504 



In sp. Poeppigiano folia paullo minora; in Ruixianis subcoriacea, 

 amenta leviter curvata. 



1 43. Artanf he polyneara . Piper crocatum Poepp.! pi. exs. 

 P. indecorum Kunth olim. Schilleria ejusd. in Linn. I. c. p. 722. 

 Raniulis junioribus peliolis foliisque sabtus in nervo el coslis 

 fusee barbalo-villosis, his coriaceo-iuembranaceis subepunctu- 

 latis, supra glaberrimis opacis deraum minutissime verruculosis, 

 subtus in nervo costisque dense venulisque sparse villoso-bar- 

 batis, oblongis acuminatis, basi subaequali acutiusculis vel 

 oblusiusculis , costis ulrinque per totaxn longitudinem circiler 

 16 patulo-adscendenlibus, araento cylindrico folium circiler 

 aequante? recto, pedunculo petiolum fere aequanle, bracleis 

 pedicellatis inflexo-peltatis, pella glabra irregulariler Iriangu- 

 lari, subtilissime ciliolata? 



Habitat in Peru via subandina (Poeppig! in Hb. reg. berol.) 

 Rami gkbri, striati, minute verruculosi, ramuli juniores villis spar- 

 sis obsiti. Folia juniora membranacea, vetusta subcoriacea, subepunc- 

 tulata, supra in sicco pallide viridia opaca glaberrima, sublaevia, ad len- 

 tem atomuhs albis elevatis conspersa, subtus parum pallidiora, villis 

 griseo-iuscis in nervo et costis dense barbata, in venulis et alibi spar- 

 sis obsita, oblonga, plerumque anguste oblonga, parumper inaequilatera, 

 juniora marginibus villoso-ciliata , apice anguste acuminata, acumine acu- 



tato, basi subaequali acuta vel obtusiuscula, 11 — 18 cent, longa, 5 6| 



lata, petiolis antice canaliculatis viJlosis 1— 1| cent, lonps snstenta. 

 E nervo medio pcrcurrente subtus prominente supra versus basin canalicu- 

 late per totara longitudinem utrinquc 16 circiter costae subtus promi- 

 nentes, patulo-adscendenlcs versus margines tendentes parallelae, inferiores 

 pauUo raagis approximatae, plerumque simplices anastomosibns vix con- 

 spicuis junctae. Stipula oppositifolia decidua, membranacea ovato- 

 acuminata, carinato-con vol uta glabra, marginibus apiceque sparse pilosa, 3 

 cent, longa. Amentum adest nnicum (sed suramitate diffracta) -cylin- 

 dricnm, rectnm 8 cent, longum, 3 mm. crassum, pedunculo sparse 

 piloso 1| cent, longo tenui sustentum. Flores annulatim dispositi. 

 Bracteae pedicellatae, apice inflexo-peltatac, glabrae, pelta irrc^ulariter 

 triangulari marginibus plerumque deflexa. Baccae immaturae obpyra- 

 midafo angulosac vcrtice concaviusculo umbonatae, vel stigmatum triura 

 crassiusculorum vestigiis instructae. Antherae reniformes, biloculares 

 (sec. sp. cit.) 



144. Artantlie anonaefolla. Piper Kunth olim. Stef- 

 fensia ejusdem in Linnaea I. c. p. 619. Artanthe apiculata 



