P e p e r o in i a. 



Kiliz & Pavon Prodr. Florae Per. p. 8; Flor. Per. v. 1, p. 29. Kunth in H. B. K. 

 Nov. gen. v. 1, p. 60. A. Dietr. Sp. plant, v. 1. Miq. Syst. Pip. 63. — Piper L. gen. 

 n:o 832; Sp. pl. p. 40 pro parte. Jacq. Ic. rar. & Coli, pro parte. Lam. Illustr. pro parte. 

 Willd. Sp. pl. ]>ro parte. Swartz Prodr. pro parte: Vahl Enuni. pro parte. Roem. & Seh. 

 Syst. pro parte. Spr. Syst. pro parte. — Äficropiper Miq. Connn. phyt. p. 37. — Acrocar- 

 pldiuia Miq. Syst. p. 51 et Diar. Inst. Nederl. 1842. — Tildenia & Erasmia Miq, in Diar. 

 Inst. Nederl. 1842. 



Flores hermaphroditi, dense vel remote amentacei, saepissime in foveolis + profnndis 

 racheos ± immersi. Bractece peltatae, + pedicellatae, carnosae v. foliaceae, vulgo persi- 

 stentes, rarius deeiduae. Stamina duo, lateralia, filamentis cylindricis v. subulatis, antheris 

 bilocnlaribus, loculis oppositis, effoetis snrsnin confluentibus, ima basi foveohe affixa v. ± 

 longe a basi in parte + conica foveolae, sab anthesi parva et vix conspicua affixa. Ovar 'tum 

 sessile ovoideuin — oblongüm, saspius in foveola racheos + iinmersum, rectum v. obliijuum. 

 Stigma pro more unicuin, sessile, sa-pius deeiduum, penicillatum (v. papillosum) penicillis 

 longioribus v. niinutissiinis, aut in apice ovarii + recti aut in inedio v. oblique in disco 

 ssepe oblique acuniinato affixum et tunc vulgo niinutissimum. Bacca sessilis v. + longe 

 stipitata, fere exsucca, + papulosa \. Iseviuscula, viseida, rotundata — ovata usque cylindrica 

 v. oblonga, apice disco (stylo incrassato), rarius piano, vulgo coneavo v. convexulo, recto 

 y. obliquo et tunc rachin versus in processum brevem usque longum protracto prsedita, 

 v. + ovata — cylindrica, antice in partem reetam x. subobliquam, contraetam, subconicam 

 — cylindricam, brevem — longiusculam, apice haud x. x\x diseiferam protraeta et tunc 

 basi (usque ad medium baccae) pseudocupula + prominente cineta. Pericarpium tenue. 

 Semen conforme, testa membranacea v. coriacea, albumine candido, farinoso. Embryo 

 minutissimus. 



Conspectus subgenerum. 



A. Bacca pseudocupula destituta. 



I. Bacca la'vis, + setosa v. circumcirca longitndinaliter costata, appendice + conico, 

 apice stigmatifero pr^dita. 

 a. Bacca lasvis + setosa, pedicello + longo instrueta., 



Subgenus I. Acrocarpidium (Miq.) Hensch. 



