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ccm parnmper attenuala, ad basin 6 mm. crassa, pedanculis 2 — 4 

 cent, longis glabriusculis sustenta. Flores annulatim dispositi, Bracteae 

 coriaceae apice cacullato-conchaefornies , pilis densis longis griseo-luscis 

 hirtae. Stamina 4? I'ilamentis lineariLus glabris, anlberis lato-re- 

 nitormibus , loculis basi divergentibus. Stigmata 3 crassiuscula. Baccae 

 immaturae subquadratae , lateribus compressae, vertice rolundato conca- 

 viusculae umbonatae, puberulo-hirtellae. Semen immaturum conforme 

 (sec. sp. cit.) 



16. Artanthe Inslgnls. Piper Kunth9 oUtn. Steffensia 

 ejusd.f in Linnaea I. c. p. 667. Rainulis pubescenti-hirtis , 

 foliis coriaceis sparse pellucido-punctulatis, supra glabris atro- 

 yiridibus subobscuris, subtus fuscescenli-glaucis nilidulis, in 

 nervo costis (utrinque 6 — 8) venulisque prominentibus appresse 

 pubescenlibus, oblique oblongo-ellipticis, basi valde inaequali 

 dimidialo-cordatis, apice subito breviter acuminatis^ petiolo 

 utrinque meuibranaceo-alalo externe pubescenti-hirto , araen- 

 tis erectiusculis recliusculis cylindricis tenuiusculis versus 

 apicem altenualis, maturis folium superanlibus , bracteis cu- 

 cullato-inflexis subconchaeformibus -vertice triangularibus , ir- 

 regulariter longe ciliatis , baccis parallelopipedeis a lateribus 

 compressis. 



Habitat in Guyana gallica (Poiteau ! in Herb. De less.), 

 ?prope Cayennam (Martin apud Kunth 1. c.) 



Frutcx. Ramali tcreti-anguJosi uno latere snlcati, pilis fuscis nitidis 

 liirto-pubcscentcs. Folia coriacea, ad lentem sparse et subtilissime 

 panctulata , supra atro-viridia subopaca laevia glabra, subtus fuscescenti- 

 glaaca subnitidula, in nervo costis venulisque pilis luscis appressis pubes- 

 centi-hirtcJla , petiolis 5 cent, circiter longis mem brana crassa coriacea 

 utrinque alatis, poslice pubesccnti-birtis sustenta, oblique elliptico-oblon- 

 ga , basi valde inaequali dimidiato-cordata , lobo rotundato i^ cent, 

 longo, marginibus levissime rcvoluta, apice subito ct breviter acuminata, 

 acumine recto acutiusculo, 24 — fere 30 cent, longa, 12 — 15 lata; e 

 nervo medio crasso prominente percurrcnte versus apicem valde altenuato 

 utrinque 6 — 8 costae i'ortiores versus margines adscendentes et multi- 

 fariis anastomosibus subtus prominentibus reticulatis junctae (aliaeque te- 

 nues horizontales) exoriuntur, quarum infimae subtiliores, mediae crassae, 

 summa ad 4 alt. a basi orta per anastomoses ad apicem percurrit. 

 Amentum in nostro bacciferum, pedunculo subglabro cylindrico 

 versus apicem incrassato 3 cent, longo sustcntum , 43 cent, longum , sub- 

 flcxuosum , cylindricum, basi 4 ram. pauUo crassius, versus apicem 



