361 



vel nno deficiente bractearum fere tbrmam induentibus. Ovarium oblon- 

 gmn, stigmata 4 brevia. Amenta baccifera 8—10 cent, longa recta 

 stricta, pc°dunculisl-l^ cent, lonffis sustenta, rhachi firmioreangus- 

 tiore angnlosa. Baccae remotiusculae patnlae oblongo-ellipticae atro apice 

 inaequaliter cicatrisatae, mamentorum rudijnentis capitellatis basi stipatae ; 

 bractea persistente patula remotius intra baccam collocata (sec. sp. cit.) 



4. Enckea lata Knnth! I. c. p. 606. Piper H. B. KJ 

 Nov. Gen. Tom. I. p. 57. PL aequin. Tom. II. p. 47. Kunth 

 Synops. Tom. I. p. 112. Ramulis petiolis foliisque ulrinque 

 glabris, his subcoriaceo-membranaceis epunctulatis nitidis, 

 subrotundo-ovatis, longe acuminalis, basi aequali truncato- 

 rolundalis, novemnerviis , amentis.... 



Herb. Willd. n. 692! 



Habitat in ripa fl. Magdalenae, juxta Guanimo, Majo fl. 

 (Humb. et Bonpl.! in Hb. Willd.) 



Frutex. Ramuli teretes glabri. Folia subrotundo-ovata , longe acu- 

 minata, basi aequalia et truncato-rotundata , novem-nervia , reticulata , 

 3 mediis ad apicem duetis, nervis subtus prominentibus , subcoriaceo-mem- 

 branacea, epunctulata, 20—23 cent, longa, 18 lata, petiolis poUica- 

 ribus glabris , stipul a per dorsum adnata convoluta instructis (sec. sp. cit.) 



5. Enckea smilacifolla Kunth! I c. p. 605. Piper 

 H. B. K.! Nov. Gen. Tom. 1. p. 56. PI aequin. Tom. II. 

 p. 87. Kunth Synops. Tom. I. p. HI. Ramulis petiolis foliis- 

 que glabris, his subcoriaceo-merabranaceis, obsolete pellucido- 

 punctulatis, laete viridibus, nitidis, oblique ovato-ellipticis 

 acuminatis , basi inaequali acutiusculis septeranerviis , amentis 

 bacciferis recti uscul is folio ter qualerve brevioribus , bracteis 

 apice cucullato-dilatatis glabris, baceis subgloboso-ellipticis 

 glabris, semine sulcato-tetragono. 



Herb. Willd. n. 691, fol. 1 et 2 ! 



Habitat locis temperatis unibrosis pr. Caripe Curaanensium, 

 alt. 470 hexap., Sept. fl. (Humb. et Bonpl.! in Herb. Willd.) 



Arbor, hcmboldtio testante , vigintipedalis. Ramuli nodosi, tere- 

 tes, striati, glabri, internodiis 4—10 cent. Folia snbcoriaceo-membra- 

 nacea, subtilissime et obsolete jiellncido-punctulata, utrinque glaberrima, 

 laete viridia, nitida, subtus palhdiora, oblique inaequaliter et irregula- 



