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ionga, 17 Jala, ineiiibranacea , jjlandulosc pollucido-punclala , utrinquc„ 

 jtraeserlim in nervis hirtello-pubcrula, suLtus aulcm cicnsius incpic nervis 

 I'ere tomcnlosa canesconlia 11 — 13-ncrvia. Pctioli 6 — 10 cent. longi , 

 nicmbranacco-alali. Pcdunculi axillarcs duo, major 1§, alter i cent, 

 longi, polystacliyi, amentis brevissimc pcdiccllatis , Iriangularibus ciliatis 

 (sec. sp. Willers.). 



Forma glabrior, Caulis flexuosus birtello-puberulus, angulosus. Folia 

 rolundata, apice rotundata vel breviler acuta, renil'ormi-cordata , lobis 

 subconvergcntibus, marginibus suberosula, dense pellucido-punctata, glan- 

 dulis supra inprimis elcvatis fuscis , 11 — 13-ncrvia, ncrvo medio supra 

 bis trifido, reliquis in medio circiter bifidis , sparse inprimis in nervis 

 pubesccntia, 14 cent, longa, 17 lata; petiolo glanduloso pubcrulo 10 — 15 

 cent, longo. Pcdunculi bini, major If cent,, alter brcvissimus, illc 

 4 — 5 stacbyus, bic 1 — 2 amenta gcrcns. Bractcac griseo-birto-ciliatac. 

 Ilab. in Brasilia, ad Rio Janeiro (Guillem.! n. 3 in Herb. Dc Less.) 

 Us as. Radix hujus ct fortassc reliquarum spccierum indigents Brasi- 

 licnsibus Caapeba dicta, odoris et saporis aromatici, acris, tanquam su- 

 doriferum et stomacbicum adhibctur. (Conf. facnay cl riedel 1. c.) 



6. Pothoniorphe sldacfolla Miq. I. c p. 36 excl. quib. 

 syn. Piper Link et Otto! Icon. rar. Tab. VI. P. umbellatum 

 Willd. Herb. n. 700 fol. 1 ? Peperomia sidaef. Dietr. Spec. 

 Tom. I. p. 141. Heckeria Kunih in Linn. I. c. p. 569. Foliis lalo- 

 rolundalis profunde reniformi-cordalis prolracto-acutis , mcm- 

 branaceis 11 — 13-nerviis, supra praescrlim marginem versus 

 appresso-pilosiusculls, in nervis eorumque rarais puberulis, 

 subtus inprimis in nervis puberulis, petiolis praosertira poslice 

 puberulis citius cxalatis; pedunculis biuis vel aliquando .soil- 

 tariis, di— hexaslachyis, pella triangulari griseociliata. 



Icon. Link et Otto 1. c. 

 Herb. Mart. Brasil. n. 1207 ! 



Habitat in Brasilia (Link! 1. c, Marliusl Herb. Bras. n. 

 1207. Sellow! in Hb. reg. berol.) 



Fratex tripcdalis. Rami angulosi, striati, snlcati, uno latere pleram- 

 que concaviusculi , nodosi, glandulosi, snbverruculosi , ramuli una lacie 

 ex amcntorum virginalium pressione concavo-sulcati , pubcruli , interno- 

 diis 4—7 cent, longis. Folia longe pctiolata non jwltata, sylvestria 

 crassiuscule , culta tenuiter membranacea , crcbcrrime glandulosa et pel- 

 lucido-punctata , pallide tiridia , subtus pallidiora , utrinque in nervis et 

 venis minute apprcssc pubcrula , pilis subtus paallo lortioribus , reni- 

 formi-subrolunda , breviter acuta , basi prol'andc lato-cordata , alia 20 



