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longis. Folia suberecta, sicca rigido-membranacea, supra atro-viridia 

 nitentia glabra, subtus glauca nitidula in nervo ct costis subtilissime 

 puberula, petiolis, (inde a lobi majoris basi metitis) 5 mm. longis 

 puberulis amplexicaalibns e stipula adnata alatis sustenta, oblonga, in- 

 aequilatera, apice obtusiuscula, basi admodum inaequalia, latere scil. 

 raajore 2 cent, profundius decurrente, breviore rotundato truncato, rhacbi 

 hujus lateris nuda e stipula adnata usque supra basin lateris minoris 

 pauUisper extensa anguste alata, et postice ut et petiolo verrucis molli- 

 bus conicis obtusis laevibus instrncta, 15—17 cent, longa, 6— 7| lata, 

 marginibus plana, nervo medio crassiusculo prominente in latere majore 

 18 — 20, in minore circiter 17 costulas subhorizontales, versus margi- 

 nes parum adscendentes et anastomosibus junctas, prominulas emit- 



tente. Amenta oppositifolia patula, pedunculis puberulis 5 6 mm. 



longis sustenta, cylindrica 6 cent, circiter longa, 2 mm. crassa rectius' 

 cala. Flores subannulatim dispositi. Bracteae carnosae pediccllatae, 

 conchaelormi-peltatae, pelta subrotunda vel subtrigona glandulosa fusca 

 marginibus ochraceo-puberulo-ciliata. Stamina, an tria, filamentis 

 teretibus brevibus, antheris subreniformi-oblongis bilocularibus, fuscis, 

 rima laterali apertis, circa rimam lutescentibus. Ovarium.... Stig- 

 mata 4? linearia puberula (sec. sp. cit.) 



28. Artanthe Beecheyana. Piper ellipticum Hook, et 

 Am, in Beech. Voy. Bot. p. 443. Gaale fruticoso tereli tuber- 

 culato maculato, foliis glaberrimis submembranaceis oblongo- 

 ellipticis integerrimis nervosis oblusissirais, basi valde inaequali 

 utrinque rotundatis, subtus reticulatis, petiolo brevi canalicu- 

 lato tuberculato basi amplexante, amenlo longitudine foliorum. 



Habitat ad Realejo Regni mexicani (Beechey I. c.) 



Folia 4 — 5-pollicaria. Caul is albus subbrunnco-maculatas. 



29. Artanthe begoniaefolla. Piper Hook, et Amott. 

 in Beechey Voy. p. 310. Glaberrima, ramis teretibus, foliis 

 oblongo-Qiratis membranaceis nervosis acutiusculis, basi valde 

 inaequalibus , utrinque rotundatis, amentis elongatis cylindra- 

 ceis brevi-pedunculatis folium aequantibus. 



Habitat in Mexico (Beechey 1. c.) 



30. Artanthe Pothomorphe. Ramulis petiolis foliis- 

 que utrinque glabris, (nervulis saltern paginae inf. versus mar- 

 gines levissime puberulis,) his subcoriaceis obsolete pellucido- 

 punctatis, supra vix nitidulis lineatis, subtus pallidioribus, 



