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pcliolis 1§ — 2 cent, longis teretiuscnlis , antice canaliculalis undiqae 

 hirtellis, nascentibus utrinque stipula lineari membranacca pubernla sta- 

 tim soluta et decidua aactis sustenta , obb'qua , lato-elliptica aliqnando 

 ovato-elliplica , inaeqaiJalera , oblique longe acuminata , acumine acuto , 

 basi rotundata plus minus inaequalia et leviter cordata, lobis subtrun- 

 catis, 20 — 25 cent, longa, 9 — 12 lata, costis e nervo medio percurrente 

 Ibrtiore usque ad J alt. utrinque 5 — 6-raio 7, prominulis I'usccsccntibus , 

 adscendentibus , gumma ad apicem percurrente, sequcnte fere ad apicem, 

 omnibus versus margines adscendentibus: anastomoses transversac jiarallelae 

 subtiles prominulae. Axillae costarum aliquando nigricantcs. Stipula 

 oppositiFolia decidua, naviculari-lanceolata, dorso pilosula. Amenta 

 erectiuscula, pednnculis subglabris vel versus apicem pilosiasculis,! cent, 

 vix longis snstenta, 6 — 7 cent, longa (florescentia ineuntc), adspcctu grisea, 

 cjlindrica rectiuscula, pennam columbinam vix crassa. F lores densi. 

 Bracteae carnosae, apice inflcxo-peltatae, vertice triangulares, fuscae 

 glabrae glandulosae, marginibus ciliato-villosae pilis griseis. Stamina 3? 

 filamentis emersis teretiusculis, antberis albicantibus ovato-renitbr- 

 mibas , conneclivo I'usco , loculis oppositis infra paullo distantioribus ; 

 effoetis fuscis. Ovarium ovato- subglobosum , stigraata 3 filitbrmia 

 obtusa brevia? (sec. sp. Sieb. ex ins. Trin.) 



Piper dilatatum Rich.! in Guyana gall, lectnm tbliis tantora paullo 

 minoribus a speciminibus Sieberianis diflcrt. Baccae trigonac, obpyrami- 

 datae vertice truncatae nigrae glabrae, juniores stigmatibns 3 — 4 filitbr- 

 mi-Iinearibns puberuHs incrispatis instructae, demum umbonatae. 



Piper auritum Sieb. J a cF. KPNTH I. c. descriptum amen t is paullo 

 longioribus nee alia ratione differt. Baccae obovato-turbinatae, trigonae, 

 vertice convexiusculae, glabrae, granuloso-glandulosae. Semen contbrme 

 triangnlare , castaneo-iuscum , laeviuscuium , opacum. 



Forma t'oliis basi subacutis et supra inde ab initio tere glabris 

 ibiqne loco pilorum verruculas gerentibus, amentisque juvenilibus subpa- 

 tulis, in ins. St. Domingo lecta a cl. poiteau, in Herb. De Less, exstat. 



Varietas brevi-pedunculata. Ramulis pedunculisque glabris, 

 foliis obovato-ellipticis acarainalis basi inaequali subcordalis 

 (15 cent, longis), amentis maturis breviter pedunculatis (4—8 

 mm.) subcurvatis. Habitat in ins. Gouadaloupe (Perroltet! 

 in Herb. De Less.) 



111. Artanthe Blanchetll. Piper latifolium Salzmann! 

 in Herb. De Less. Ramulis puberulis demum glabratis, foliis 

 membranaceis subtilissirae pellucido punclatis parum nitidn- 

 lis, ulrinque petiolisque, inprirais in nervis densius pubes- 

 cenlibus, supra glabrioribus, oblique ovalo-cUipticis vcl ob- 



