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ejusd.! in Linnaea I. c. p. 648. Piper adtmctttn Mart. Herb. 

 Bras.! Ramulis toraenloso-pabescentibus, foliis breviter petio- 

 ktis crassiuScule membranaceis subtiliter pellucido-punclatis, 

 supra opacis strigulosis demum areolatis et asperis, subtus mol- 

 liter piibescentibus, oblique ovato-oblongis , basi inaequali ro- 

 tundatis vel subcordatis, acuminatis, costis utrinque 5 — 6, 

 araenlis junioribus subcurvalis, adullis recliusculis folio ^ bre- 

 vioribus, pedunculo petioluin bis terve superante, bracteis 

 peltatis ciliato-fimbrialis, baccis obovato-subrotundis subangu- 

 latis, semine inaequaliler trigone reticulato-scrobiculalo. 



Habitat in Brasilia, prope Rio Janeiro (Guillemin! in Herb. 

 DeLess. n. 75et 1115, Meyen! in Herb, berol., Gaudich.!), inter 

 Campos et Vittoria (Sellow! in Herb. reg. berol.), Brasilia (Clia- 

 misso! in Herb. reg. berol.), in sylvis Prov. Sebaslianopolit. 

 (Mart.! Herb. Bras. n. 85 in Herb. Meis.) 



Frutex dichotome ramosissimus ; rami ramuliquo teretes molliter to- 

 mentoso-pubescentes, pilis eanis crispulis dircctioae variis liic illic retrorsis. 



Internodia 2 7 cent, longa. Folia breviter petiolata, subcrecta, rijjido- 



membranacea, sabtiliter pcUucido-punctata, petiolis sciniterelibus, antice 

 canaliculatis, hirtello-tomentosis 5 mm. longis rarius longioribus saffulta, 

 oblique ovato-elliptica, ellipticave, inaequilatera, latere ini'eriore latiore, 

 basi inaeqnali rotundata vel leviter cordata, apice acuminata, acumine 

 oblique acuto, marginibus plana, 10—13 cent, longa, SJ— 4 vel rarius 

 4^ lata, supra obscura atroviridia papulosa pilisque appressis moUibus ob- 

 tecta. demum autem arcolato-buUosa scabra, subtus i'usce molliter pu- 

 bcscenti-tomentosa ; c nervo medio supra etiam conspicuo utrinque usque 

 lere ad | alt. 5 — 6 costae oriuntur subtus prominulae, parallelae, quarura 

 summa ad apicem, sequens fere ad apicem percurrit, infimae breves sub- 

 tiles ad basin approximatac. Stipnlae oppositifoliae ovato-lanceolatae 

 merabranaceae, carinato-convolutae, tomentosae, ly — 2 cent, longae, de- 

 ciduae. Amenta opposititblia subpatula, juniora snbcurvata, crassitie 

 pennae columbinae, fructifera rectiuscula, pedunculis hirtello-pubescen- 

 tibus i— 1 cent, longis sustcnta, cylindracea, versus apicem attenuata et 

 subacuta, 2-»— 3 mm. crassa. F lores densi subannulatim dispositi. Brac- 

 teae pedicellatae peltatae pelta subrotunda, area centrali exigua nuda, 

 caeterum pilis griseo-fuscis ciliato-fimbriata. Stamina 3, filamentis 

 persistentibus filiformibus glabris. Ovarium sessile subrotundum gla- 

 brum; stigmata 3, subulata, in sicco nigra rccnrvata. Baccae obova- 

 tae subglobosae, apice stigmatum cicatrice umbonatae, angalosae, glan- 

 duIoso-p"unctatac, glabrae. Pcricarpium tenue. Semen confornie 

 inaequaliter trigonum, reticulata scrobiculatum, fascum, nitidulom (sec. 

 sp. Guillcm. Herb. De Less.) 



