Pil)er PIPEEACE^ 25 



(when dry), with pellucid dots, 14-20 cm. L, 4-7 cm. br. ; stalk very short, 

 3-7 mm. 1., puberulous. Spike shorter than the leaf ; peduncle pube- 

 rulous, 2 or 3 times as long as the petiole. 



10. p. seabpum Sio. Fl. Ind. Occ. 59 (1797) & It: ined. t. 54; 

 leaves broadly elliptical-ovate, acuminate, rounded or obtuse at 

 the base, rough on both sides, hirtellous above on young leaves, 

 pubescent underneath on nerves and veins ; petiole, peduncle 

 and branches hirsute-tomentose. — C. DC. in TJrh. Symh. Ant. Hi. 

 187 & iv. 185, under P. hispidum 8w. P. hirsutum var. jamai- 

 cense C. DC. in Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 276 (1869). Artanthe scabra 

 a Griseh. loc. cit. Type in Herb. Stockholm. 



Broughton I Swartz ! Port Antonio, Von Eohr I Caley ! Distin I Wilson ! 

 IMoneague ; Pleasant Valley ; Prior 1 March 1 J.P. 873, 1045, Morris 1 

 Cedar Hurst ; road to Guava Ridge, 2000 ft. ; near Troy, 1500 ft. ; Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 5214a (in part), 8357, 8544.— Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, 

 Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, tropical America. 



Shrub. Branches at length glabrate or rough. Leaves acuminate, 

 with obscure pellucid dots, 12-20 cm. 1., 4-11 cm. br. ; stalks short. 

 Spikes shorter than leaf, 10-13 cm. 1. ; peduncle about as long as the 

 whole petiole. 



11. P. hispidum Sw. Prodr. 15 (1788) & Ic. ined. t. 53; leaves 

 oblong-elliptical, at base obtuse or subacute on longer side, 

 villous on upper surface and on nerves and veins beneath ; 

 petiole, peduncle and branches villous with jointed hairs. — 

 C. DC. in Urh. Symh. Ant. Hi. 187 ; Hato. Succ. 5. P. hirsutum 

 Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 60 (1797). P. Harrisii C. DC. torn. cit. 189 ; 

 var. macrophyllum C. DC. op. cit. vii. 183. P. Fadyenii C DC. 

 op. cit. Hi. 191. Artanthe scabra ^ hirsuta Griseh. loc. cit. 



Swartz 1 Macfadyen ! McNab ! Portland Gap, Purdie I Morris ! near 

 Whitfield Hall Works, Blue Mts. ; Green River, 3500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. 

 Jam. 5174, 8344; Clyde River, 4000 ft., G. Nichols I Whitfield Hall, 

 Maxon 1— Cuba. ^ 



Shrub. Branches at length glabrate. Leaves with obscure pellucid 

 dots, 8-13 cm. 1., 2*5-6 cm. br. ; stalks short. Spikes shorter than the 

 leaf ; peduncle about as long as the whole petiole. 



12. P. jamaieense C. DC. in Urh. Symh. Ant. Hi. 192 (1902) ; 

 leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, at the base rounded 

 on the longer side, roundish, obtuse or acute on the shorter, apex 

 acuminate, glabrous or roughish on the upper surface, hirtellous 

 with adpressed hairs on the nerves underneath ; petiole hirtellous 

 with adpressed hairs or glabrate ; peduncle and branches glab- 

 rous, or at first pubescent, at length glabrate. — P. Murrayanum 

 C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 280 (1869). P. guavanum C. DC. 

 in Urh. Symh. Ant. Hi. 190. Artanthe jamaicensis Griseh. op. 

 cit. 170 (1859) (excl. syn.). 



Murray ; Prior 1 March 1 Guava Ridge, 2000 ft., Eqgers ; Bluefield 

 Mt., Britton and Hollick 2474 ! Castleton HiU, 1000 ft., Thornpson ! Green 



