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leviter inaequali aciitiuscula , marginibus integemmis planiusculas vel 

 leviter incurva, ajDice breviter acuminata, acumine obtuso, raro baud 

 acuminata, 14—20 cent, longa, 6—9 lata. E nervo medio crasso et 

 valde prominente pcrcurrente utrint|He per totam longitudinem 8 — 12 

 costae fortes patulo-adscendentes arcuatim versus marlines decurrentes (et 

 tenuiores cum bis alternae parallelae et breviores) quarum summa proxime 

 ad apicem orta , tere ad ultimum apicem percurrit , infima subtilior et 

 brevier; anastomoses reticulatae parallelae prominentes. Stipula op- 

 positifolia lanceolata, acuminata, carinato-complicata , rectiuscula, 

 glabra, 1| cent, fere longa. Amenta erecto-patula , pedunculis glabris, 

 8—10 mm. longis, sustenta , rectiuscula, tenuia, teretia, 8 — 10 cent, 

 longa, versus apicem paullo attenuata, basi 2 mm. vix crassa. Flores 

 remotiuscnli , rhachin fusee pubescentem hie illic inter se nudam relm- 

 quentcs. Bractea brevis, concavo-inflexa , subconchaeformis vix peltata 

 postice puberula, in nostris aegre investiganda. Stamina 2, supra et 

 jnxta ovarium posita patula , filamentis teretibus crassiusculis , an- 

 tberis sordidc dilute flavis reniformibus, loculis rima utrinqne biantibus. 

 Ovarium patens ovatura tetragonum glabrum, stigraatibus 4 elliptico- 

 rotundatis crassis adnatis, supra albo-puberulis , ? persistentibus. (sec. 

 sp. cit.) 



152. Artanthe aequalis. Piper Vahl! Enum. Tom. I. 

 p. 3 1 5. Schilleria Kunth in Linn. I. c. p. 687 excl. syn. Opiz. 

 Ramulis peliolis foliisqae utrinque glaberrimis , his coiiaceis 

 epunclulatis, nitidulis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi subaequali acu- 

 tis vel oblusiusculis, inaequilateris , apice longiuscule acurai- 

 natis, acumine obtuso, coslis majoilbus utrinque 6—7, amen- 

 tis breviter pcdunculatis cylindricis subreclis folio plus \ bre- 

 vioribus, bracleis inflexis subconchaeforniibus cilialis, baccis 

 obpyramidalis trigonis vertice griseo-hirtellis mucronulato- 

 umbonalis, semine conformi fusco. 

 , Herb. Willd. n. 649 ! 



Habitat in insula Trinitatis {Sieber! Fl. Trinit. n. 192 in 

 Herb. De Less.), in Montserrat (Vahl ! in Herb. Willd.) 



Ramulus nodosus , teretiusculus, pallide viridis striulatus , glaber , 

 laevis, internodiis 3—4 cent, longis; nodi tumidi medio constricti. Folia 

 erectiuscula rigido-coriacea , epunctulata , supra atro-viridia , parum ni- 

 tida, subtus futescenti-gbiuca nitidula, petiolis semiteretibus antice 

 canaliculatis glabris 1^- cent, longis sustenta, glaberrima, oblongo-elliptica 

 raro subovato-clliptica , basi fere aequali acuta rarissime obtusiuscula , 

 plus minus inaeqiiilatera, marginibus plana, apice longiuscule acuminata 



