124 II. DAHLBTEDT. STUDIEN ÜBEH SÜD- UND CENTKALAMERIKAM6CHE PEI'EKOMIEN. 



15. P. myrtifolia (Vahl.) C. DC. 



P. myrtifolia C. DC. Prodr. 16: I, p. 438 (excl. syn. /'. myrtifolia Miq.). — /'• 

 guadeloupensis C. DC in Seen). Journ. Bot., p. 139 (excl. var.), 1866; C. DC. Prodi-. 16: 1, 

 p. 416, 1869. — P. cubana C. DC. Prodr. 16: 1, p. 413 (excl. var.), 1869. — ? P. acu- 

 minata Gris., Cat. PL cub., p. 1 (a C. DC. ut, syn. ad. P. cubanam relat.), 1866. — ? P. 

 dendrophila Gris. 1. c, 1866 (a C. DC. ut syn. ad. /'. cubanam adject.). — P. dendro- 

 phila Miq. illusir. p. 13, p.p. (quoad fig. t. 7). — Piper myrtifolium Vahl, Enum. v. 1, 

 p. 341, 1804. 



Caulis erectus, suffruticosus, subquadrangulus, glaber, apice + raraosus, inferne saepius 

 (in vivo?) defoliatus, basi radicans. Folia alterna, sat approximata (praesertim superne), 

 clliptico-lanceolata — obovato-elliptica, int'eriora sa-pe cuneato- v. laticeolato-obovata, 

 superiora apice obtusiuscula, subattenuata, inferiora apice srepe sat obtusa — obtusiuscula, 

 basi vulgo + subcuneato-acuta, utrinque glabra, rigidula, pellucido- et in sicco subtus + 

 nigro-punctulata, 3 — 5-nervia, nervis a basi divergentibus, exterioribus sa^pius subtilibus, 

 interioribus validioribus, fere ad apicem ductis, medio percurrente, subtus in sicco + pro- 

 minulis, petiolis brevibus, supra canaliculatis, glabris. Bractea rotundata, sparsiin punctu- 

 lata, sat obscura. Amenta pallida, axillaria et terminalia, sat tenuia, elongata, densiflora, 

 rachi leviter puberula, folium 4— 5-plo superantia, pallida, leviter nigro-punctulata. 

 Bacca globosa.. 



Distributio geographica: Ind. occ. (Ravu in Hb. Hafu., Forsströra in Hb. Bcrol. & Stockholm., West in Uli. 

 C. DC). — Guadeloupe (Jardin n:o 340 in Hl>. I, enorm., et C. DC. scc. C. DC). — Ouba (Wright n:o 

 504 in Uli. Kew. & C. DC. sec. C DC). - Ecuador (P'raser in Hb. C DC). — S:ta Crus (Springard 

 in Hb. C. DC, Rieb, in Hb. Francov.; ex. Hb. Hörnern, in Uli. Hain., Pflug in Hb. Hafn. ex Hb. Vahl, 

 s. n. Piper myrtifolium). — S:t Barthelemy (Forsström in Hb. Berol. & Hb. Stockholm.). — 

 Martinica (Sieber n:o in Hb. Berol. ex. p.). — Portorico (Hornbeck in Hb. Hafn.). — S:t Thomas 

 (Ilornbeck in Hb. Hafn.). 



Nahe verwandt mit P. myrtifolia ist: 



1*. Kupertiana C. DC 



Prodr. 16: 1, p. 413. — /'. acumiuata Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 4, p. 416. 



Distributio geographica: Dominica super Princip. Rupert, caput. (in Hb. Kew. sec. C DC; Jardin in Uli. 

 Lenorm sec. C. DC). 



16. P. Antillarum C DC. 



Prodr. 16: 1, p. 447, 1869. — P. guadeloupensis C. DC. ß pubescens C DC. Prodr. 

 16: 1, p. 416, 1869. — P. dendrophila f. parvifolia, fol. obtusiusculis Gris. PI. Wright. 

 cub. p. 175, 1860. 



