251 . 



culina florentia in sammis raraulis crebra, tereti-filitbrmia, plus mioiis 

 flexuosa et curvata , patula, adspectus griseo-iusci , 3—4 cent. longa , 

 1 mm. pauUo crassiora, sicca Iragilia, pedunculis 2 mm. circiter lon- 

 gis sustenta. Florcs densissimi spiraliter dispositi. Bracteae coriaceae 

 breviter pedicellatae pelta crassiuscula glabra convexiuscula , orbiculari , 

 subnigricante , marginibus iuscescente. Stamina quot? filamentis 

 brevibus teretiusculis, antheris erectis , sordide luteis, didymo-bilocula- 

 ribus, ovato-globosis, localis superne obtusis uni-punctato-impressis, riaia 

 laterali apertis, connectivo crassiusculo ulrinque adnatid (sec. sp. cit.) 



16. Chavlca €haba. Piper Blume ! in Ferh. Batav. 

 Genoots. Tom. XI. p. 168. Enum. pi. Javae fasc. I. p. Q6. 

 nee Hunt, in Asiat. Resear. Tom. IX. p. 391. nee Roxb. Flor. 

 Ind. Tom. I. p. 156 '). P. abbreviatum Opiz! in Reliq. Haenk. 

 III. p. \51. Frulicosa, scandens, radicans, foliis membra- 

 naceis pellucido-punclatis glabris , inferioribus longius petio- 

 latis, ovatis subito acurainatis, basi aequali rotundatis, supe- 

 rioribus breviter petiolatis oblongis vel elHplicis, longiuscule 

 anguste acuminatis, basi plus ruinusve inaequali acutis vel 

 obtusis^ quintupli- vel raro-triplinerviis , medioqne unioosta- 

 lis, amentis longiuscule pedunculalis, maso. filiformibus, fern. ' 

 cylindrioo-conicis vel ovalibus, obtusis, erectis, maturis pen- 

 dulis iocrassatis, stigniatibus tribus. 

 Icon. Blume 1. c. fig. 7 fol. xylogr. 



Habitat in Java insulae regionibus montanis, ad arbo- 

 res scandens, incolisTjabe burriel, Tjainmintring dicta (filume! 

 1. c. et in Herb. Lugd. Bat. et reg. berol.), ibidem (Xollmaual 

 n, 705 in Herb. Meisn.), in insula Lu9on (Haenke! in Herb, 

 reg. berol.) 



Caul is basi lignescens vix digitum crassas, in sarmcnta plura 12 — 15 

 cent, longa partitus, teretia, striulata, ad nodos hie illic radicantia, qui- 

 bus ad arbores adscendit. Internodia ramulorum subteretia 2 — 3 cent, 

 longa, flexuosa, grisea. Petioli semiteretes, obiter canaliculati , interio- 

 res 4 cent., superiorcs 6 mm. longi, striati, glabri. Laminae interiores 



^) Nescio quibus rationibus ductus cl. bldme synonymon hcsteri ad specieni 

 suatn Javaiiam duxerit , cnm hukterus aperte hoc nomine earn Piperis spe- 

 ciem intellexerit quae Piper longum off. quod ex ins. Siindaicis adve- 

 hitar profert el a Rt!MPHio in Tab. 116 Tom. V. modice depicta sed fuse 

 dcsiripta exstat, a uhhaeo cum pi. Bcngalensi (Ch. RoxburgKii) coufusa. 



