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p. 76. Micropiper Miq. I. c. p. 6J. Pubescens, repens, ramis 

 erectis pilosis, foliis petiolatis opposilis quaternisve , infeiiori- 

 bus subrotundis, superioribus oblongis, uninerviis, aveniis, 

 subtus inprimis ad nervum hirsutis , utrinque nigro-punctatis , 

 amentis terminalibus , pedunculis petiolos superantibus , gemi- 

 nis, lernis, quaternisve. 



Icon. Comment, phyto/jr. Tab. IX. IJjj. C. 



Habitat in sylvis elevalioribus mentis Gede in insula Java, 

 ad truncos arborum (Blume! in Herb. Lugd. Bat.). 



Suffruticulus Lmnilis, repens, e nodis parum tumidis radices agens, 

 internodiis caulinis elonjjatioribus , pilis mollibus sparsis vestitus, ramis 

 plerumque [oppositis, raro alternis, erectis, adspectu strictis, plerumqae 

 simplicibus. Folia forma varia, caulina rameis minora et magis ro- 

 tundata, opposita, suprema qaaterna, omnia petiolata, ini'eriora obovato- 

 rotunda, superiora ovalia, obtusiuscula , margine subrevoluta, intcgerri- 

 ma, vel apicem versus obsolete crenulata, unincrvia, nervo medio paucas 

 tenuesquc venas parum ramosas cmittente, subtus, imprimis ad nervum 

 hirsutiuscula, superne glabriuscula, utrinque inprimis in pagina inferiore 

 sub lente nigro-punctulata. Maxima fere 2 cent, longa, 1 lata, minora 

 1 cent, longa. Petioli hirsuti J- cent, longi. Amenta terminalia 2^ cent, 

 longa, teretia, gemina, terna, quaterna, pedunculis petiolos plus duplo 

 superantibus hirsutis, 1 cent, fere longis. Baccae ovatae. (sec. sp. Herb, 

 Lugd. Batav.) 



115. Peperomla tomentosa y^. Diefr. iSp. Tom. /. Piper 

 VahlEnum, Tom. I. Succulenta, densissime ochraceo-tomen- 

 toso-hirla , foliis subsessilibus verticillalis 3—5 , plerumque 4 , 

 ovatis vel ovalo-ellipticis , oblusiusculis , obsolete uninerviis, 

 ulrinque sericeo-hirtis, amentis verticillatis axillaribus vel ter- 

 minalibus, pedunculatis , cylindricis, carnosis, obtusis, baccis 

 immersis. 



Habitat in insula Java (Vahl), ibid, aupra arborum truncos 

 (Herb. De Less.!) 



Herba succulenta, e basi adscendenti erecta, simplex (an semper), spi- 

 thamea, tota ochraceo-lomentoso-hirta. Caul is cylindricns, parum no- 

 dosus, pilis densissimis patentibus. Intemodia 1 J— 2 cent, longa. Folia 

 verticillata patentia vel reflexa quaterna, terna, rarissime quina, infima 

 majora elliptica, ovate- vel obovato-elliptica , apicc angustato obtusiuscula, 

 scssilia, 2i — fere 3 cent, longa, IJ — 1 lata, snpriora minora petiolis 

 1—3 mm. hirtis sustenta 1—1 J— 2 cent, longa, 1 cent, lata ovato- 



