497 



supra sabopncis et verruculosis, nigroque punctatis, subtus 

 paJlidioribus , ellipticis inaequilaleris, basi leviter inaeqaali 

 aculis vel obtusis, apice brevissirae acurainatis, costalls majo- 

 ribus utrinque usque ad | alt. circiler 5 adscendenlibus, 

 araenlis demum patulis leviter curvatis crassis, folio mulloties 

 brevioribus, pedunculo glabro petiolum superante, bracteis 

 breviter pedicellatis peltatis subiiiflexis, fere tolis tomentoso- 

 hirtis, anlheris subquadrilocularibus. 



Habitat in Brasilia ad Tejuco (Yauthier! n. 481 in Herb. 

 De Less.) 



Ramulas teretiusculus, stridatus, glaber, laevis, internodiis 3—4 

 cent, longis. FoJia jjatula, rijjidiuscule coriacea, sparse subpcllacido- 

 panctulata, supra saturate viridia subobscura verrnculis albidis et punctis 

 gland ulosis atris adspersa hinc tactu asperula, subtus pallidiora fusces- 

 centi-nitidula, laevia, utrinque glabra, petiolis glabris antice canalica- 

 latis 1 cent, propemodum longis snstenta. clbptica, vel subovato-elhptica, 

 plus minus inaequilatcra, basi leviter inaequali acutiuscula vel obtusa, 

 raarginibus extenuatis planiuscula, apiee brevissime acuminata, acumine 

 aeutiusculo, 12—14 cent. longa, 6—7 lata; e nervo medio subtus pro- 

 minente percurrente utrinque usque ad J— ^ alt. costae 5—6 adscendentes 

 majores (pluresque subtiles subhorizontales; exoriuntur, quaram summa 

 ad apiccm saltern per anastomoses continuatur, inlerioresmaltosubliliorcs; 

 omnes anastomosibus reticulatis junctae in sicco fusccscentes. Stipula 

 oppositifolia ovato-aciiminata subcarjnata glabra If cent, snperans. 

 Amenta deflorata patula vel erecto-patula , pedunculis If cent, longis 

 glabris sustenta, cylindrica, versus apicem attenuata obtusa, 4|— 5 cent, 

 longa, basi ^ fere crassa, curvata, adspectu cinerascentia. Flores an- 

 Bulatim dispositi. Bracteac brevissime pcdiccllatae , pcltatae, antice 

 concavo-subinflexae, exiguae, area exigua rotundata nudae, caeterum pilis 

 longis luteo-griseis subpuberulis totae birto-toraentosae. Stamina...., an- 

 ther ae subgloboso-reniformes, loculis connectivo crasso cylindrico promi- 

 nulo utrinque adnatis, prolunde sulcatis bine antberam omnino quadri- 

 locularcm sistentibus, effoetis a connectivo persistentc lobulatira solutis, 

 sordide lutcis. Stigmata in ovario foecundato 3 abbrcviata crassa pube- 

 rula, (sec. sp. cit.) 



1 38. Artanthe tuberculata . Piper J acq. Collect. Suppl. 

 p.l. IL B. KJ ISov. Gen. Tom. I. p. 53. VI aequin. Tom. II. 

 p. 44, Kunth Synops. Tom. L p. 109. Steffensia pjusd.! in 

 linnaea I. c. p. 614. Piper obliquum Balbis! in Herb, berol. 

 Piper ntftans Opiz in Reliq. Haenk. fasc. III. p. 150. fid£ 



