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Miniiii videtur, qiiod Swartzius (Observ. 1. c.) sub Pip. rotundifolio Systema 

 Veget. LiNN^i p. 74, 17 citat. Notœ Kunthii 1. c. quam Geisebachii et Swaetzii 

 minus perspicuaî. 



23. P. major (Miq). 



P. repens, radicaiis; caulis teres, pubescens; folia alterna, late Cor- 

 el ata, acutiusciila v. obtiisa, basi retiisa v. late cordata, 5-nervia, plana, 

 subcoriacea, supra puberula, subtus glabra; amenta solitaria, densiflora, 

 pedunculura teretem 2 — 3-plo superantia; pistilluni ovoideum, apice disco 

 obliquo, mueronato, antice stigmatifero auctum; bacca ellipsoide a v. cy- 

 lindracco-ellipsoidea, parce papillosa. rostro longo, oblique affixo, 

 subfiliformi, dense papilloso munita, pedicello brevi, crasso, subgloboso 

 imposita, demum patentissima. 



Descr. H erb a obscure viridis. 



Caulis longe repens, minute pubescens, parce ramosus, ramis junio- 

 ribus densius pubescentibus. 



Folia alterna, subtus pallidiora, vix caniosa, ovato-cordata, late 

 cordata v. rotundato-ovata, basi nunc cordata, nunc truucata v. retusa, (no- 

 vissinia ovata), apice acutiuscula v. obtusa, nervis 5 — 7 (mediis 3 ad apicem 

 percurrentibus), supra impressionibus levibus notatis, subtus crassis, promi- 

 nulis, reticulo contra lucem conspicuo, pellucido-punctata, nervis subtus ssepe 

 pubescentibus. 



Petiolus longiusculus, folium sequans v. superans, semi-teres, supra 

 canaliculatus, subglaber, foliorum novorum puberulus. 



Ameuta ramulos monopbyllos terminantia, foliis opposita, carnosa, 

 densiflora, sursum subattenuata. 



Pedunculus crassitie amentum vix sequans, teres, pubescens, ad 

 basin foliolo angusto plerumque instructus. 



Flores rliachi semi-immersi, bracteis parvis, foveolis propriis infra 

 flores insertis, vix tecti. 



Pistill um ovoideum, basi immersum, minute verruculosum, apice 

 oblique incrassatum. 



Bacca majuscula, matura liorizontaliter patentissima, parcius v. ad 

 basin densius papillosa, rostro densissime papilloso, baccam subsequante, 

 munita; stigma ad basin rostri insertum. 



Fol. limb. cire. 35 mm. long, et lat.; pet. 30—40 mm.; ament 30—50 mm.; 

 pedunc. 15 — 20 mm. 



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