470 



saturate viridia opaca, nervis lineata, demum sabbnlJosa, vemjcis pa- 

 pulosis crcbcrrimis pilisque brevibus sparsis inprimis supra nervutn 

 medium scaberrima, subtus I'usco-canesccntia , pilis moUibus supra 

 nmos densis inque venulis sparsis, verruculisque punctilbrmibus tactu 

 inter nervos aspcrula, juniora in nervis sericea, petiolis semiteretibus 

 birtis , ima basi e stipula dorso adnata cicatrisatis , 5—9 mm. longis, 

 sustenta , obliqua , inaeqailatera , oblongo-Ianceolata et plurima lanceo- 

 lata, basi inacqnalia, inferiora ohtusiuscula (latere scil. majore obtuso 

 altero acute resecto), superiora acutiuscula, versus apicem attennata et 

 longe acuminata , acumine acuto, marginibas levissime revoluta, 11—15 

 cent, longa, 2 J— 4 lata; e nervo medio percurrente subtus prominente 

 utrinque usque ad § alt. 5, raro in latere minore 4 costae parallelae 

 adscendentcs exoriuntur, alternae, quarum surama ad apicem ducta, 

 reliquae alte versus marlines adscemlentes, infimae subtiliores, omne^ 

 anastomosibus liorizontalibus proniinulis junctae. Stipula oppositifolia 

 merabranacea lineari-lanceolata convolota puberula 6—8 mm, longa. 

 Amenta juniora crecta, adultiora erecto-patula . peduncalis rectis 

 sursum panllo incrassatis puberulis 1_2J cent, longis (aetate nimirum 

 sensim increscentibus) snflPulla, sursum plus minus arcuatim curvata 

 cyhndrica, pleraque rostrato-acuminata, 4§— 8 cent, lon^a, 2—3 mm' 

 crassa (nostra nondum florentia). Flores annulatim dispositi. Bracteae 

 pedicellatae peltatae, pelta semiorbicnlari vel suborbiculari, fusco-frkn- 

 dulosa, gnseo-lutec^ciliata. Genitalia nondum eflbrmata. (sec. sp. Herb 

 De Less.) ^ 



Specimina a cl. kp.mh desciipta a nostris paullo diversa , inprimis 

 amentis brevms pedunculatis, stipulis densius hirtis. Pedunculorua. 

 autem longitude m liac specie admodum varia. 



107. Artanthe obesa. Piper Vahl Enum. Tom I. p 

 321. F. scabmm Buiz et Pat. Fl. Perup. Tom. /. p a^J^ 

 mm Fers. Synops. Tom. I. p. 30. P. dumosum? Rudjpi 

 Guran. Joliis ov.tis aculis, l,a«i inaequalibus, rujjosissimis,' 

 subtus pubescentibus, supra scabro-asperis , a.nentis ereelis 

 folio brevioribus. 



Icon. Ruiz et Pav. ]. c. Tab. 55. %. b. 



Habitat iu Peruvia (Ruiz et Pav. I. c.) 



Fortasse descriptarum cujusdam synonymon. 



108. Artanthe umbro.a. Piper II. B. KJ Nov. Gen. 

 Tom. L p. 51 PLaequin. Tom. ILp. ,0. Kunth Synops. 

 Tom. L p. 107. SMeria^^) ejusd.! in Linn. I. c / 726. 



