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80. Artanthe scabra. Steffensia Kunth! in Linnaea 

 I. c. p. 639. Piper scabrum Swariz ? Fl. Ind. occ. Tom. I. 

 p. 59. Ramulis hirto-toraentosis, foliis membranaceis glandulis 

 obscuris punctatis, ulrinque puberulis, adultis supra scabrius- 

 culis, subtus in nervo et coslis appresse pubescenlibus, oblique 

 elliptico-oblongis acuminatis, basi inaequali rotundatis, coslis 

 infra I alt. ulrinque plerunique 5, ainentis (junioribus) erec- 

 tis rectis folio brevioribus, pedunculo petioluin paullo super- 

 anle, bracleis peltalis cilialo-fimbrialis. 



Habitat in Jaraaicae montosis temperalioribus (Wiles! in 

 Hb. De Less., Sw. 1. c), ad Porto Bello in Isthrao Panamensi 

 (Bilberg! in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Ramuli exsiccati subtetragoni , subsulcati, inferne sparse pubescentes, 

 soperne hirto-tomentosi , internodiis 5 — 9 cent, longis. Folia patula, 

 rigido-membranacea , baud pellucido-punctata , sed glandulis opacis no- 

 tata , supra opaca , utrinque pubernla , in nervo et costis subtus ap- 

 presse pubescentia, adulta supra scabriuscula, oblique elliptico-oblonga 

 inaequilatera acuminata, acumine angustato obtusiusculo . basi inaequali 

 rotundata, 11| — 13 cent, longa, 4 — 5 lata, petiolis antice canalicnktis 

 1 — li cent, longis, inprimis poslice appresse pubescenlibus, sustenta. E 

 nervo medio subtus proiuinente et percurrente ad J vel saltern inl'ra J alt. 

 ulrinque 5, rarius 6 costae parallelae adsccndentes oriuntur subtus pro- 

 minentes, quarum suinma ad apicem ducta, et omnes anastomosibus 

 transversis junctae. Stipula oppositifolia ovato-oblonga carinata, pos- 

 lice sericco-pubcscens 1 cent, propcmodum longa. Amenta juniora 

 erecla, rectiuscula, cylindrica , breviter mucronata, 5 cent, circitcr 

 longa, 2 — 2J mm. crassa, pedunculis 1 J- cent, longis hirto-pubescenti- 

 bus sustenta. Flores annulati. Brae leae juveniles pedicellatae peltatae, 

 pclta ciliato-fimbriata. (sec. sp. Bilberg. Hb. cit. a cl. KCHTH 1. c. ci- 

 tatum.) 



Specimen in insula Jamaica a cl. "wiiES ledum cum spccimine Herb. 

 reg. berol. comparatum differt foliis brevius petiolatis (3—4 mm), pe- 

 dunculis longioribus (5—6 mm.), amentis maturis 6—8 cent, longis 

 subflexuosis. Bracteae peltatae pelta subrotunda vel transverse oblonga 

 fusca marginibus breviter fusco-ciliata. — Cum specimen Swartzianum 

 vidcre baud contingit, de synonymo aliquomodo dubius haereo. Dcscriptio 

 autcm Swartxiana baud repugnat. 



81. Artanthe scabriuscula. Piper A. Dietr. Synops. 

 I. c. n. 200. P. scabrum Opiz in Reliq. Haenk. fasc. III. p. 

 151. ))Ramis terelibus scabriusculis , foliis OTato-acuminatis 



