610 PIPERACEAE. 



ARTANinE. 



lis; pndimciilo petlolum p.irumper supcrantc, sulirt^lrorsiim pubcsccnte; nmcntis cylln- 

 dricis ahbrevi.itis; bractcarum pi-ltis aroa rotuiidala iiuilis, margiiie gri.seo-liirtis ; 

 stigmatibus 3 iatis obtusis subper.sistentibus ; baccis magnis obovatiK, vertice rutun- 

 dato-concavatis. [) — Crescit In sylvis proviiiciae I'aia<"iisis lii Itr.isilia. 



25. A. .VriUCULATA Miquel I. o. 107. + — Kamulls, petiolis foliisipie subtus in nervis 

 venulisque hirtls, his brcvlssime peliolatis membranacels obsolete pejlucldo-punctatis 

 supra glabris laevibus , late vel obovato-elllpticis brevlter aplculatis, versus basin 

 attenuatis ipsaiiuc niiiiule auriculatlm inaequali-conlatls , lobulo petiolum tegente, 

 costis pcr totam longituiliiiem utrinqiie circiter 12— J4, inflma e basi et suminis te- 

 nuibus, reliquis crecto-patulis parallells, subtus promlnentibus ct retlculato-anaslomo- 



santibus; amentis ? \) — Species in hoc genere quidem vix dubla, roliorum 



forma singularls , quoad sectloncm autem adhuc inccrta, pubesceiitia eiilm et nerva- 

 tione a sectione Uemipodion longe dlstat , nervatione cum A, polyneura aliisqae e 

 sectione hophrjllon comparari potest, basl inaequali vero recedit. — Crescit in sylvis 

 ad o.stia fluminls Kio dos Enganos in 11. .Japur;i prov. Illo Negro in nrasilia. 



26. A. JAPUUENSIS Mlquel I. c. ItiS. -1- — Kamulis, petlolls, pedunculis foliisque subtus 

 in nervis hirteHls, his membranaceis pellucido-punctatis, supra glabris , oblongis vel 

 lanceolato-oblongis acutis vel subacuminatis aequilaterls , basi leviter inaequali sub- 

 acutis vcl superioribus subexcisls, patule multi-(14 — 17-)costulatis ; amentls breviter 

 pedunculatis patulls curv.atis folio multotlcs brevioribus ; peduiiculls glabratis pefio- 

 lum circiter aequantibus ; bractearum pelta antice concava, vertice rotundata vel 

 triangulari, centro nuda, marginibus extenuatis laccro-fimbiiatis; baccis glabris. \) — 

 Artanthae polynenrae similis. — Crescit iii .sjlvis ad fl. Japur.-i prov. Hio Negro in 

 Brasilia. 



27. A. MAXIMILIANl Mlquel I. c. 169. f — Ramis glabrls, ramulis una facle , petlolls 

 pr.iesertim dorso , pedunculis una serie hirtellis ; foliis rigldiuscule membranaccis 

 pellucido-punctatis , utriiique glabris , brevlter petlolatis, superloribus oblongis vel 

 subellipticls suhattenuato-obtusis , basi parumper iiiaequali obtusis subexclsis aequi- 

 lateris, costulls per totam longitudinem plurlbus crectopatulls; pedunculls tenulbus, 

 deln glabratis, petiolum plus duplo superantibus , amenta brevia cyllndrica recta ob- 

 tusa aequantibus ; bracteis subconchaeformlbus, verfice anguste triangulari glabrius- 

 culls. \) — Piper juliflomm N. ab E. — 3Iiquel, Syst. Pip. 375. — Crescit in Cra- 

 slllae sylvis. 



28. A. ADENOPHYLLA Mlquel I. c. 170. — Glabra: folils membranaceis demum sub- 

 coriaceis pellucido-puncfatis , utrinque glandulis creberrlmls primo aureis dein resl- 

 fiosls demumque nigricantibus inspersls eUlptice vel aiigusfe oblongls breviter acutls 

 subaequilateris, basi aequall acutls, subquintupli- vel septuplinervlls et venosis; pe- 

 dunculo petiolum circlter aequante ; amentis folio brcvioribus rectis vel leviter cur- 

 vatis, maturis crassis obtusis ; bractels conchaeformi-peltatis , pelta trlangulari, area 

 centrali nuda triangulari-rotundafa, demum calloso-lncrassata, marginlbus albo-vllloso- 

 cillatis ; baccis obpyramidatls 3- vel polygonis , vertice rotundafo convexo , demura 

 alte promlnulo, t) — A. colnbrinae, praesertim ejus var. crasslfoliae quam proxime 

 accedit, foliis minoribus magis tenuibus creberrlme glandulosls, costulis pauciorlbus, 

 bracteis albo-villosisls discernenda quidem, fortasse tamcn nimis affinis. — • Crescit In 

 sylvis umbrosis ad Coralfalga in Brasllia. 



29. A. (Hemipodion) BRACHYPODA Cnfh. in ISelch. Voy. of the Sulphur p. 167. t. 54. 



R,\mls glabris maculatis ; folils brevlssiine petiolafls amplis ovatis acumlnatis, 



basi inaequilateris, hinc quadricostafis basi resectls, llllnc sexcosfatls, basi rotunda- 

 tls rigidls subcoriaceis, utrinquc glabris , tactu scabris; amenfis brevlbus brevlter 

 pedunculatis densissimis; bracteis apice subpeltatls glabrlusculis; stlgmaflbus sfamini- 

 busque tribus. \) — Ramuli obsolete frlgoni. Folla 13 poll. longa, 5 poll. lata, petiolo 

 crasso vix 3 lln. longo; costae fere omnes infra medium folii a costa mcdia divergen- 

 tes, subtus viilde prominentes. Puncta pellucida suhtilisslma. Amenta Qorlfera vix se- 

 mipoHicaria , floribus confertisslmis annulatim siraulque splrallter dispositis. Stigmata 

 recurva. — Crescit in insula Gorgona. 



