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38. Artanthe rlparla. Piper H. B. KJ Nov. Gen. 

 Tom. I p. 48. PI. aequin. I. c. Kunth Synops. Tom. I I. c. 

 Schilleria ejusd.! in Linnaea I. c p. 707. Ramulis, foliisque 

 sapra glabris, his membranaceis pellucido-punctalis, supra ni- 

 tidulis, subtus in nervo et costulis appresse puberulis, ovatis 

 versus apicem angustato-acuminatis, basi aequalibus rotundatis 

 vel leviter cordalis, costis utrinque 5 — 6 adscendenlibus, araen- 

 tis rectis folio brevioribus, pedunculo petiolo §— | breviore, 

 bracteis apice inflexo-peltatis Tilloso-ciliatis, baccis trigonis. 



Herb. AVilld. n. 656! 



Habitat ad ripas flumiais Magdalenae (Hurab. et Bonpl.! 1. 

 0. et in Herb. Willd.) 



Frulex dichotome ramosus, ramis ramulisque glabris teretinsculis , 

 intemodiis 7 cent, circiter longis. Folia patula membranacea, subtilis- 

 sime pellucidopunctulata, supra glabra nitidula costis sublineata, subtus 

 pallidiora in nervo costis et plurimis venulis pilis mollibus densis crispulis 

 appressis paberula, elongato-ovata , basi acquali lato-rotundata vel leviter 

 cordata, versus apicem angustato-acuminata, subaequilatera, raarginibus 

 repandis planiuscula, 22 — 28 cent, longa, 13 — 13| lata, petiolis autice 

 canaliculatis basique dilatata amplexicaulibus glabriusculis 4 — 5 cent, longis 

 sustenta; e nervo medio percurrente supra lineato subtus prorainente utrin- 

 que usque ad § alt. 5 — 6 costae patulo-adscendentes, inleriores versus basin 

 approximatiores exoriuntur, quarum surama ad apicem ducta, reliquae 

 parallele adscendentes; anastomoses subborizontales prorainentes multiJarie 

 rcticulatae. Amenta oppositilolia pedunculata, cylindrica, mucronata, 

 recta, 13—14 cent, longa, 4 mm. crassa, sordide ochracea, pedunculo 

 2^ cent, longo leretiusculo vel subcompresso glabro sustenta. Bracteac 

 cuneatae, apice inilexo-pcltatae, triangulares vel rotundatae, medio gla- 

 brae et glandulosae, ambitu pilis ochraceo-griseis mollibus ciliato-villosae. 

 Stamina? I'ilamentis persistentibus linearibus glabris, antheris sub- 

 globoso-reniformibus bilocularibus. Stigmata 3, sessilia, brevia, recur- 

 vata. Baccae iramaturae oblongae subtetragonae triangulares, glabrae, 

 grannloso-glandulosae (sec. sp. Humboldt. Herb. Willd.) 



39. Artanthc dullleminlana. Steffensia hydrangeae- 

 folia Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. Ramis ramulis foliisque supra 

 glabris, his subcoriaceis subtilissime pellucido-punclulatis, 

 supra opacis, subtus glanduloso-punctatis, petiohs nervisque 

 versus basin sparsissime puberulis, oblique ovatis versus apicem 

 attenuatis longius acumiaaiis, basi subinaequali obtusis, coslis 



