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14. Enckca discolor Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. p. 595. 

 Piper discolor Schlechtend.! in Linnaea Tom. V. p. 74. P. 

 Schlechtendalii Steud. JVomencl. ed. 2. Ramulis petiolis foliis- 

 que utrinque glabris^ his membranaceis, dense et obsolete 

 pellucido-punctulatis, saturate viridibus, opacis, subtus palli- 

 dis, oblique elliptico-oblongis ^ longe acumiiiatis, acumine 

 obtuso, basi inaeqaali rutundatis^ baud revolutis, quinque- 

 nerviis, amentis tenuibus laxifloris, fructiferis folio | brevio- 

 ribus, bracleis subrotundatis cucullato-concavis basi subtilissirae 

 hirtellis, stigmatibus 3 abbreviatis^ baccis remotiusculis sub- 

 clavato-oblongis , obtusis umbonalis, obsolete pentagonis gla- 

 bris, semiae sulcato-pentagono. 



Habitat in sylvis umbrosis pr. Jalapam, m, Aug. (Schiede! 

 in Herb. reg. beroL); ibid, ad all. 4000 p. (Galeotli ! n. 6010 

 in Herb. Se Less.) 



Frutex dichotome ramosus oodosus , ram is erectis. Rami ramaliqae 

 teretiusculi , striato-salcati , in slcco atro-brunnei opaci ; intemodiis 3 — 6 

 cent, longis. Folia erecto-patula, membranacea, densissiine et subtiliter 

 pellucido-punctata venulisque pellucidis, supra atro-viridia opaca , subtos 

 pallida olivaceo-glauca vix nitidula , utrinque glabra, oblique elliptico- 

 oblonga vel ovato-elliptica, basi inaequali rotundata nee revoluta, apice 

 longius acuminata, acumine obtuso, marginibus planis vel leviter revo- 

 lutis, 8 — 9 cent, circiter longa, 21—4 lata, quinquenervia, nervis 

 3 mediis subtus prominentibus ad apicem ductis , iniimis marginalibiis 

 subtilibus ; onmes anastomosibus subtus prominulis crccto-patulis rcticu- 

 latis juncti; petioli teretiusculi, glabri , antice leviter canaliculati 

 5 — 1 cent, longi, Stipulae oppositifoliae minutae subulatae glabrae. 

 Amenta erecto-ptitula filil'ormia, tenuia, baccii'era strictiuscula 3^ — 5 

 cent, longa, pedunculis tenuibus glabris 1—2 cent, longis sustenta. 

 Flores contertiusculi , baccae remotiusculae. Bracteae sessiles, breves, 

 subrotundatae , cucullato-concavac , crassiusculae , subtus versus basin 

 subtiliter hirtellae persistentcs. Stamina 4, ovario circumposita , fila- 

 mentis glabris teretibus, parte interiore persistente. Antberae sordide 

 flavae biloculares subrenitbrmes. Ovarium cylindracco-oblongum gla- 

 brum, stigmatibus 3 scssilibus, incrassato-abbreviatis, rotundatis, albo- 

 puberulis. Baccae patulae, clavato-oblongae obtusae, apice cicatrisalae, 

 obsolete pentagonae rugulosae, glabrae, nigricantes, lere siccae, 4 mm. 

 longae et longiorcs, anisatae. Semen oblongum, sulcato-pentagoaum , 

 fuscum, laeve. (sec. sp. Schied.) 



In s|tcc. a cl. GAiEOTTi lecto folia subtus minus discoloria nco basi 

 adco lata. — In sp. cult. Hort. Bcrol. folia clliptico- vel ovato-lanceo- 



