547 



Diffcrl a praeccdentibas foJioram basi, nervorum decursn, bractcis et 

 stigmatum forma. 



12, Ottonia? Carpunya. Piper Ruiz et Pav.! Fl. Peruv. 

 Tom. I p. 37. Opizl in Reliq. Haenk. Ill p. 155. Schilleria 

 Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. p. 693. Piper Carpupya Pers. Syn- 

 ops. I. Ramulis petiolis foliisque utrinque glabris, his co- 

 riaceis subtilissime pellucido-punctalis supra nitidis, ovalo- 

 ellipticis, basi subaequali cordatis, apice modice acuminatis, 

 totis pluricostulalis, amentis secundis rectis obtusis folio j bre- 

 vioribus tenuibus, bracteis cucullato-inflexis galeato-conchae- 

 formibus glabris, stiginatibus 3 patentibus, baccLs subglobosis 

 angulatis umbilicalis. 



Icon. Ruiz ct Pav. 1. c. Tab. 63. b. 

 Herb. Willd. n. 652! 



Habitat in Peruvia (Ruiz et Pav,!), in raontibus Huauuco 

 (Ilaenke!), in Chili (Poeppigl Herb. n. 59 (1354) in Herb. reg. 

 beroL) 



Ramuli flcxaosi valdc nodosi, terctiasculi, striulati, laeves, glabri, 

 vctustiores einerei, subtilissime verruculosi, internodiis IJ — 3| cent 

 longis, nodis tumido-incrassatis. Folia patula, rigide coriacca subtilis- 

 sime pcllueido-punctata, utrinque glabcrrima, lacvia, supra nitida, nervo 

 medio sulcato ct costulis prominulis notata, sobtus pallidiora et minus 

 nitidula, ovato-elliptica plus minus inaequilatera , basi subacijuali cordata 

 lobis rotundatis approximatis , marginibus rigidis revoluta, apicc modice 

 acuminata, acamine acutato, 9J — 11 cent, longa, 5 — 6 lata, petiolis 

 ercctis cauli subappressis antice canaliculatis 1 cent, circiter longis sus- 

 tenta. E nervo medio subtus promincntc et pcrcurrente ntrinijue usque 

 ad 4 circiter alt. 4 — 5 costac adscendcntes longae subtus prominentes et 

 supra bas 8 — 10 magis patulae tenuiores exoriunlur. Stipula oppositi- 

 folia lanceolata, navicularis, glabra 2 cent, fere superans. Amenta 

 secunda, patula, recta, cylindrica, 6—9 cent longa obtusa, peduncu- 

 lis 1 cent, circiter longis sustenta. Flores densi. Bractcae coriacoae 

 glabrae breves cucuUato-inflcxac , lato-galoato-concbacformes , an basi vil- 

 losulae?, pcrsistentes. Stamina 4 ovario circumposita , filament is 

 persistentibas glabris fuscis. Ovarium sessile, subglobosum, glabrius- 

 culum, stigmatibus 3 scssilibus patcntibus. Baccae immaturae den- 

 sae scssilcs subrotundae umbilicatic glabrae, saporis junificrini (soc 

 6p. cit.) 



Spcciminis chilensis folia paullo majora ncc adco crassa. 



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