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acutato, hasi inacqnali vcl acijnali obtusa vcl acuta, 11 — 12§. cent. Jono-a 

 5| circiter lata; costae nsque ad § alt. ulriiKjue circiter 5, tenues prominuJae 

 adscendcntes, quarum infimae duae subtiliteimae ad imam basin mox 

 evanescentes , summa ad apicem pcrducta, omnes anastomosibus transrersis 

 prominulis tenailer reticulatis junctae. Petioli glabri tgI fflabriiisculi 

 5 — 8 mm, lonfji. Amenta recta, cylindrica, obtusa, 8 cent, circiter 

 lonjra, 2| mm. crassa, pedunculo glabro 8 mm. longo sustenta. Brac- 

 teae pediccllatae , apice inflexo-peltatae, pelta acute triangulari margini- 

 bus pilis griseo-luscis ciliato-villosa. Baccae eJongato-obovatae trigonac 

 verlice rotundato concavo-truncatae umbonatae vel stigmatibus 3 per- 

 sistentibus coronatae, glabrae. Semen obovatum trigonum, sublaeve, 

 castaneo-luscum (sec. sj). cit.) 



120. Artanthe Churnmayn. Piper Ruiz et Pav. PL 

 Peruv. Tom. I p. 35. Schilleria Kunih in Linnaea I. c. p, 

 70f). Piper Curumaya Dietr. Ramulis junioribus tenniter 

 hirlo-tomentosis, foliis coriaceis epunclulatis, supra glabris, sub-' 

 tus praeserlim in nervo medio et venis petiolisque hirto-pube- 

 rulis, ovato-oblongis acurainatis, basi aequali acutis, amentia 

 subsecundis reflexis (semper?), bracteis pilosis apice cucuUatis 

 et glabris. 

 Icon. Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. Tab. 58 fig. b. 



Habitat in Peruvia (Ruiz et Pav.), ibid, ad Buasa-Huasi 

 (Dorabey apud Kunlh I. c.) 



Ramuli nodosi teretcs, janiores striati, tenuiter hirto-tomentosi , inter- 

 nodiis 4 — 6 cent, longis. Folia coriacea, cpunctulata, supra glabra, 

 subtus pracsertim in ncrvo medio et costis hirto-puberula, ovalo-oblonga, 

 acuminata, basi aequali acuta, costis utrinque 4 subparallelis, subtus 

 prominenlibus . 11—12 cent, longa, 8 circiter lata, pctiolis hirto-pube- 

 rnlis 2 — 3 cent, longis sustenta. Stipula oppositii'olia oblonga, navi- 

 cularis, dorso birto-pubcrula , falcato-curvata, 2i cent, ionga. Stipula 

 1^ cent. Ionga, interne petiolo adnata. Amenta subsecunda, reflexa 

 (an semper?) cylindrica obtusa, juvenilia sesquipollicaria, crassifie caudae 

 murinae, pedunculo Ij cent, longo tenuiter hirto-tomentoso sustenta. 

 Flores densi. Bracteae pilosae, apice cucullato? incrassalae et gla- 

 brae. Stamina quot? tilamentis glabris, antberis subrotando-reni- 

 Ibrmibus bilocularibus (ex Kuntb sec. sp. Dombey.) 



121. Artanthe glatorata. Piper Kunih! olim. Sleffen 

 sia ejusd.! in Linnaea I. c. p. fi32. Ramub's nascentibus pe- 

 tiolis foliisque subtus in iiervis lenerriine appresse puberub's, 

 his rigido-inerabranaceis pellucido-punclatis, supra glabris lae- 



