440 ^ 



Forma glabrata, foliis supra subglabris sed papuloso-aspe- 

 ris, subtus in nervis petiolis ramulisque hirtisj prope Rio 

 Janeiro a cl. caddichaud n. 1116 lecla in Herb. De Less, 

 exstat 



Forma major. Foliis ellipticis vel suboboTato-ellipticis acu- 

 minalis, basi obtusa inaequalibus, amentis longe pedunculatis 

 subcurvalia. 



Habitat prope Rio Janeiro (Gaudichand! n. 85 ia Herb. 

 De Less.) 



Speciem distiactam haboissera nisi fblioram in hac specie variabilitas 

 obstaret. Differt a sjiccimine descripto foliis lon^us petiolatis (petiolo 

 1 cent, tere longo) ellipticis, sed plerumque latitudine maxima s.ipra me- 

 dium continjjente subobovato-ellipticis, majoribus 14 cent, longis, 5— 5* 

 sapra medium latis, amentis (baccileris) patulis pedunculo 3f cent! 

 longo sustentis 10 cent, circiter longis curvalis. Reliquae autem notae* 

 congrunnt omnes. 



75. Artanthe Oplzil. Piper asperifolium Opiz! in Rel 

 Haenk. HI. p. 153 excL syn. Steffensia Opizii Kunth! in 

 Linnaea I. c. p. 641. Piper Steud. I c. Ramulis tubereuloso- 

 asperis, junioribus pilis brevibus rjgidis recurvatis slriguloso- 

 scabris, foliis rigido-nierabranaeeis pellucido-punctulatis^ supra 

 opacis verruculoso-scabris, sublus praesertim in nervo et costis 

 striguToso-hirtellis, ovato-oblongis inaequilateris, basi inaequali 

 rotundatis yel subcordatis, apice modice acurainalis, costis 

 utrinque usque ad ■ alt. 5- 6 , amentis rectis palulis folio dimidio 

 brevioribus, pedunculo petiolura paullo superante, bracleis 

 brevibus inflexo-cucullalis, marginibus griseo-pilosiusculis. 



Habitat in Peruviae Andibusad Huanuco (Haenke! in Herb, 

 reg. berol.) 



Ramuli valde nodosi, tcrctes, tubcrculisverruculosisaspemmi fu- 

 niores angalosi, pilis griseis brevibus rigidissimis recarvatis scaberrimi. 

 anternodus 5-6 cent, longis. Folia rigido-membranacea, pellucido-punc- 

 tnJata, supra opaca et verrucis sparsis aspera, subtus pallida, in nervo 

 costis venubsque striguloso-hirtella et scabra, oblique ovato-oblon.a acu- 

 minata, basi maequah rotundata, subsemicordata , 8-11 cent"Wa 

 H~H lata; e nervo medio pcrcurrente subtus prominente utrinque ad 

 ^ alt. 5-6 costae ormntur, adscendentcs , parallelae, summa ad apicem 

 ducta , omnes anastomosibus horizonlalibus prominulia junctae Petioli 



