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gracilibus, 1 — l^ cent, longis sustenta, oblique ovato-elliptica , basi in- 

 aeqaali cordata lobis rotundatis subdivergentibus, aut, si basis valde 

 inaequalis, dimidiato-cordata, marginibus levissime revolata. apice modice 

 aut longius acuminata acumine acutiusculo, 7 — 13 cent, longa, 4 — 5|- 

 lata. Nervi subtus prominentes sordide lutescentes; e. n. medio crassius- 

 colo percurrcnte utrinque usque ad ^ — | alt. a basi 5 — 6 costae adscen- 

 dentes parallelae oriuntur, quarum itiGmae tenues et breves, reliquae 

 Ibrtiores alle adscendentes, summa ad apicem ducta, omnes anastomosibus 

 horizontalibus parallelis prorainulis junctae. Stipula oppositil'olia 

 decidua membranacea decolor lanceolata carinalo-complicata, postice pu- 

 berula marginibusque ciliolata, 8 — 9 mm. longa, aliquando diutius per- 

 sistans, (sec. sp. viv. cult. Hort, berol.) 



91. Artanthe fallglnea. Piper Kunth! olim. Steffen- 

 sia{?) Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. p. 655. Ramalis petiolis foliis- 

 que subtus fuligineo-tomentosis, his subcoriaceis obsolete pel- 

 lucido-punctulatis, supra opacis striguloso-verruculoso-scabris, 

 oblique oblongis subacuminatis , basi inaequaliter cordatis, cos- 

 lis usque ad i alt. utrinque 5—6, amentis longe pedunculatis 

 erectiusculis rectis, folio • brevioribus, bracteis peltatis vertice 

 fere toto hirto-tomentosis, stigmatibus 3, baccis obovato-pyra- 

 midatis, vertice concaviusculo umbonatis subpuberuHs. 



Habitat in Brasilia raeridionali (Sellow! in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Frutex dicbotome ramosus nodosus. Rami teretes vel tereti-compressi , 

 griseoiasci, striati, vcrruculis minutis scabri, nodis crassis nigricantibus, 

 ramuli sordide fusee hirto-tomentosi ; internodia 1—4 cent, longa. Folia 

 adulta rigide subcoriacea obsolete pellucido-punctata, supra opaca vcrru- 

 culis pilisque appressis exiguis rigidis scabra, subtus pilis sordide fuscis 

 moUibns incrispatis pubcscenli-tonientosa, oblique oblonga, plus minus 

 inacquilalera, vix aut brcvissime acuminata, apice ipso obtusiusculo , basi 

 inaequali cordata, G-S^cent. longa, 2|— 4 lata, petiolis antice canali- 

 colatis tomentoso-birtis 2—6 mm. longis sustenta, lateribus plerumque 

 antice convergentibus. E nervo medio subtus prominente percurrcnte, 

 supra canaliculato utrinque 5—6 costae usque ad I circitcr alt. oriuntur, 

 versus margines adscendentes, quarum infima subtilissima, summa ad api- 

 cem ducta, omnes anastomosibus borizontalibus parallelis prominulis vel 

 absconditis junctae. Stipula oppositifolia ovato-lanceolata , carinata, 

 postice tomentoso-pubescens, membranacea, IJ cent, lore longa. Amenta 

 erecta, recta, cylindrica, obtusa, florentia 4—5 cent, longa, 3—4 mm. 

 crassa, griseo-fulva, baccilera paullo crassiora, peduncnlis molliter 

 hirtis 2— 2f cent, longis sustenta. Floras annulatim dispsiti. Bracteae 

 pediccUatne ix;ltatae, pcdicello complanato, maiginibus membnmaccis pi- 



