P. acri affines relicta. 

 Conf. Syst. Piperae. p. 324. 



Preecedenti nee non P. Hookeri, Miq., et P. Nepalensi 

 affine. 



Rami glabri sub lente minute punctulati, ramuli hirtelh. 

 Petioli pubescenti-hirtelli (pilis his et totius stirpis brevi- 

 articulatis) antice canaliculati 1-2 cent, longi. Folia mem- 

 branacea vel coriaceo-membranacea, pellucido-punctata, supra 

 glabra, subtus pilis crispulis hirtella, 7-13 cent, longa, 4-6 

 lata, anastomosibus parcis pertensa. Stipula oppositifoha 

 lineari-convoluta hirtella 6 mm. longa. Amenta fmmnea 

 pedunculis \\-2 cent, longis sensim glabratis sustenta, patula, 

 recta vel flexuosa, 8-10 cent, longa. Bractece oblongee subtus 

 parce hirtellee vel fere glabree in sicco fuscee et luteo-mar- 

 ginatse. Ovarium ellipticum, stigmatibus 3-4 elliptico-lanceo- 

 latis reflexis albo-puberulis. Bacca ellipticae subangulatse 

 apice cicatrisatse, 3-4 mm. longae, denique fere glabosse. 

 Amentum masc. leviter curvatum, 17 cent, longum, bracteis ut 

 in fl. foemineo sed brevioribus. Stamina 2,filamentis crassis 

 basi dilatatis, antheris globosis, loculis connectivo lateraliter 

 adnatis. 



6. Piper hymenophyllum ; ramulis junioribus petiolis foliis- 

 que subtus in nervis crispulo-hirtellis, his tenuissime mem- 

 bran aceis prsesertim junioribus transparentibus ellipticis 

 attenuato-acuminatis acumine acuto vel obtusiusculo, basi 

 acuta vel obtusiuscula subeequalibus, subaequilateris, qum- 



