156 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Piper begoniaefolium Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beecbey Voy. 310. 1839-40. De- 

 scribed from somewhere in Mexico. 



Piper BREDEJtEYERi .Tacq. Eclog. PI. Rar. 1: 125. pi. S//. 1811-lG. Reported 

 from Jalisco. 



Piper cardiophyllum C. DC. in DC. Prodr. 16': 374. 18G9. Piper populifolium 

 Opiz in Presl, Rel. Haenlj. 1: 160. 1830. Described from some unknown locality 

 in Mexico. 



Piper chinantlense Mart. <& Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 10": 1843. Type from 

 Chinantla, Oaxaca. 



Piper kerberi C. DC. Ann. Cons. Jard. Geneve 2: 258. 1898. Type from Cor- 

 doba, Veracruz. 



Piper ledebourii C. DC. in DC. Prodr. 16': 281. 1869. Native of Brazil; 

 reported from Mexico by De Candolle. 



Piper miradorense C. DC. in DC. Prodr. 16': 380. 1869. Piper patulum Mart. 

 & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 10^: 128. 1843. Type from Mirador, Veracruz. 



Piper multinervium Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 10': 1.30. 1843. Type 

 from Jalapa and Mirador, Veracruz. 



Pn'ER NERVOSUM C. DC. in DC. Prodr. 16': 374, 1869. Piper patens Hook. & 

 Arn. Bot. Beecbey Voy. 310. 1839-40. Described from somewhere in Mexico. 



Piper nitidultjm Opiz In Presl, Rel. Haerik. 1: 154. 1830. Type from some- 

 where in Mexico. 



Piper orizabanum C. DC. Ann. Cons. Jard. Gen&ve 2: 258. 1898. Type from 

 the region of Orizaba. 



Piper platyphyixum (Benth.) C. DC. in DC. Prodr. 16': 375. 1869. Enckea 

 platyphiiUa Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 167. 1844. Type from Manzanillo, Colima. 



Piper reticulosum Opiz in Presl. Rel. Haenk. 1 : 155. 1830. Type said to be 

 from Mexico. 



Piper triquetrum Opiz in Presl. Rel. Haenk. 1: 160. 1830. Described from 

 somewhere in Mexico. 



PiPEK Tiuc'HOPHYLLUM C. DC. Ann. Cons. Jard. GenSve 2: 261. 1898. Type 

 from Mexico. 



16. LACISTEMACEAE. 



1. LACISTEMA Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 12. 1788. 

 1. Lacistema myricoides Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 12. 1788. 



Veracruz. Central America, West Indies, and tropical America ; type from 

 Jamaica. 



Shrub or small tree ; leaves elliptic-oblong, 10 to 15 cm. long, entire, glabrous ; 

 flowers in axillary spikes, apetalous; fruit baccate, ovoid, about 8 mm. long. 



17. CHLORANTHACEAE. 



1. HEDYOSMUM Swartz, Prodr. FI. Ind. Occ. 847. 1788. 

 1. Hedyosmum artocarpus Solms in DC. Prodr. 16': 485. 1869. 



Veracruz, Morelos, and Oaxaca ; type from Jalapa. Veracruz. 



Shrub, 3 to 4.5 meters high, aromatic and resinous; leaves mostly 12 to 20 

 cm. long, ovate or oblong-ovate, serrate ; flowers dioecious, the staminate 

 spicate, the pistillate capitate; pistillate inflorescence at maturity fleshy, coni- 

 po.sed of numerous 3-angled drupes, 2 to 3 cm. in diameter. 



