412 



41. Artanthe enckeoldes. Piper crassinervium H. B. 

 KJ Nov. Gen. Tom. L p. 48. PI. aequin. Tom. II. p. 46. 

 Kunth Synops. Tom. I. p. 104. Steffensia ejusd.! in Linnaea 

 I. c. p. 660. Ramulis petiolis foliisque utrinque glabris, his 

 subcoriaceis , inprimis subtus subtilissime glanduloso-puuctatis, 

 ovatis acaminatis , basi subaequali rotundatis vel obsolete sub- 

 cordatis, ima basi in petiolum acute protracla, 9 — 11-nervi- 

 costatis , amentis breviter pedunculatis folio duplo-quadruplo 

 brevioribus, floribus remoliusculis , bracteis peltatis villoso- 

 ciliatis, ovario in stylum brevem attenuate , stigmatibus 3. 



Herb. WilW. n. 655! 



Habitat in regione calidissiina , in umbrosis ad ripam flu- 

 minis Magdalenae , prope Honda , alt. 180 hexap., m. Majo fl. 

 (Humb. et Bonpl.! 1. c. et in Herb, oil.) 



Frntex decempedalis. Ramnli teretiusculi striati glabri , internodiis 

 10 cent, circiter longis. Folia subcoriacea, utrinque glabra et subopaca, 

 supra lineata , subtus pallidiora , ad lentcm glanduloso-punctata , glan- 

 dulis croceis baud pellncidis , ovata , basi subaequali rotundata vel levis- 

 sime cordata, basi ima ipsa subacuta in petiolum continnata, parum 

 inaequilatera , apicc modice acuminata , acumine obtusiusculo , marjrini- 



bus revoluta, 13 — 25 cent, longa , 10 — 14^ cent, lata, petiolis 2 3' 



cent, longis glabris, antice lato-canaliculatis basi dilatatis sufFulta. E 

 nerve medio pcrcurrente crassiusculo versus apicem valde attenuato utrin- 

 que in majoribus usque fere ad | alt., in minoribus ad ^ alt. a basi costae 

 4 — 5 oriuntur patulo-adscendentes , supra lineatae , subtus prominentes 

 samma ad apicem ducta, omnes anastomosibus subhorizontalibns promi- 

 nnlis reticulatis junctae. Stipulae petiolares axillarcs oblongae acutae 

 membranaceae, ciliolatae, petioli fere longitudinis , eique fere totac ad- 

 nataedeciduae. Stipula oppositifolia convoluto-subulata. glabra, 2 cent, 

 longa. Amenta rectiuscula , cylindrica, 8 cent. longa, peduncalo 

 hirtello 1 cent, paullo superante sustcnta , subrcmotiflora, ita ut axis hie 

 illic nudns apparcat. Bracteae breviter pedicellatae , apicepeltatae, pelta 

 subrotunda, medio glabra, margine pilis sordide flavis ciliato-villosa. 

 Filamenta persistentia linearia glabra. Ovarium ovatnm, glabrum, in 

 stylum brevem crassiusculum attenuatum , stigmata 3 crassinscula, 

 linearia, acuta, recurvata. (sec. sp. Humb. Herb. Willd.) 



42. Artanthe bexagyna. Ramulis petiolis foliisque 

 utrinque glabris, his coriaceo-membranaceis subepunctulatis , 

 sublos glaucescentibus, oblique ovatis, basi plus minus inae- 



