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duncalis 3—4 cent, longis jjlabris nitidulis sustcnta , rectiuscula deflexa 

 7 cent. Jong;a , bracteis pnbescentibus tota tecta. 



14, Artanthe flagellarls. Piper H. B. K. Nov. Gen. 



Tom. /. p. 54. PL aequin. Tom. II. p. 45. Kxmth Synops. 

 Tom. I. p. 109. Rainis glabris, teietibus, junioribus striatis, 

 foliis lale ovatis, acumiiiatis, basi profuiide inaequaliter cor- 

 datis, supra glabris, subliis tenuissiuie pubescenlibusj petiolis 

 alatis, amentis folio longioribus. 



Habilat locis alsis, uinbrosis, juxta Buenavista, inter Valle 

 del Tuy el Caracas, alt. 835 bex. Febr. fl. Frutex. (Huiub. 

 Bonpl.) 



Arbor, praecedenti ac sequentibus ex descriptione valde affinis. 



15. Artanthe eximla. Piper Kunth! olim. Steffensia 

 ejusdJ in linnaea I. c. p. 663. Raraulis petiolis foliisque 

 subtus dense hirtellis, his coriaceis sparse subtiliter punclula- 

 tis, supra glabris, oblique ovato-ellipticis brevissime acumi- 

 natis, basi valde inaequaliter profunde cordatis, lobis conver- 

 genlibus, per totam loiigitudinera costatis, petiolis utrinque 

 raeinbranaceo-alatis, amentis longissiniis pendulis folium plus 

 dupio superantibus , bracteis apice cucullato-conchaeformibus 

 hirtellis, baccis subquadratis lateribus compressiusculis, vertice 

 hirtellis. , 



Habitat in Brasilia meridionali, prope Guldowald (Sellow! 

 in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Fratex. Ramuli nwlosi teretiusculi, una lacie planiusculi, striati, 

 inlcrne glabrati, supcrne hirtelli, intcrnodiis 5— 7 cent, lonjjis. Folia 

 coriacea , sparse subtiliter pcJlucido-punctata , supra opaca glabra ato- 

 mulis albidis conspersa, subtus I usee pallcscentia in nervo costis venulisque 

 majoribus pilis minutis hirtella , oblique ovato-elliptiea , brevissime acu- 

 minata, inacquilatcra , basi valde inaequaliter profunda cordata, lobis 

 rotundatis, majore aurieulatim supra petiolum extenso et oppositum 

 subtegentc, 28—32 cent, longa, 16—22 lata, petiolis crassis usque 

 ad apicem crasse coriaceo-alatis , alis junioribus hirtellis dein glabratis, 

 6jf 10 cent, longis sustcnta. E ncrvo medio crasso subtus prominente 

 supra sulcato utrinque per totam longitudinem 12 ct pJurcs costac erassae 

 subpatulae iteratim dicliotomae versus margines tcndentcs anastomosantes, 

 anastomosibus promincntibus. Costae utrinque 5—6 prop basin appro- 

 ximatac. Amenta pcndula, 25—32 cent, louga cylindrica versus api- 



