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longis snrsum parumpcr incrassatis glabris sustenta, deilorata 8— 10 cent. 

 loDga rectiuscala, 2—3 mm. crassa, dcnsiflora, Bracteae coriaceae extus 

 glabrae et opacae, breviter pedicellatae , pclla irregulariter rotundata, 

 flexuosa , apicibas subelevatis , latcribus deflexis , anguste lutescenti-mar- 

 ginata, subtas pubescente. Ovarium ovatum, versus basin angulosum, 

 stigmatibus 4 filitormi-teretibus sordide pubescenti-hirtellis , sensim ab- 

 breviatis et glabratis (sec. sp. cit.) 



27. Chavica Arnotttana. Piper Chuvya Hunter? Hb. 

 Finlays. in Wall! List. n. 6651 A, P. Siriboa Herb. Madr. 

 ex Itiner. Trovanc. Wallich! List. n. cit. B. Ramulis pe-. 

 diinculis petiolis foliisque sublus in nervis sublilissirae patentira 

 ochraceo-hirtellis , his raembranaceis , opacis, epunctulalis ^ 

 supra glabris, inferioribus longe peiiolatis subaequilateris ova- 

 tis acuminatis, basi aequali cordatis, septem- vel subseptu- 

 plinerviis, superioribus breviter petiolatis, elliptico-oblongis, 

 lanceolatisve inaequilateris acuminatis, basi valdopere inaequali 

 semicordato-lunari-auriculatis , septupli- vel quintuplinerviis, 

 ameutis feraineis pedunculatis, pedunculo petiolum duplo su- 

 perante, cylindricis obtusis pedunculum subaequantibus , slig- 

 niatibus 4 — 5 crassis brevibus sordide puberulis. 



Habitat, an in Trovancore? (Wallich! 1. c.) 



Frutex singulari foliorum superiorara forma memorabilis. Rami terc- 

 liuscali vel una facie convcxiascali , ad lentem subfurfuracei , strinlati , 

 vetusliores hie illic verruculosi , intcrnodiis 2— ^6 cent, longis. Ramuli 

 cxsiccati anguloso-sulcati ad lenlcm pilis brevissimis patulis dense ochraceo- 

 hirtclJi. Folia membranacca epunctulata, supra glabra saturate viridia 

 opaca vel subnilida, nervis subsulcata , vetusta subbullosa, subtus palli- 

 diora magis opaca , attactu subasperula , nervis fuscis perlensa , in nervis 

 venulisqae majoribus praeserlim versus basin subliliter ochraceo-hirtella , 

 inferiora ovata acuminata, acumine obtusiusculo submucronato, subacqui- 

 latera , basi profundius vel obiter aequaliter cordata , 5—8 cent, longa , 

 3 — 4i lata , seplcmnervia , nervis baud omnino ex uno puncto sed 8 me- 

 diis aliquantulum supra basin ortis, iere ad apiceni ductis, reliquis 

 patulis sensim brevioribus, omnibus subtus prominulis, anastomosibus 

 tenuibus reticulatis anitis, petiolis antice canaliculatis versus basin ad 

 margines cicatrisatis , subtilissime birtello- puberulis , 2§— 4J cent, longis 

 sastenta. Folia superiora breviter petiolata, longiora, ovato-clliptico- 

 oblonga, summaquc sublanceolata, acuminata, inaquilatera, basi admo- 

 dum inaequali dimidiato-cordata , lobo auriculato-lunari ad opposltuni 

 latus vcrgcntc petiolum legcnte , 9—11 cent, lonjja , 2|— 5 Jala , scptu- 



