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ß. Folia ovata — late ovato-lanceolata, ad ipsam basin pcltata, multi- v. multipU- 

 nervia. 



a. Folia magna — maxima, usque ad l(i — 20 cm. longa. Herba maxima 



caule crasso. Bacca late ovata, magna, cum processu 2 mm. longa. Processus 



baccam ipsam sequans. 



P- maculosa (L.) Hook. 3. 



b. Folia parva, 3 — 10 cm. longa. Herba minor caule graciliore. Bacca ovato- 

 cylindrica ad 1,65 mm. longa. Processus vulgo baccam aequans. 



1. Folia lanceolata v. + ovato — obovato-lanceolata, basi ipsa ovata v. 

 leviter cuneato-ovata leviter cordata, peltoidea, omnia eximie et 



longe acuminata. 



o. Folia lata (ovato — obovato-lanceolata), nunc multinervia, nunc 

 multiplinervia. 



f. Folia majora. Nervi inferiores e basi solutis utrinque 3, inter- 

 vallo + magno a nervo mediano divergentes. Nervus centralis 

 usque ad medium v. inl'ra nervös duos alternos v. oppositos 

 emittens. Herba repens. Bacca ovato-cylindriea ad 1 mm. 

 longa, processu baccam ipsam icquante crassiusculo. 



P. producta Gris. 4. 



ff. Folia minora. Nervi omnes e basi solutis utrinque 3. Herba 

 + ereeta, + radicans. Bacca ovato-cylindrica — cylindi'ic.i 

 0,8 — 0,9 mm. longa, processu baccam ipsam aiquante v. vix 

 asquante. 



§. Nervi laterales inter se et a nervo centrali intervallibus 

 suba-qualibus remoti. Bacca ovato-cylindrica, processu 

 crassiusculo. 



P. calvicaulis C. DC. 5. 



§§. Nervi laterales interiores 2 ad nervum medianum maxime 

 approximati et saltem ad basin cum eo fere paralleli et 

 ab eo intcrvallo plus quam dimidium minore quam a 

 ner\is lateralibus proximis remoti. Bacca cylindrica, 

 processu graciliore. 



P. cuspidata Dabist. 6. 



oo. Folia + lanceolata, multiplinervia nervo centrali supra dimidiam 

 partein longit. utrinque nervös 3 — 4, subtiles, vix conspieuos mit- 

 tente. Bacca cylindrica processu longo acuto. 



P. scutellata C. DC. 7. 



