357 



iinmaturis olivaceis, maturis auratitiacis reiiitbrrnibus , bibcularihus . 

 loculis rima hiantibus, polline sulphurco. Ovarium oblonjum, stig- 

 matibus 3 apicfi reflexis, Baccae tlcnsae scssiles, subirloboso-ovatae, 

 stigmatibus 3 crassiusculis recurvatis coronatae, laeves, (glabrae, 

 siccae atro-tuscac , pijwrito-aromaticae , 2 mm. circiter Jotjjjac. Semen 

 dlipticum, obtusiosculutn , irregularitcr angulatum , laeriusculum , pal- 

 lide fuscum (sec. sp. spont. Portor. et cult. Hort. bcrol. viva et sicca 

 Herb. Paris.) 



10. Enckea ceanothlfoUa Kunth! I. c. p. 597. Piper 

 H. B. K.< Nov, Gen. Tom. L p. 56. PL aequin. Tom. 11. 

 p. 46. Kunth Synops. Tom. 1. p. 111. P. portoricense Jitssieu! 

 in Hb. Fenten. nunc De Less. Raiuulis subtiiissitue hirtellis , 

 foliis merabranaceis pellucido-punclalatis, opacis supra saturate 

 viridibus glabris, subtus pallidioribas in iiervis petiolisque 

 hirtello-puberuHs , oblique subrotundo-ovatis vel- elliplicis , 

 acuminatis, acumine acutiusculo, basi inaequali rotundatis vel 

 acatis , quinquenerviis , amentia patentibus folio I brevioribus, 

 bracteis subconchaeformibus rotundatis , supra glabris , sublus 

 hirtellis, OTario apice fere in stylum conlraelo, stigmatibus 

 3 — 5 recurvatis, baccis subgloboso-ovatis mucrouatis glabris, 

 semine inaequaliter tetragono. 



Herb. Willd. n. 688! ^ 



Habitat in convallibus calidis et veslitis Bordones inter et 

 Cumana, Sept. fl. (Iluinb. et Bonpl! in lib. Willd.), in Ihasilia 

 prope Rio Janeiro (Gaudichaud ! n. 84 et 1 108 in Hb. De Less. 

 et Luschnath apud Kunth 1. c.), in Brasilia (Mart. Herb. bras. 

 n. 1206.'), in ins, St. Thomas (Herb. De Less.! et Mauritz! in 

 Herb. reg. berol.) 



Arbor. Rami nwlosi tcrctes, striato-sulcati ; ramuli subtilissimc 

 birtelli, internodiis 4 — 8 cent, longis. Folia mcmbranacoa crcberrime 

 pelJocido-punctulata , opaca, supra saturate viridia upaca glabra, sublus 

 pallidiora, in nervis hirtcllo-puberala, oblitjuc subrotundo ovata vel sub- 

 rotundo-clliptica , acuininata, acumine acutiusculo, basi inaequali rotun- 

 data vel acuta, (juinquenervia , nervis subtus prornincatibus reticulatis, 

 3 mcdiis ad apiccm ductis, lateralibus ad J alt., 9 — lOJ cent. lonfja, 

 8 — 8|- lata, petiolis antice canaliculatis , birtello-puberulis , \ — 1^0001. 

 longis sustcnta. Stipula oppositifolia decidua, minuta, convoluto- 

 subulata, hirtelia. Amenta patula , florifcra cylindracca, ])cnnaui juis- 



