10 C. de Candollb: 



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

 lanceolatis, basi oblique truncato-rotundatis vel subcordatis, apice atte- 

 nuato-acuminatis acumine mucronulato, supra glabris, subtus praecipue 

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

 petiolum multo superante puberulis; spica florente sat laxiflora, quam 

 limbus paullo breviore, rhachi dense birtella, bractea obovato-rotimda 

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



Piper mananthum C. Wright in Sauv. Cub. (1871) n. 2235 p. 144. 



Frutex divaricato-ramosus ramulis puberulis, spiciferis in sicco fere 

 1 mm. crassis, in l 1 / 2 mm. crassis collencl^mate haud libriformi in fasci- 

 culos discretos disposito, fasciciis intramedullaribus 1-seriatis 3. Limbi 

 in sicco membranacei, minutissime pellucido-punctulati, ad 8Y 2 cm. longi et 

 ad 3 ] / 2 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 Zarabauda: Wright s. n. 



Obs. Species P. Kuidltii C. DC. proxima. 



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

 obtusa inferne 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 subpandurifwmis Miq. in Linnaea XXVI (1853) p. 217. 



Enckea Anialago rar. variifolia Griseb.f Flor. (1859) p. 169. 



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



Frutex ramulis glabris in sicco nigrescentibus, spiciferis fere Y 2 mm. 

 crassis, in 14/ 2 mm. crassis collenchymate haud libriformi in fasciculos dis- 

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

 Limbi in sicco rigiduli opaci, minute pellucido-punctulati, 7y 2 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. 



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



Obs. Species quoad foliorum evolutionem P. tricuspe C. DC. [Artanth 

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

 ac figuratum referens, verisimiliter, ut illnd, alius speciei (forsan P. ungui- 

 culati R. et Pav.) varietas. 



10. Piper rcticulatum L. foliis breviter petiolatis, superioribus e 

 basi aequilatera cordata rotundatave late dvatis, apice acuminatis acumine 

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



