399 



Fratex 18 — 20 pedes alius, erectus, ramosus, nodosus, oortice cinereo. 

 Ramali I'usce tomentosi. Folia coriaceo-mcmbranacca (viva crassiuscula) 

 subepunctulata, supra atro-viridia opaca glabra nervo medio costisque ele- 

 vatis notata, subtus castaneo-l'usca subaitidula molliter albido-pubescentia, 

 oblique oblongo-ovata, inaerjnilalera , apice oblusa (Bred,), basi iiiaequalitcr 

 prolunde cordata lobo minore rotundato divergcntc 3 cent, longo, majorc 

 perpendiculari rotundaLo I'ere duplo naajore, 38 cent, longa, 21 lata, pe- 

 tiole tomentoso superne nudo, inl'erne verisimillime alato sustenta. £ 

 nervo medio percurrente ntrinque usque paullo supra I alt. 7 — 9 costae 

 patulo-adscendcutes prominentes oriuntur , quarum summa ad apicem 

 ducta, inleriores tenuiores e basi ortae, omnes ramosae et anastomosibus 

 reticulatis subtus prominentibus junclae. Amenta oppositiiblia, breviter 

 pedunculata, 16 — ^18-pollicaria pendula, cylindrica, odoris grali aroma- 

 tic! (sec. sp. Herb. Willd, et annol. Brcdem.) 



Adnotatio. Piper caracasanum Opiz! in Reliq. Haenk. 1. c., 

 Piper controversum Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2. baud certo ad banc 

 speciera trahi potest, vix autem multum divcrsum videtur nee c spec, 

 manco tuto extricandum. Hab. in Mexico. 



23. Artanthe pothlfolla. Piper Kunth ! olim. Stef- 

 fensia Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. p. 671. Piper truncatum 

 Felloz. Jl. flum. 1. Tab. 57? Ramulis pelioHs foliisque utrinque 

 glabris, his subcoriaceis epanclulatis opacis, subtus pallidiori- 

 bus, oblique ovalo-Ianceolatis anguslato-acuminalis, basi Talde 

 inaequalibus et profunde cordalis, lobo raajore quadrangulo- 

 rotundato, minore albreviato subslnualo, costis majoribus utrin- 

 que 6 — 8, ameotis erecto-patentibus folio * — I brevioribus, 

 bracteis cucullalo-inflexis, margine firabriolatis, baccis sub- 

 quadralo-parallelopipedeis. 



Habitat in Brasilia meridionali, prope Rio Janeiro (Gau- 

 dich.! 1105 in Herb. De Less.), in Serra dos Orgeis (Luschnath 

 in Herb. Reg. Berol.) 



Frutex. Raroulus siccus anguloso-compressus, tetragonus vel trigonos, 

 strinlatus, glaber, fuscesccus ; intcrnodia 5 — 11 cent, longa. Folia 

 erecta, subcoriacea, ad lentem obsoletissime pellucido-punctata (juniora 

 evidentius), supra atro-viridia opaca, subtus fusc^scenti-pallida nitidula, 

 petiolis 5 — 6 cent, longis, fere usque ad apicem membranacco-alatis 

 (alis coriaceis glabris unduhlis) sustenta, oblique subovato-lanceolata, apicc 

 sensim attenuata acuminata, marginibus cxtenuatis suberosulis, basi valde 

 inaequaliter prol'unde cordata, lobo inicriore majorc subquadrato-rotundato 



