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Habitat in ins. Amboina (Labillardiere! in Herb. De L<»s.), 

 ibidem (Herb. Venlenal ! nomine P. sylveslris Lam. n. 2.) 



A praecedentibus , quibus habitu similis , nervis omnibus e basi ortis , 

 caet. facile distinguenda. 



Frutcx valde nodosus, divaricate dichotoine ramosus, glaber, ram is 

 ramulisque cylindricis, glabris, fuscescentibas, laevibus, obsolete striu- 

 latis, mternodiis 3 — 8 cent, iongis, nodis valde tumidis atro4ascis griseo- 

 marginatis. Folia patentia subcoriacea, subtilissime pellucido-punctu- 

 lata, laevia, glabra (praeler imam basin paginae superioris in junioribus), 

 supra nitida et matura exsiccata castaneo-fusca, nervis lineata et anasto- 

 mosibus prorninulis notata, subtus glauccscentia , nitidula nervisque valde 

 prominentibus pcrtensa , marginibus parumpr revoluta , petiolis scmi- 

 teretibus anticc hirtellis et junioribus utrinquestipulalineari adnata auc- 

 tis, hac decidua rugoso-marginatis , basi nodum amplectentibus , 1— If 

 cent, longis rcctis sustenta, inl'eriora iere aeqnilatera , lato-ovata , basi 

 aequali truncato-rotundata , apice breviter acuminata , acumine obtusius- 

 culo, 11 cent, longa , 7|- iere lata, septem- (vel nervulo in uno latere 

 hinc majorc accessorio) octonervia , nervis validis, 3 mediis ad apicem 

 ductis, anastoraosibus subhorizontalibus tenuibus vix prorninulis, sapcriora 

 ovalo-oblonga, basi inaequali, plus minus inaeijuilatera, sensim acuminata, 

 acumine obtusiusculo, 10—12 cent, longa, 5—6 lata, quinque- vel 

 aliquando subquinluplinervia , nervulis accessoriis tenuissimis septemner- 

 via, 3 mediis ad apicem ductis. Stipula oppositil'olia lanceolata 1^ 

 cent, longa, convoluta, glabra, ad basin hirtella. Amentum masc. pa- 

 tens, pedunculo glabro 1 cent, longo tereti tenui sustentum , filiform i- 

 cylindraceum , 6 cent, longum, versus apicem parnm atlenuatam, sub- 

 cnrvatum, adspecta grisco-fuscum , nondum florens. Bractcae imbri- 

 catae, jxjltatae, sessiles, coriaceae, subrotundae, pallide fuscae, margini- 

 bas extcnuatis pallidioribus. (sec. sp. Labillard.) 



In sp. Herb. Vent, stipulae petiolis adhac adbaercnt lineares jkxs- 

 tice dense hirlae. Stipula oppositi folia lanceolata, acuminata, re- 

 CDrva, carinato-convoluta, dorso linea pilosa apiceqne dense Iiirta, 1 J cent, 

 longa. Amenta crecta, pedunculis 1} cent, longis subglabris sustenta, 

 7 — 10 cent, longa, leviter curvata, 2 mm. fere crassa, versus apicem 

 paullo altenuata, adspectu sordide lutescentia. Bracteac spiralitcr dis- 

 positae imbricatae breviter pedicellatae (pedieello pubescente) pcltalae 

 coriaceae, orbiculares, fuscescentes , supra glabrae, margine extenuate 

 argenteo-nitente undulato, hinc fimbriolatim fisso. Stamina 2, anthe- 

 ris oblongis bilocularibus. ;':„;» ;? ; 



4. ChaTlca Benthamiana. Piper fragile G. Bentham 

 in Hook. London Journ. of Bot. 1843. p. 234. Scandens , subra- 

 dicans glabra, f'oliis lalo-ovalis orbiculatisvo breviler acami- 



