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In HJ), Dc Less, ramuli stirpis m aris florcntcs adsunt ex insnia 

 Mauritii, qui Tcrisimilitcr hue ]:)crtinent. Folia baud repugnantj amenta 

 pcdunculis 6 mm. longis sustenta, 6 — 7 cent, longa, 2 — 3 ram. crassa. 

 Flores confertissimi. Bracteae coriaceae peltatae subrotundae glabrae 

 nigricantes marginibus luteolac. Stamina inter bracteas prorumpentia 

 dcmum longiuscule cxserta, 2 an 3 pro qnavis bractea; I'ilamentis 

 crassiusculis glabris, antheris crectis aurantiacis subglobosis, biloculari- 

 bus birimosis. 



Cubeba borbonensis , Var. baccis longius pedicellatis. 

 Habitat in insula Bourbon (Perroltet! in Herb. He Less.) 



Stirps haec feraina immaturis baccis onusta a supra descripta vix gra- 

 viore charactere difFert. Folia modo paullo latiora et amenta panllo 

 lonp-iora 2 — 4 cent, longa, baccae immaturae ovalcs subrostellatae , pe- 

 dicellis 4 — G mm. longis. 



Observatio. In lib. De Less, ramulus cxstat plantae infantilis in 

 Mauritii insula lectus (perperam P. Cubeba vocatur) qui aut ad C. 

 borbonensem aut ad C. costulatam 2>ertinebit. Folia longe petiolata 

 ovato-lanceolata 3 cent, propemodum longa, basi cordata, 1 cent. pauJlo 

 latiora, coslulato-venosa , petiolis conterte, nervis subtus rare pilosis, 

 stipulis binis petiolo adhaerentibus et jam deciduis, membranaceis. 

 Caulis pilosus repens. 



Specimen ster. praecedcnle paullo majus loliis 3— Scent, longis cordato- 

 ovatis versus apicem attenuato-acuminatis, lobis bascos rotundatis divari- 

 calis, petiolis 2 — 3 cent, longis ad § alt. e stipdis.adnatis mox deciduis 

 alalis, est Piper aristolochioides Lam.! Hb. Willd. n. 677. a. in ins. 

 Port. Praslin lectum. Conf. Prolcgom, p. 16. 



12. Cubeba capensls. Rarais glabris slriulalis, rarau- 

 lis petiolis dense foliisque subtus in nervis sparse hirtello-pu- 

 berulis, his elliplicis, subaequilateris , basi rotundatis vel 

 aculiusculis , breviter acuininatis, tenuiter multi-costatis, co- 

 riaceis, pellucido-punclatis, amentis elongatis, pedunculis pe- 

 tioles multum superantibus, bracteis subrotundis vel obcordato- 

 rotuudis; longe ciliatis, pediceUis baccas globosas superantibus. 



Habitat in Promontorio Bonae Spei (Jules Verreaux! in 

 Hb. De Less.) 



Cubcbae costulatac affinis, scd turn foliis, tum imprimis amentis 

 multo majoribus et bractearum forma oplime distincta. 



Fjutcx; rami nodosi, tcrctiusculi, striulati, glabri, internodiis 7 cent, 

 eircitcr longis; ramuli internodiis brevioribus, subcomprcssi , birtclli. 

 Folia (super.) ])Ctiolis 1— i cent, longis scmiteretibus birlis sukrectis 



