Piperaceae. 179 



Piper nodulosum Link Enum. I (1821) p. 36. 



Piper lapatliifolium C. DC. I. c. p. 323 (quoad sp. Purdie). 



Steffensia geniculata Kunth! in Linnaea XIII (1839) p. 612. 



Steffensia Luschnathiana Kunth! I. c, (1839) p. 616. 



Steffensia xylopioides Kunth! I c. (1839) p. 610. 



Artanthe geniculata Miq.! Syst. (1844) p. 493, in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ, Bot. IV p. 463, in Neclerl. Kruidk. I p. 222, in Linnaea XX 

 p. 163, in Marl Flor. Bros. IV, 1 p. 53 1. 18 fig. 2. 



Artanthe Luschnathiana Miq.! Syst. (1844) p.494, in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. Bot. I, c. p. 463, in Linnaea l, c. p. 163, in Marl. Flor. Bras. 

 I. c. p. 53 t. 19 flg. 2. 



Artanthe xylopioides Miq.! Syst, (1844) p. 492, III. p. 78 t. 86, 

 in Marl Fl. Bras. I. c. t. 18 fig. 2. 



Artanthe xestop>hyll<i Miq.! Syst. (1844) p. 491, in Hook. Lond, 

 Journ, l, c. p. 462. 



Artanthe verrucosa Griseb.! Fl. W. Ind. (1859) p. 171, Cat. pl. 

 Oub. p. 65. 



Artanthe macrophylla Griseb.! I. c. p. 171. 



Piper longum arboreum fol. latiss. Sloane Cat. (1696) p. 45 et 

 Ilist. I p. 135 tab. 88 fig. 1 et Coli, ic. in Brit. Mus. n. 84 (cum planta) . 



Frutex aut arbor 15 20-pedalis, ramis rarnulisque glabris longi- 

 tudinaliter et leviter striolatis ac saepe albido-verrucosis, nodis valde tnnii- 

 dis, ramulis spieiferis ad 3 mm. crassis collenchymate haud libriformi in 

 fasciculos discretos disposito, fasciculis intramedullaribus 1-seriatis multis. 

 Limbi in sicco firmi aut subcoriacei, opaci, epunetulati vel indistinete 

 pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 25 cm. longi et ad 12 cm. lati; petioli infra 

 limbum 2 6 mm. , inter limbi latera 1 2 cm. longi. 



Variat ut sequitur: 



a. limbis lanceolato-ovatis, basi utrinque sat rotundatis, apice bre- 

 viter v. brevissime acuminatis acumine obtusiusculo, usque ad 18 cm. 

 longis et 8 9 cm. latis, in sicco firmis aut subcoriaeeis, ramulis laevibus. 



Piper macrophyttum et P. genicidatum Sic. I. c. 



Piper genicidatum rar, a, y C. DC. I, c. (quoad spec. Sw.). 



Piper longum arboreum foliis latissimis Sloane l, c. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Swartz (in h. DC. et Willd. n. 633 [juven.J, 

 637), Wilson n. 664, Macfadyen, Purdie (in h. Kew cum ramulis pri- 

 mum atro-rubentibus dein albicantibus), Alexander (in h. Griseb.), ad 

 St. Georges 660 m. alt: W. Harris n. 5569. 



b. limbis lanceolato-ellipticis, basi utrinque sat late rotundatis 

 latere longiore subauriculiformi, apice breviter et brevissime acuminatis 

 acumine acutiusculo, usque ad 28 cm. longis et ad 12 cm. latis, in sicco 

 coriaeeis, ramulis lenticellis pallidis conspersis. 



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