344 PIPERACEAE. 



PIPER. 



vel rotundatis septem- vel nervis 3 mediis paulo supra basin liberis septupli- vel no- 

 veno-nerviis; pedunculo petiolum (amento foem. folium) superante; bracteis oblongis 

 decurrenti-adnatis, subtus sparse birtellis cito glabratis; ovario ovato ; stigmatibus 4 

 brevibus crassis puberulis. — Habitat ad Bombay. 



P. WALKERI Miqu. in Hook. 1. c. 438. + — Ramulis petiolisque adultis glabris; foliis 

 crassiuscule membranaceis subtilissime pellucido -punctulatis, supra glabris opacis, 

 sublus praesertim in nervis sparsissime pilosulis aequilateris vel subinaequilateris el- 

 liptico- vel ovato-lanceolatis lanceolatisque acuminatis, acumine aculo vel obtusiusculo, 

 basi leviter inaequali obtusis septuplinerviis, nervis 3 mediis ad 7« — 7, altitud. a basi 

 liberis ad apicem ductis; pedunculo petiolum aequante vel paulo superante; amentis 

 flliformibus longissimis remotiiloris dioicis; bracteis elongatis decurrentibus intus hir- 

 tis; stigmatibus 3 crassis breviter Ianceolatis acutis. — Habitat in insula Ceylon. 



P. (?) CHINENSE Miqu. in Hook. 1. c. 439. f — Glabrum: ramulis flexuosis ; foliis mo- 

 dice petiolatis tenuitermembranaceis epunctatis, venis pellucidis, ovato - vel late ellip- 

 ticis subinaequilateris acute acuminatis , basi latis ima acutiusculis 5-nerviis, nervis 

 tenuissimis, medio ad apicem ducto, Iateralibus 2 per anastomoses ad eum continualis ; 

 pedunculo petiolum circiter aequante; amentis cylindricis densifloris hermaphroditis ; 

 bracteis clavato-peltatis? marcescentibus; ovario ovato; stigmatibus 3 brevibus erectis 

 staminibus duobus vel pluribus? ovario circumpositis; antheris bilocularibus; fllamentis 

 basi adnatis, partim persistentibus; baccis ovatis acutis stigmatum rudimentis corona- 

 tis. — Habitat in China. 



XV. EAKEA Knth. 

 (Miquel, Syst. Piperac. 346. — Wlprs. Annal. I. 603.) 



1. *E. RETICULATA Miqu. 1. c. 365. no. 19. & Prsl. Epimel. bot. 224. — Piper incurvum 

 Sieb. mss. 



2. E. DECRESCENS Miq. in Hook. Lond. journ. of bot. IV. 440. +~ — Ramis glabris stria- 

 tis, ramulis, petiolis, foliis utrinque in nervis pedunculisque hirtellis; foliis membrana- 

 ceis pellucido - punctatis, supra opacis et cito glabratis, inferioribus aequilateris late 

 ovatis acuminalis, basi profunde cordatis, 7- interdurn sub-9-nerviis, superioribus sen- 

 sim decrescentibus summisque breviter petiolatis aequilateris vel inaequilateris ovatis 

 breviter acuminatis mucronatis, basi rotundatis, 7 — 5-nervis; amentis folium aequanti- 

 bus vel superantibus confertifloris; bracteis spathulato- conchaeformibus hirtis; ovario 

 elliptico; stigmatibus 4 brevibus recurvis; baccis globoso - ellipticis subtetragonis. — 

 Habitat in America centrab". 



XVI. PJKI,TOBUYO\ Kltzsch. 

 (Miquel, Syst. Piperac. 369. — Wlprs. Annal. I. 604.) 



1. * P. PHYTOLACCAEFOLIUM Prsl. Epimel. botanic. p. 224. — Artanlhe phytolaccaefolia 

 Miquel 1. c. 534. no. 187. 



2. P. MATHEWSII Miqu. in Hook. Lond. journ. of bot. IV. 441. + — Ramulis, pedunculis, 

 petiolis foliisque subtus in nervis primariis tenerrime puberulis, cito glabratis, his 

 menibranaceis subepunctatis, subtus glandulosis, ovato - oblongis vel subovatis acumi- 

 natis, acumine lineari - lanceolato subfalcato acutissimo, basi late rolundata subaequali 

 in petiolum protracta, costulis majusculis usque ad % alt. circiter 6 — 8 patulo-as- 

 cendentibus; amentis folio 7* brevioribus cylindricis rectis, pedunculo petiolo breviore 

 vel subaequali ; bracteis conchaeformi -peltatis birtellis deciduis; stylo filiformi ovarium 

 superante; stigmatibus 3 linearibus patulis. — Habitat in Peruvia. 



