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Rami teretcs, nodosi, punctulifbrmi-vcrruculosi, raiiiulique plahri 

 striati, sicci angulosi, internodiis 9—11 cent, longis. Folia orassiuscule 

 membranacea dense pellucido-punctulata, supra glabra laevia atro-viridia 

 subnitida, subtus pallidiora molliter puberula, ovato-clliptica vel-oblonga, 

 subaequilatera, basi subaequali rotundata vcl juniora acutiuscula, margi- 

 nibus plana, apice acuminata, acumine acutato-mucronato, 17 — 18 cent, 

 longa, 8 — 9 lata, costis intra medium, plerumque ad J alt. utrinquc 5, 

 adscendentibus, summa ad apicem ducta, aiiastomosibus lenuibus junctis, 

 petiolis antice canaliculatis puberalis basi dilatatis 2 cent. longis sustenta. 

 Stipula oppositifoJia decidua, lanceolata , canaliculato-navicularis , 

 membranacea glabra 3| cent, longa. Amenta juniora erecta, adulta 

 patentia, pedunculis glabris vei hirtellis i—li cent, longis sustenta G 

 cent, longa submucronata. Bracteae pedicellatae, apice inflexo-peltatae 

 vertice rotundato elevato granuloso nudae, caeterum fusee hirtae. Sta- 

 mina qnot? filamentis crassis, antheris f'uscis ovato-reniformibus 

 loculis dissepimentosis. Ovarium apice attenuatum, stigmatibns tri- 

 bus longiusculis erectis demum patulis. Baccae obovato-quadratae, ver- 

 sus basin compressae, glabrae, saporis piperiti. Semen subrotundo- 

 quadratum augulis rotundatis, pericarpio crassiusculo adiiaerens, castaneo- 

 fiiscum (sec. sp. cit. ct ei Runth). 



In Herb. reg. berol. Ibrma glabrior exstat, tbliis subtus in nervis sal- 

 tern pilis rarissimis instructis, petiolis glabris, pedunculis vero dense 

 hirtellis insignis. 



50. Artanthe litaofzkyana. Piper Kunth! olim. Stef- 

 fensia ejusd.! in Linnaea I. c. p. Q5Q. Ramulis foliisque utrin* 

 que glabris, his subcoriaceo-raetnbranaceis, pellucido-punctatis, 

 supra opacis laevibus, suboblique elliptico-oblongis vel ovalo- 

 oblongis, acuminatis, basi parutn iiiaequali rotundatis vel aca- 

 lis, costis utrinque ad \ alt. 4, araentis bacoiferis erecto-patulis 

 cylindricis reclis folio diraidio brevioribus , bracleis pedicella- 

 lis peltatis pelta triangulari vel semicirculari villoso-fimbriata, 

 baccis obovato-quadratis versus basin compressis. 



Habitat prope Rio Janeiro (Lhotzky! in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Frntex. Rami nodosi teretes vel teretiusculi striulati, glabri, laeves, 

 ad lentem verruculis minutissimis conspersi, ramuli in sicco angulosi; 

 internodia 3 — 6| cent, longa. Folia coriaceo-membranacea, pellucido- 

 punctala, utrinque glabra, laevia, opaca, subtus pallida, suboblique 

 elliptico- vel ovato-oblonga, plus minus inaequilatera, acuminata, acumine 

 mucronato-acutato, basi parnm inaequali rotundata vel acuta, marginibus 

 demum leviter incurva, 12 — 15 cent, longa, 5 — 5j lata, petiolis an- 

 tice canaliculatis glabris lf-2|T cent, longis sustenta. E nervo medio 



