405 



Habitat ad Rabasco in Regno mexicano, m. Octobri florens 

 (Linden! n". 5 in Herb. Le Less.) 



Fratex. Ramulus glaber obtuse tetragonus striatus laevis, internodiis 

 4 cent, circiter longis. Folia patula, viva carnosa, sicca coriacea (juniora 

 membranacea pellucido-punctata) epunctata, utrinque glabra laevia supra 

 mtidula, subtns pallidiora parumper nitidula, ad lentem nbique in nervis 

 etiam glandulis atro-fuscis elevatis adspersa, petiolis 2§ — 3 cent, longis 

 antice lato-canalicnlatis, submarginatis, glabris sustenta, oblonga, inaequi- 

 latera, basi inaequali uno latere rotundata, altero acatiascula, marginibus 

 versus basin inprimis leviter revoluta, apice paulloprotractoobtusiuscula, 

 19^191 cent, longa, 7| — 8 lata; e ncrvo medio crassiusculo percurrente 

 utnnque ad | alt. a basi 5 costae adscendentes, parallelae, inf'eriores 

 ad basin magis approximatae oriuntar, summa ad apicem ducta, in- 

 fijna reliquis sabtilior, oinnes prominentes, anastomosibas subhorizon- 

 talibas prominulis ramulosis dichotomisque junctae. Stipula oppositi- 

 i'olia decidua, 2^ cent, longa, lanceolata, subconvoluto-carinata glabra. 

 Amenta opposilitolia patula, pcdunculis glabris 7 mm. longis sustenta, 

 subrecta breviler acuminata, juniora 2| cent. longa , 3 mm. crassa ad- 

 spcctu flava. Bracteae inflexo-subpeltatae ciliatae. Ovaria juniora 

 flavo-tomentosa, stigmatibus nondum bene evolutis 3 — 4 brevibus sub- 

 teretiasculis (sec. sp. cit.) 



32. Artanthe iLessertlana. Piper verrucosum Swarlz! 

 Fl, Ind. occ. I. p. 56. Steffensia Kunth in Linnaea I. c. p. 

 613. P. arboreum Aubl.f Guyan. I. p, 23. Ramulis petioh's 

 foliisque utrinque glabris, his coriaceis epunclulatis (concolo- 

 ribus subopacis) oblongis, basi lata inaequali truncato-cordatis, 

 apice breviler acuminatis, acuniine obtusiusculo subinucro- 

 nato, costis majoribus adscendentibus utrinque circiter 8, in- 

 fimis ad basin approximatis, petiolis totis alatis; amentis erec< 

 lis folio multoties brevioribus, bracteis cucullato-peltatis ciliatis, 

 baccis immaturis obovatis. 

 Herb. Willd. n. 638! 



Habitat in rupibus calcareis Jamaicae inlerioris (Swartz! 

 1. c. el in Herb, cit,), in Guyana gallica (Leprieur! n. 145 in 

 Herb. De Less.) 



Arbor, trunco 15 — 20-pcdali (Sw.) Ramulus siccus subtetragonus 

 striulatus glaber laevis, nodosus. Folia erecto-patula , rigide coriacea, 

 cpunctulata (non nisi lente et luce Ibrtissimis obsolete punctulata), utrin- 

 que glaberrima, laevia, intra saltern aliquid nitidula, petiolis 3^ — 4j 

 cent, longis totis utrinque alatis, alis coriaceis vetustioribus rcvolutis, 

 glabris sustenta, obliquius oblonga, basi lata inaequali truncato-cordata. 



