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86. Artanthe C^aleotfll. Piper aduncum Schlecht! Lin- 

 naea Tom. V 73. haud Linn. Ramulis angulosis puberulis, 

 foliis coriaceo-merabranaceis pellucido-punclulalis, supra ver- 

 ruculoso-asperis inque nervis seriatim pilosis, subtus hirtello- 

 pubescentibus , ellipticis vel lanceolalo-elliplicis, longiuscule 

 acuminalis, basi leviter inaequali rotundalis vel acutiusculis, 

 costis usque ad \ — | alt. utrinque 6 — 7, pedunculo peliolum 

 bis superanle, amentis falcatim curvatis raucronatis, folio bre- 

 vioribus, bracteis pellatis cilialis, baccis vertice pilosis. 



Habitat in ra. Cordilleris Mexicanis ad 3 — 4000 p. alt. (Ga- 

 leolli! in Herb. De Less. n. 6008), ad Hacienda de la Laguna, 

 m. Sept. (Schiedel in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Frutex dichotome ramosus; ram is subcompressis glabris striulatis, 

 ramulis angulosis puberulis; internodia 1\ — 4 cent. lonjja; nodi ara- 

 pliati marginati. Folia breviter peliolata, erecto-patentia , coriaceo-mem- 

 branacea, pellucido-punctata , pallide viridia et opaca, subtus pallidiora, 

 supra verrucnlis aspera, inijue neivis impressis seriatim hirlella, subtus 

 hirtello-pubescentia , peliolo 3 — 4 mm, Jonjx) semiterete antice canalicu- 

 late, birtello sustenta, elJiptica vel lanceolalo-elliptica, basi levilcr in- 

 aequali rotundata vel acutinscula, parum inaequilatera, marginibus leviter 

 revoluta et ciliolata, longiuscule ct paullo oblique acuminala acumine 

 acutato, 10 — 12 — 13 cent, longa, %\ — 4 supra basin Lta; e nervo medio 

 versus basin inprimis prominente pcrcurrente utrinque usque ad f vel J 

 alt. 6 — 7 coslae oriuntur subtus projuinentes, supra impresso-linealae, par- 

 allelae, quarura sujiroma usque ad apiccm, sequentes fere ad apiceni, et 

 infimae 3 vel 4 tenuiorcs breviorcs; omncs versus margines decurrcntcs 

 delitcscunl. Anastomoses parallelae subborlzontales promiimlae; venulae 

 reticulatae pellucidac. Stipula oppositil'olia scarioso-memliranacea 

 lanceolata, nervulosa, carinato-convoluta, postice puberula, \\ — 2 cent, 

 longa. Amenta opposilifolia, erecta, pedunculo 1 cent, longo birtello 

 sustenta, cyliudrica, submucronata, jwnnam columbinara vix crassa, fal- 

 catim curvata , 5 — 6 cent. longa. Flores dcnsissimi, subsjnraliler dis- 

 positi perexigui, Bracteae pedicellatae, peltatae, pel la transverse oblonga 

 fusca nuda, marginibus et pedicello pilis longis moUibiis densis luteis dein 

 magis ochraceis ciliatae. Stamina?, filamcnlis glabris teretiusculis, 

 antheris subgloboso-renilbrniibus, loculis rima brevi lalerali biantibus 

 fuscis. Ovarium sen bacca immatura obovata, vertice longe luteo-villosa, 

 area nuda elevata lusca nitida, an stigmatum vestigia (sec. sp. Galeott.) 



In specimine Scbiedeano ramulus adest I'oliis majoribus utrinque 

 octocostatis instructus, babitu ad A. aduncam acccdens. Ilacc I'olia 14 — 15 

 cent, longa, 4 — 5 lata sed alioquin haud di versa. Reliquorum ramulorum 

 folia a descriptis vix diiFcrunt, Amenta baccis Icre maturis onusta 7 9 



