493 



subquadratac , lateribus compressiusculae , Tertice rotundato-lruncatae , 

 vcstigiis stigmatumScoronatae, glabrae, insipidae, magnitadinc seminis 

 Sinapis. Pericarpium tenue. Semen obovato-subquadratum, lateribus 

 compressiusculum , vertice rotimdato-triincatum , leviter umbonatum basi 

 snbretusum, laeve, castaneo-luscum nitidultim (sec. sp. cit.) 

 Obs. Formis angustifoliis sequentis valde affinis. 



134. Arfanthe geniculata. Piper Swart z! Prodr, p. 

 t- 15. Flor. Ind. occid. Tom. I. p. 57. Steffensia Kuntk ! in 

 Linnaea I c. p. 612. Piper nitidum IFeigelt! pi Sur. exsicc. 

 Ramis sub verrucosis ramulisque follisque glabris, his mem- 

 branaceo-coriaceis epunctulalis, opacis, sublus pallidioribus , 

 obloD^is, ellipticis vel elliplico-lanceolatis^ acuminatis vel acu- 

 tis basi rotundata valde inaequalibus, costis utrinque 7 et 

 pluribus, peliolo e slipula adnata canaliculate demum cicatri- 

 sato amentis palentibus rectis, folio duplo triplove breviori- 

 bus pedunculo petiolum subaequante, bracteis peltatis trian- 

 gularibus ciliato-fimbrialis, baccis parallelopipedeis a lateribus 

 compressis. 



Herb. "R illd. n. 637 .' excl. Iragm. b. 



Habitat in sylvis lapidosis Jamaicae (Swartz! 1. c. et in 

 Herb, cit.), in Jamaica et ins. Trinitatis (Vahl), in Jamaica 

 (Wiles! in Herb. DeLess.), in Guiana gallica (Poiteau, Leprieur! 

 n. 149. 150, Gabriel! in Herb. De Less.), Surinam! (Weigelt! 

 Focke! in Herb, prop.), Brasilia, ad Rio Janeiro (Gaudich.! 

 n. 107, Guillerain! n. 69. in Herb. De Less.) 



Frutex, teste swartzio, hiorgyalis et altior, sed caulis licet saepc 

 crassus, tam debilis at ab aliis fruticibiis quasi scandens, suffulcialur, 

 ad ramos versus apicein erumpentes geniculatus, tci-es, gbiber. — Rami 

 teretes vel una Facie compressi, striulati, glabri, subverrucosi , verruculis 

 albidi"! (teste sw. virgati, longi, i'ragilissimi), internodiis 3—6 cent. lon- 

 gis, nodis valde tumidis. Folia breviter petiolata magnitudine et forma 

 varia, inferiora multum majora et latiora, superiora minora angustata. 

 Petiolus I— Iv cent, longus, glabcrrimus, scmitereti-canaliculatus, versus 

 basin dilatatus, stipula usque ad minoris lateris folii angulum adnata, 

 (deiu dccidua) membranacco-alatus , alae margine scarioso. Laminae 

 ellipticac vel oblongae, breviter acuminalae, basi valde inaequales ct re 

 tundatac, inacqnilatcrales, glaberrimac, coriaceo-membranaceae, cpunctu- 

 latac, supra atro-virides , subtus pallidiores lusccscenti-glaucesccntes ; e 

 nervo medio versus basin crassiusculo ct prominente utrinque 7 et plarcs 



