170 C. DK Candollk: 



8. Piper iiiaiianthum C. Wright, foliis breviter petiolatis, ovato- 

 lauceolatis, basi oblique truncato-rotuiKlatis vel subcordatis, apice atte- 

 nuato-aciiminatis acumine miiciuulato, supra glabris, subtus praecipue 

 ad nervs pubenilis, 5-nerviis, petiolo basi vaginante pedunculoque 

 petiolum multo superante puberulis; spica florente sat laxiflora, quam 

 limbus paullo breviore, rhachi dense hirtella, bractea obovato-rotunda 

 extus basi hirtella intus glabra; ovario glabro; stigmatibus reflexis. 



Piper manantlium C. Wright in Sauv. Cuh. (1871) n. 2235 p. 144. 



Frutex divaricato-ramosus ranuilis puberulis, spiciferis in sicco fere 

 1 mm. crassis, in IY2 "iiii- crassis collenchjnnate band libriformi in fasci- 

 culos discretos disposito, fasciculis intrameduUaribus 1-seriatis 3. Limbi 

 in sicco membranacei, minutissime pellucido-pnnctulati, ad 8V2 cm. longi et 

 ad 3Y2 cm. lati; petioli circiter 3 mm. longi. Pedunculi per anthesin 

 12 mm. longi. Stamina 4 5, plerumque 4, rhachi inserta, antheris reni- 

 formibus. Stigmata 3 sessilia brevia et obtusa. 



Hab. in Cuba prope Matanzas v. in Zarabanda: Wright s. n. 



Obs. Species P. Kunthii C. DC. proxima. 



9. Piper subpaiiduriforiue C. DC. foliis breviter petiolatis, e basi 

 obtusa interne obovatis, superne inaequaliter trilobis, lobis lateralibus 

 brevissimis obtusis, centrali longe lineari-acuminato acumine acuto, vel 

 junioribus e basi ovata subito lineari acuminatis, omnibus utrinque 

 glabris, 5-nerviis, petiolo basi ima vaginante pedunculoque petiolum 

 paullo superante glabris; spica florente quam folium paullo breviore 

 subdensiflora, rhachi dense puberula, bractea ovario proxima rotundata 

 et subcucullata intus et basi extus dense puberula. 



Enckea suhpand^iriformis Miq. in Linnaea XXVI (1853) p. 217. 



Enckea Amalago var. variifolia Oriseb.! Flor. (1859) p. 169. 



Piper yanduratiim C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 (1869) p. 250. 



Frutex ramulis glabris in sicco nigrescentibus, spiciferis fere Y2 ^^ 

 crassis, in IY2 w^m. crassis collenchymate haud libriformi in fasciculos dis- 

 cretos disposito, fasciculis intrameduUaribus 1-seriatis circiter 7 sat crassis. 

 Limbi in sicco rigiduli opaci, minute pellucido-pnnctulati, 7Y2 cm. longi, 

 sub lobis 1 cm. lati, lobo centrali in medio 6 mm. lato; petioli 5 mm. longi. 

 Stamina 4 6, rhachi inserta, antheris reniformibus filamenta superantibus. 

 Ovarium ovatum glabrum. Stigmata 3 sessilia, brevia et obtusa. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Wullschlaegel (in h. Monac, Berol., Griseb.). 



Obs. Species quoad foliorum evolutionem P. tricuspc C. DC. {rtanthe 

 tricuspis Miq.) in Seem. Bot. Herald p. 200 t. 42 a cl. Miquelio descriptum 

 ac figuratum referens, verisimiliter, ut illud, ahus speciei (forsan P. ungui- 

 culati E. et Pav.) varietas. 



10. Pijjer reticulatum L. foliis breviter petiolatis, superioribus e 

 basi aequilatera cordata rotundatave late ovatis, apice acuminatis acumine 

 acuto, utrinque glabris, 7- 9-nerviis, petiolo basi ima vaginante pedun- 



