mo 



in sicco utcscentc , roarginibus albo-villosula. Stamina 5? Antlierae 

 didyrao-renilbrnics hitescentcs loculis oblongis, rima lutcrali biantibus. 

 Ovarium tbecundatum oblongum, apice angustatura , stigmatibus 

 quatuor brevibus obtusis recurvatis vel erectis. Dacca iinmatura niti- 

 dula obovato-oblonga 2 mm. longa, stigmatum reliqniis vel cicatrice 

 umbonata. (sec. sp. cit.) 



13. Enckea orthostachya Kunth! I. c. p. 601. Piper 

 ejusd. olim. Ramulis glabris, foliis subcoriaceid, junioribus 

 obsolete, adultis baud pellucido-punctatis , supra saturate vi- 

 ridibus opacis subglabris , subtus pallidioribus in nervis petio- 

 lisque paten li-puberulis, vetustis fere glabris, oblique ovato- 

 ellipticis acuniinatis, basi aequalibus et in petiolum angus- 

 tatis, quinque— sejiteninerviis, ainentis secundis patentissiinis 

 rectis, folio \ brevioribus, bracteis couchaeformibus glabrius- 

 culis, stigmatibus 3 vel 4 abbreviatis recurvato-patulis. 



Habitat in Brasilia ineridionali, prope T**" da Galena (Sallow! 

 in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Rami di-trichotomi , nodosi, teretes, uno latere planiusculi, in sicco 

 fusci, sulcato-striati , glabri, internodiis 5^6 cent. longis. Folia 

 subcoriaceo-merabranacea , Tetusta fere utrinque glabra, epunctulata 

 juniora obsolete pell ucido-punctulata , opaca, supra saturate viridia sub- 

 glabra, subtus in nervis petiolisque patenti-puberula (nee glabra nt cl. 

 Kunth babet), pallidiora , oblique ovato-elliptica , plenimque valde inae- 

 quilatera, acuminata, acumine obtuso mucronato, basi aequali in petio- 

 lum angiistata, subdecurrentia, septemnervia , nervis subtus prominenti- 

 bus, 3 mediis per anastomoses ad apicem continuatis, extimis obsoletis 

 vel nullis, 10— 14 cent, longa, 5j— 7 lata, petiolis 1— IJcent. longis 

 antice canaliculatis pubcrulis demum glabratis sustenla. Stipula oppo- 

 sitifblia decidua convoluto-subulata, glabra, in dorsi carina puberula 

 (baud tota glabra ut cl. K. babet), 5 mm. longa. Amenta secunda, 

 patentissima, recta, cylindrica, obtusa, jwnnam columbinam crassa 

 5— 8|. cent, longa, pedunculo 1—1^ cent, subglabro. Flores densi. 

 Bracteae subsessilcs conchaeformes glabriusculae. Stamina 4? fila- 

 mentis brevibus, antheris sordide luteis, bilocularibus , subdidyrao- 

 renilbrmibus. Ovarium sessile, ovatum, glabrum. Stigmata 3 

 vel 4, an et plura?, abbreviata obtuta, recarvata, patula. Baccae 

 adhuc incognitae, (sec. sp. Hb. propr. ex Hb. reg. berol. comm.J 



Observ. Species IbJiorura forma et amentorum dircctione adspectu 

 inter congcneres faujus sectionis singularis, cum E. vcmicca quodammodo 

 romparanda. .. , ••: r* ., 



