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Farietas quintuplinervis. Foliis infimis basi leviter cordatis, 

 superioribus rolundalis, summisque aliquando aculiusculis , 

 illis 5- vel 7-nerviis, reliquis quintupli- vel septuplinerviis , 

 nervis scil. 3 mediis paallo supra basin solutis, peduncalo 

 petiolum superanle. 



Habitat in Penang (Wallich! List. n. 6647). 



Haec transitum fere struit a C. Lowong ad C. lan&tam. Rami ra^ 

 mulique tcretiuscuU vel una facie plani, striati, hirti , superne tomen- 

 toso-hirti. Folia inleriora angaste ovata , aequilatera, basi cordata, 

 attenuato-acnminata , septemnervia , 9| cent, longa, 4|. lata, petiolis 

 2^ cent, longis hirtis. Folia sup. plerumquc oblonga, longe acuminata, 

 acumine angusto acato, basi aequali rotundata, raro acutiuscula, 11^ — 13 

 cent, longa, 4^ — 6 lata, pleramque septuplinervia , n. 3 mediis supra 

 basin solutis, infimis subtilissimis. Amenta baccis immatnris onusta 

 rectiiiscnla vel leviter cnrvata, 5^—2 cent, longa peduncalis 1 — IJ 

 cent, longis hirtis sustenta (sec. sp. cit.) 



8. Cubeba lanata. Piper lanatum Roxburgh! Flor. 

 Indie. Tom. I. p. 160. Peperomia A. Dietr. Spec. Tom. I, 

 Caule fruticoso scandente , ramis hirtis , foliis subcoriaceis re- 

 mote pellucido-punctatis ellipticis, acuminatis, basi inaequali 

 rotundatis, subquintuplinerviis vel septuplinervi-costalis, supra 

 sparsissime, subtus petiolisque hirto-tomentosis , pedunculis 

 petiolum superantibus , ameniis subcurvatis , baccis ovalibus 

 pedicellos tenues subaequanlibus. 



Habitat in Archipelago malaiano (Roxb.! I.e. et inHb. DeLess.) 



Frutex scandens, dichotome ramosus, nodosns. Rami terctiusculi plus 

 minus glabrati, ramuli compressiusculi dense ocLraceo-hirti , internodia 

 3 — 6 cent, longa. Folia erectiuscula , petiolis semiteretibus 1 — 1 J cent, 

 longis molliter patentim ocbraceo-hirtis. Laminae ellipticae, int'eriores 

 latiorcs quam superiores, parum inaequilateralcs, basi inaequali rotun- 

 datae raro concavo-subcordalae , superiores aliquando subacutae ct tere 

 aequales, omnes acute acuminatae, marginibus suberosae, membranaceo- 

 coriaceae, remote pcllucido-punctatae, siccae fuscae, supra sparse hirtellae 

 opacae, subtus glaucescentes et pilis mojlibus crispulis hirtello-tomentosae ; 

 e ncrvo medio crassiusculo atrinqne prominnlo proxime ad basin utrinque 

 nerVus tbrtior supra medium adscendens, intra hunc ex ima basi tenuis 

 nervDS cite evanescens, et paullo infra mediam altitudinem fortis nervus 

 ad apicera usque adscendens exoritur, qui omnes tenuissimis anastomosibus 

 vix visibilibus inter se junguntur. Long. 10 — 11, latit. 4 — 3| cent. 

 Amenta in raraulis oppositifoiia, pedunculis tenuibus hirtcllo-pubcrulif' 



