324 * 



adscendens, incoiis Rinu Manok dictum (Blumc! 1. c. el in 

 Herb. Lugd. Bat.) 



Piperi arhorescenti affine viilctur. Frntex, caalc lignoso, tjx 

 di'^itum crasso , cylindrico , cinereo , punclis elevatis nolato , internodiis 

 6 — 15 cent. Jonjjis, una facie cincreis vcrruculosis , altera obscura laevibus, 

 iialis valdc tiimidis. Folia crecto-patentia , pctiolis 1| cent, superio- 

 riWs 1 cent, longis seniitcrctibus antiee canaliculatis pubesccntibas sus- 

 tenta, oblonija, \cl rhombco- vel lanccolato-oblon^ja, basi angiistata acnta, 

 apice brcvitcr et plerumquc anguste ct acute acuminata, 13 — 15 cent. 

 lon<i-a, 5 — 7|: lata, supra glabra, laevla, snbtus reticulata, pallida, in 

 ncrvis sparse paberula, quintuplincrvia, nervis 2 infirnis ad apicoin baud 

 pcrllngcntibus , vel fere septuplinervia 2 soil, ncrvulis ad imam basin 

 acccssoriis. Anastomoses transversae pauciores. Amenta pennam colum- 

 binam crassa, suldlexuosa, feminea, 17 cent, circitcr longa, pcdun- 

 culo 2;^ cent, longo. Flores contcrli. Bracteae peltato-pcdicellatac , 

 pediccUo crasso dense fusee tomcntoso , pelta rotundato-quadrangulari , 

 lacvi, in sicco fuscula, nitidula, inembranacca , glabra. Ovarium 

 oblongo-ovatum , glabrum, borizontaliter patens, stigmatibus 3 — 4 

 oblongis crassis albido-puberulis. Fovea ovarium rccipiens pilis constat 

 turn rliacbeos, turn bracfeae propriae turn ct vicinarura. Baccae auran- 

 tiacac , exsiccatae nigrae , ovatae vel ovato-globosae, 3 mm. longac, glaljrae , 

 stiflinalum rndimcntis apiculatae, saporis acerrimi. Semen coni'ormc, al- 

 bum inc sordide albi<Io, granuloso, oleoso (sec. sp. Jav, Herb. Lugd. Bat.) 



In Herb. Wallichiano sub n. 6642 H. sp. exstat »P. lanatum Herb. 

 Wigbl" inscriptum, P. acri Bl. valde affine, nisi idem, scd Ibliis plerisque 

 scptupltncrviis, brevius acuminatis, amentisque brevioribus diversum. 

 Huic valdc affinia n. 6642 G. ex monte Dindygul »P. trioicum lib. 

 Wigbt," et aliud n. 1642 D. e Silbet, foliis glabrioribus saltern diversa. 



12. Piper sulcatum Blume! in Ferh. Batav. Genoots. 

 Tom. XL p. 156. Enum. pi. Javae fasc. I. p. 64. Caule 

 fruticuluso, ramulis aliquando subpuberulis , foliis raeinbra- 

 naceis sublilissime pellucido-punctulalis supra glabris, subtus 

 in nervis puberulis, elliptico-oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis , 

 basi leviter inaequali attenuatis, apice breviler acute acumi- 

 natis, quintupli-noveno-nerviis, nervis 3 raediis in media la- 

 mina solutis^ pedunculis filiforraibus petiobim superantlbus , 

 amenlis masc, lenuioribus leviter curvatis, hermaphroditis 

 crassioribus , bracleis pcltatim sessilibas subrotundis, stigma- 

 tibus 3 subgloboso-abbrevialis. 



Icon. Blumc 1. c. fig. 2. (fol. xylogr.) 



