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Sectio I. NflANBi. Fetioli plerumijue alati. Folia aequiJatera ampla 

 membranacea , hirtella vel glabra, multinervia, rotundato- vel ovato- 

 cordata. Amenta aliquando curvata. 



1. Artanthe caudafa. Piper caudatum Betre Lusita- 

 nis, Nhamdu Brasil. Marcgravii p. 75. Piper caudatum Vahl 

 Eclog. I. p. 3. H. B. K.! Nov. Gener. 1. p. 58. PI. aequin. 

 Tom. II. p. 48. P. Nhandi Richard! Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. 

 Paris, p. 105, P. catalpae/olium Weigelt! PI. exs. Surin. P. 

 regressum Alex. Anders.! in Hb. De Less. Schillena caudata 

 Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. p. 716. Ramulis, petiolis foliisque 

 (practer margines) utrinque glaberrimis , his longe petiolatis 

 merabranaceis pellucido-punctatis, ovato- vel subrotundo-corda- 

 tis, subinaequaliter acumiiiatis^ novem- vel subnoveno-nerviis 

 margine dense appresse ciliatis vel ciliis demum delapsis sca- 

 briusculis, lobis baseos subaequalibus rotundatis patulis pe- 

 tiolis utrinque membranaceo-alatis, amentis breviter peduucu- 

 latisjuvenilibus leviter curvatis folium subaequantibus, bracteis 

 peltatis villoso-ciliatis, baccis obovato-turbinalis angulosis, se- 

 mine conforrai laeviusculo. 

 Herb. Willd. n. 697! 



Habitat in Surinamo (Weig.! Focke!), in Guiana gallica 

 (Rich. 1. c. Poiteau! Leblond! in Herb. De Less.), ad ripas La 

 Guayra (E. Otto! in Herb. reg. ber.), in Porloricco (Wydler! 

 n. 399 in Hb. De Less.), in ins. Trinitatis (A. Anderson! ibid.), 

 in Brasilia (Hb. Burm.! nunc De Less.), in Prov. Caracasana 

 (Humb. et Bonpl. ! 1. c. et in Hb. Willd. et De Less). — Terram 

 arenosam et sylvarum umbram praeoptal. 



Frutex 10 — 15 pedes altns, ramosus. Rami teretes, ramuli teretius- 

 coli striati, glabri, fistulosi, vivi saepius violacei. Nodi non valde tumidi 

 Biarginati. Internodia 7—14 cent, longa. Folia membranacea, pellu- 

 cido-punctata, supra atroviridia, nitidula, glabra, sed attactu non om- 

 ^nino Jaevia, sabtus glaucescentia, marginibus dense breviter ciliata, ciliis 

 sensim deciduis asperala, petiolis 3—5 cent, (sup.) longis, sursura 

 attenuatis, antice prolande canaliculatis , utrinque membranaceo-alatis 

 alis (stipulis adnatis) versus apicem evanescentibus , glaberrimis ovato- 

 vel (inferiorum) subrotundo-cordata , acuminata, 10 — 20 cent, longa, 

 9 — 14 lata. Lobi baseos rotundati, subaequales, distantes, sina proFun- 

 diore vel in superioribus magis obsoleto. Nervi novera, iuprimis subtus 



