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08. Artanthe alnoldes. Piper Kuntholim.Steffensiaejmd. 

 in Linnaea I. c. p. 643. Ramulis hirto-villosis, foliis modice 

 petiolatis, patulis, rigido-membranaceis pellucido-punclulatis, 

 oblique ovato-oblongis, basi inaequalibus rotundalis aliquando 

 subcordatis, apice acuminatis, supra opacis subbullatis hispido- 

 scaberrimis, subtus nitidulis et inpriinis in nervis hispidulo- 

 pubescenlibus , costis utrinque 4 — 5, araentis reclis patulis 

 folio ter quaterve brevioribus, bracteis peltatis, vertice his- 

 pido-pilosis. 



Habitat in insula St. Catharinae (Gaudichaud! in Herb. De 

 Less. n. 276 bis, et apud Kunth 1. c.) 



Frutcx. Rami dichotomi nodosi. sicci subtriangulares, scabriusculi , 

 ramnli hirtello-villosi , internodiis 3 — 4 cent, longis. Folia patula 

 rigido-niembranacea, pelhjcido-punetata , supra obscura, demum subbul- 

 losa, papulis conicis densis sparsisque pilis admodum scabra, subtas pal- 

 lidiora, subnitidula, juniora plana, adaltiora siiblacunosa, inprimis in 

 neiris scabro-hirtclla, petiolis |— 1| cent, longis, antice canaliculatis, 

 hirtellis sustenta, oblique ovato-elliptica, basi inaequali rotundata rarins 

 subcordata, marginibus demum subrevoluta, acuminata, acuminc acuto 

 submncronato, 9—13 cent, longa, 3—5— Sf supra basin lata; e nervo 



medio fortiore subtus promincnte percurrente utrinque (usque § alt.) 4 5 



costae subtus proininentes, quarum superior ad apicem pcrcurrit; reliquae 

 versus margines adscendentes anastomostbus transversis reticulanlibus pro- 

 minulis conjunguntur. Stipnlae in apice ramulorum oppositifoliae, 

 ovato-oblongae, naviculares, oastaneo-tuscae , dorse bispidulae, lA cent, 

 longae. Amenta pedunculala cjlindracca recta, juvenilia griseo^tomen- 

 tosa 4 cent, longa, pedunculo hirtelJo i~l cent, longo. Flores dense 

 et annulatim dispositi juveniles. Bracteae pedicellatae, pcltatae, pelta 

 subrotunda, area exigua nnda, caeteruni grisco-bispido-pilosa. Stamina 

 3 ve] 4? Filamenta fililbrma, glabra, lusca, antherac ovatac obtu- 

 sae pallide flavae, biloculares, loculis rima hiantibus. Ovarium glabrum 

 conicum. Stigmata 3 subulata erectiuscula (sec. sp. .Gaud. Herb. De 

 Less.) 



99. Artanthe declpiens. Raraulis tereli-compressis pu- 

 bescenlibus vel glabratis, foliis brevissime peliolatis, oblongis 

 vel obovato-oblongis, basi auriculatim semicordatis, acute acu- 

 minatis, rigido-membranaceis obsoletissime pellucido-punctula- 

 lis, supra laete viridibus glabris, subtas petioloque postice, 

 inprimis ad nervura costasque hirtdlo-pubescenlibus, costis ma- 

 joribua utrinque 4, araentis modice pedunculatis, folio mul- 



