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minata, acuminc subaculato, basi inacquali rotuiulala vel majora leviter 

 subcordata , marginibus aliquantum revoluta , IS — 20f cent, longa , 5 — 8^ 

 lata, majora noveno-, minora sept upli-ncr via, nervis subtus prominenti- 

 bus, 5 vel 7 inierioribus fere e basi ortis, corunKjue superior Ibrtior ver- 

 sus marginem altissime adseendens , supremo 3—4 cent, a basi orto ad 

 apicem ducto, omnibus anastomosibus horizon talibus prominulis conjunclis. 

 Petioli patentim hirtelli antice canaliculati 1 — If cent, longi (sec. 

 sp. cit.) 



Quoad Ibliorum Ibrmam turn praecedenti specie, tarn inprimis Piperi 

 muricato Bl. consimilis , scd ab hoc foFiis longius acuminatis , nervo su- 

 periore ad basin magis approximate, glabritie paginae sup., et pilis sublus 

 tantum sparsis satis diversa. 



26. Chavica Chuvya. Piper Hamilton! in Wallich! 

 'List. «. 6650 C. Glabra, foliis membranaceis vel coriaceo- 

 inembranaceis, subtiliter pellucido-punctulatis, nilidulis , sub- 

 lus pallidis, oblique et valde inaequilateraliter ovatis, acute 

 acuminatis, basi obliqna semicordato-rotundatis, soptupli- vel 

 subnoveno-nerviis, nervis superioribus remote a basi el aller- 

 natiin solutis, amentis femineis elongato-cylindricis, folium 

 circiter aequanlibus, pedunculo petioluiu superante, rectis, 

 bracteis breviler pedicellatis, pelta orbiculari undulata, sub- 

 tus pubescenle , ovario ovalo , sligmatibus quatuor filiforini- 

 bus breviusculis hirlellis. 



Habitat in Gongachora, 2. Maji 1809 (Wallich! 1. c.) 



Frutex dichotome ramosus, valde nodosus, ram is teretiusculis ramu- 

 lisqae angulosis profunda striatis, glabris, laevibus, inlernodiis 6—14 

 cent, longis, nodis tamidis. Folia tcnuiter vel paullo crassius membra- 

 nacea, subtiliter j>ellucido-punctuIata , utrinque glabra nitidula, subtus 

 pallida, oblique et admodum inaequilateraliter ovata (latere inf. baud 

 raro ter latiorc) longiuscule acuminata, acumine attenuate aculo , basi 

 obliqua et inaequali semicordata, lobo rotundato versus petiolum vergente, 

 12—15 cent, longa, 6^— 9| lata, septupli- vel noveno- ncrvia, nervis 

 interioribas tenuibus e basi ortis, 2 lateralibus utrinque remotius- summo 

 aliqnando ad \ alt., ortis , medio ad apicem , laterali utrinque per anas- 

 tomoses fere ad enm continuato, omnibus per anastomoses tenucs trans- 

 versas rcticulatas subprorainulas unitis subtus prominentibus. PetioU 

 antice canaliculati i— 1 cent, longi, glabri, nascentes antice hie iilic 

 subciliolati et stipula per dorsum leviter adhaercnte glabra membranacea 

 muniti. Stipula oppositifolia lincari-lanceolata , acuminata, convo- 

 luta, glabra, summo apicc subpubcrula, 8— 10 mm. longa , citissimo 

 dccidua. Amenta feminca crcctiuscula; pcdunculis l-lj cent. 



