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1. fKphaerostachys HnmboldtU. Piper piluliferum 

 H. B. KJ IVov. Gen. Tom. I. p. 53. PL aequin. Tom. II. 

 p. 54. Kunth Synops. Tom. I. p. 108. Schilleria (?) ejusdJ 

 in Linnaea I. c. p. 723. . ' ;> 4 



Herb. Willd. n. 673! 



Habitat in declivitate Andium inter Cueiica et Tainbo de 

 Burgay Regni Quilensis, alt. 1400 hexap., Julio fl. (Humb. et 

 Bonpl.! in Herb. Willd.) 



Frulex biorgyalis, nodosus, dichotome ramosus. Rami teretes cinerei 

 sulcati glabri, ramuli appresse pubescentes tlexuosi, internodiis IJ— 6 

 cent, longis, nodis tuberculato-tumidis. Folia brevissime petiolata, lobis 

 basilaribus amplexicaulia , rigidiuscide meinbranacea , ad lenlem obsole- 

 tissime pcllucido-punctulata , supra saturate viridia opaca ad lentem ato- 

 mulis albidis adspersa, subtus pallida et in nervo medio et costis pilis 

 densis appressis hirto-pabescentia , oblique oblongo-lanceolata , inaequila- 

 tera , marginibus planiuscula , apice longissime acuminata, acuminc iineari 

 obtuso, basi contracla ibique auriculatim valde inaequaliter cordata 

 auricula majore petiolum et auriculam minorem tegente orbiculari se- 

 miorbiculari , reniformi vel inaequaliter quadrangulari-orbiculata , flabel- 

 latim nervosa, 5—10 mm. lata, altera quater quinquiesve minore; 

 10— 111 cent, longa, 2|— 3§ lata, petiolis appresse hirtellis 1—2 

 mm. longis sustenta. E nervo medio percurrente subtus prominente 

 utrinque infra | alt. costae circiter 4 adscendentes oriuntur, qaaram 

 infima subtilissiroa , reliquae Ibrtiores prominentes, summa ad apicem 

 ducta anastomosibus reticulatis prominubs junctae. Stipula oppositi- 

 folia lineari-lanceolata , acuminata, convoluto-carinata , postice hirtella 

 fere 2 cent, longa. Amenta oppositilblia solitaria, patula, pedunculis 

 tenaibus 1 cent, circiter longis appresse hirtis sustenta, globosa, 6 mm. 

 in diam. undique floribus dcnsissime tccta. Bracteae coriaceae persis- 

 tcntcs, interne lincari-planae, superius dilatatae spathulatae. anticc conca- 

 viusculae subconchacl'ormes, vcrticc incrassato truncatae ibique subpelfatae 

 truncaturac area subsemiorbiculari , glabriuscnlae, an juniores margine 

 superiorc subtilissime birtellae ? Stamina 3 an 4, ovario circumposita et 

 infra illud inserta j filaraentis persistentibos ima basi compressis , cae- 

 terum fililbrmibus glabris apice nigricante pauUisper incrassatis, ovarium 

 superantibus. Ovarium sessile obovatum glabrum in stylum brevera 

 attenuatum cui articulatim affixa sunt stigmata duoelongata, subulato- 

 teretia, glabra, recurvato-reflexa , ovarium cum stylo circiter aequantia 

 decidua. Baccae immaturae obovato-trigonae, inlerne compressae, apice 

 stylo diutius rostellatae, pulposae. Pericarpium interne tenue, superne 

 crassius, glandulosura. Semen immaturum coraprcsso-triangularc taciebus 

 inaequaHbus, lacvc nitidulum castaneo-luscum. (sec. sp. Humb. Hb. Willd.) 



