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mis in nervishirtello-pubescentibus, his coriaceo-membranaceis 

 subtilissitne pellucido-panctulatis , supra nitidulis, lanceolalo- 

 ellipticis vel lanceoJalo-subovalis , basi Icviter inaequali obtu* 

 sis, inaequilateris, versus apicem sensim altenualis, longe sub- 

 oblique acuminatis, anientis erectiusculis breviler pedunculatis 

 cylindricis rectis folio multoties brevioribus, bracleis iiiflexo- 

 subconchaeformibus ciliatis , baccis rubiginoso -villosis. 



Herb. Willd. n. 634! 



Habitat in insula Portoricco (Hb. A'^entenat. nunc De Less.!), 

 in India occid. (nomine Piper aequale in Herb. Le Less.!) 



Frutex nodosus dichotonie ramosus, ram is obsolete trigonis striatis, 

 glabris, minute verruculosis , ramulis pubesccnti-birtellis; intemodiis 

 2 — 4 cent. longis. Folia erectiuscula , coriaceo-membranacea, subtilissime 

 pellttcido-punctulata , supra atro-viridia , laevia, glabra, subnitidula , ner- 

 vis prominalis notata, subtus pallide iuscescenti-viridia nitidula, inprirais 

 in nerve costis et venulis hirtello-pubescentia, petiolis 1 cent, vix longis, 

 antice canaliculatis, hirlello-pubescentibus sustenta, Janceolato-elliptica vel 

 in alio speciminc lanceolato-ovata, basi parum inaequali obtusa, inaequi- 

 latcra . versus apicem sensim attenuata Jongeque acuminata, acumincobli- 

 qno aliquando subtalcato obtusiusculo vel acute, minora 13 cent, longa, 

 4| lata, majora 20J: cent, longa, 7 infra medium lata; nervo medio 

 subtus promincnte, crassiusculo , percurrente utrinque 5— 6 costas pro- 

 minulas adscendentcs emittente , quarum summa ad y circiter alt. orta 

 ad apicem percurrit, duae subsequentes fortiores paralJelae, interiores 

 subtiles submarginales ; costulae(iuc herizontales plurcs subtilissimac. 

 Stipula oppositi folia cite caduca, lanceolata, carinata, curvata, pu- 

 bcrula, petiolum aequans. Amenta subcrecta, pedunculis crassis pu- 

 bescentibus 4 — 5 mm. longis sustenta, cylindrica, recta vel levissime 

 curvata, ebtusa , 4— 5 cent, longa, deflorata 3 — 4 mm. crassa tota rubi- 

 ginosa-pubesccntia. Bractea coriacea, apice inflexo-subconchaeiormis, 

 vertice truncate similunari-triangulari ciliata. Bacca obconica angulesa 

 (saepe tetragona). apice convexo umbilicato pilis rubiginosis vel flavican- 

 tibus dense tecta, stigmatum 3 — 4 linearium vestigiis erectis instructa. 

 Ovaria immatura baccis conformia, stigraatibus picrumque 4 erectis 

 teretiusculis in sicco nigricantibus instructa. (sec. sp. Herb. De Less.) Sp. 

 Herb. Willd. onmino congruit. 



129. Artanthe rugosa. Piper rugosum Lam. P. bul- 

 latum Vahl Enum. I, p. 313. Ramulis scabro-villosis , foliis 

 ovato-oblongis allenuatis rugosis, supra nitidis, subtus villosis, 

 nervis obsolelis, araentis folia aequantibus. 



