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Hispaiiice : Cuhebas, Pimientaa coJa 



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Lusitanice ; Pimenfa del raboi 



OhservaUo. Plantam In \^rnsjavae insulae locis cnltani, candcm esse ac illa quae sponle 

 crcscens a Cl. Blume est rcpcrta, e spccLinine cnlto ab indefesso Spanogiie lecto et in Hcr-. 

 bario Rcijio Batavo scrvato, luculentcr constat (1). 



DEscRirTio SPEciMiiVis sicci Javanici, 



' Caults ligiiosus frulicosus scandcns tcrcs epidermide corlicali giabra (in siccis) non ni- 

 tente, in infcriore caulis parte albo-jjrlsca , aut subcinnamomeA , subrimosa, in snperiore 

 pallide fuscesccnte, in nascenlibus raniis tcnuissime striuUJa subpuberula. Rami bifurcati, 

 jsupci-iores 0,004, supremi 0,002 circitcr in diametro. A\cs in utra<iue c\trcniitate incriis- 

 isati, binc ranii nodoso-articulati , articiiUs mcdio ah\j[uaiito contractis; 0,04 ad 0,06 lon^p, 

 articuli superioriun ramorum 0,005 ad 0,01 (quodraro) in diametro. 



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Gemmae parvae ovoideae, iii siccls atro-fiiscae. 



FoLiA alterna, glabra, corlacea, in supcrficic supcrlore vix nltculia, in pa[;Ina inferiore 



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paUidc viiidia, tdbo-pmictulata (ncc in siccis), ncrvis majoribus prominentibus, nasccn- 

 tium petiolis puberulis. In stirpe masciilifia folia infeinora ovata, versus apiccra brevisslme 

 hcuminata, ibiquc subinacqualia nno marglne altero convexiore, basi inacqualllcr subcordala, 

 'superiot-a mvLf^ls obloii«a ovali-eUiptica , vIt aciimlnata, obtusiusciJa , basi inacqualitcr sub- 

 cordata, suprema ter quaterve minora lato-lanceolata acuto-obtusiuscula, basi subinaequalia 

 aut oblique leviter emarglnata , lobulo majori pellolum subtcjjentc. E nerro medio crassiorc 

 inferne lonoitudlnaliter strlato (2), totum folium percurrente ct fcre excurrenlc, supra folii 

 fcasln utrlnque dito laierales alternatim oriuntur , quonim duo injimi prope basin suboppo- 

 site orti latcraliter divergentes in Inferiore vcl mcdio folio evancscunt , in anastomoscs abeunles. 



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Duo superiores saepe fortlorcs longiores supra medium folium , saepc fere ad apiccm , eTtensi ; 



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praetcr hos in infima folli basi e neno medio quidam tenuissimi^ st.'ifim evanidi aut cum 

 i-ellquis per anastoiiioses juncti ad marginem dccurrentes supra medium folium cxtcnsi, oriun- 



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tur , ct in supcrlore folii parte unus alterve fortior nervus crumpit , fere ad apicem cxtensus; 

 Omnes nervi anastomoslbus transversis regularibus elegantcr juncti, arcolas majorcs quadian- 

 gulares, aut rhomboidales , efformantes , in mlnorcs angiiiosas polyoonasve intcrdum divisas. 



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ndreolartim lateralium margo externus convCxus folii margincm non tangit, quare nervulus 



quasi imdul 



ido illo inlimo laterali quasl orlus) prope illum decorrft. Omncs 



inferlore pagina magis prominent quam m superiore. — Petioti brcvcs antice canalicuIaM , 

 ct ad basin iii siccls caUoso-trausvcrse sulcali , postice teretes , sacplus allquomodo flcxi , follo 

 subinde ad latus oppositum ei ex quo crumpit, dirccto, ct ob patentcm ramonim situm foliis 

 onmibus , *pa « Ina superiore versus luccm tctidcntc , ht^c sursum directis ct in uno ferc plano 



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Num Pip^r Cuheba in Bengalia etiam colitur, afllrmare non auslm, Saltem ibi Laccac viilgari usct conlra gonorrhocara 

 diu jam inscivlunt, et Chirurgus CRA.\VFUaT eas in Europa commendavlt. Vix huic unicae ripcris speciei haec Tirtus 

 medicata propria esse vidctur, cum tot uumeris Piperis species convcniant. Cl. D^scuurtilez jam Fiper jHliatum 

 tanquam antigonorrhoroicum laudavlt. (Cf. Ilore mcdicah dcs Antillcs. Lirr. 5L) 



(2) Nervi methl pars iiiferior e tot fasciculis compositus est quot nervi latcralcs ex 



lum coiui^uncntc, Indc hac blilac :>ulcivc in nervo mcdio spccijnlnum siccorum ohvii. 



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