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78. Artanthe Olferslana. Piper Kunth! olim. Steffen- 

 sia ejusdJ in Linnaea I. c. p. 645. Ramulis peliolis pedun- 

 culis foliisque subtus in nervis tomentoso-hirtis, his rigido- 

 membranaceis pellucido-punclulatis, supra opacis verruculoso- 

 scaberrimis inque nervo puberulis, vetuslis bullatis nitidulis, 

 subtus pallidis nigro-punctatis, oblongis, basi inaequali scmi- 

 cordatis, apice acumiuatis, coslis ulrinque usque ad ^ — *alt. 5, 

 amentis erecliusculis rectis rostratis folio ^ brevioribus, pe- 

 dunculo petiolum superanle, bracleis pellalis ciliato-firabria- 

 lis, baccis obovatis compressis. 



Habitat in Brasilia meridionali, ad Campos Vittoria, Bahin 

 (Sellow ! in Herb. reg. berol.), in Guiana gallica (Herb. Mus. 

 Paris, n. 191 !) 



Frutcx A. asperiibliae valde affinis, sed pilis fortioribus, tbiioram 

 forma magis elongata angustiore basi magis inaequali , stipulis , amentis 

 rostratis speciei valorem sibi vindicans. Rami nodosi , tereti-comprcs- 

 siusculi , striati, verruculoso-asperuli pilisque sparsis obsiti, ram uli ob- 

 solete striati lomentoso-birti , internodiis 5 — 12 cent, longis. Folia ri- 

 gido-membranacea . peliucido-punctulata , jnniora supra opaca in nervo 

 medio lineato versus basin pilis sparsis instructa, caeterum verruculis 

 nuraerosis asperis albidis , intcrmixtis hie illic pilis exiguis rigidis scaber- 

 rima, vetustiora nitidula areolato-bullosa valde scabra, su])tus juniora 

 pallida ad lentem nigro- gland ulose punctata, pilisque densis in nervo 

 costis venulisque tomentoso-birta, vetustiora lacunosa scabro-liirta , oblique 

 oblonga inaequilatera , basi inaequali baud profunde semicordata, lobulo 

 rotundato fere supra petiolum cxt€nso , marginibus demum subrevoluta , 

 apice acuminata, acumine acntato, demum obtusato, 11 — 18 cent, 

 longa, 5 — 7|- lata, petiolis antice canaliculatis,hirtis, sensim glabratis, 

 1 — 1 cent. lo-Jgis, sustenta. E nervo medio percurrente subtus promi- 

 ncnte utrinque ad ^ — I alt. costae subtus prominentes paralJele adscen- 

 dentes oriuntnr, quarum summa ad apicem ducta, omnes anastomosibus 

 borizontalibus parallelis promincntibus demum reticulatis junctae. Sti- 

 pulae petiolares petioli basi utrinque adnatac caducae ovatac petiole 

 breviores extus hirto-pubcscentes. Stipula oppositifolia decidua oblon- 

 go-lanceolata , navicularis , marginibus ad apicem ciliolata , dorso hirtella 

 ly cent, fere longa. Amenta erectinscula , rectiuscnla, cylindrica, ple- 

 rumqne longiuscule rostrata, pedunculis tomentosohirtis, sensim magis 

 glabratis dcmnmque 1 cent, paullo longioribus, sustenta, 7—9 cent, 

 longa, 3—4 mm. crassa. Flores annulatim dispositi. Bracteae pedi- 

 cellatae peltatae , pelta semiorbiculari vel obsolete trigona centro nuda 

 marginibus pilis flavis ciliolata. Stamina 4, filamentis persistentibus 

 fuscis, anthcris rcniformibus bilocularibus flavis. Stigmata 3 tere- 



