S4 SYLVA TELLVU. 



diff. cor. galea integra, labio trifido, caps. 21ocul. 

 jEem, centralis. C. ovata appears a second sp. 

 C. hispida has a baccate berry as in Glycan- 

 thes, C. hirsuta and riitilans must be verified. 

 C. stellata forms next G. 



488. Aponoa Raf. (bot.) diff. Glycanthes, cal. 

 stellato, cor. lab. inf. bifido, caps, subul. bilocu- 

 laris. Herba fol ternis. — Type Aponoa re- 

 pens Raf. Columnea stellata Lour, auct. — Re- 

 pens, fol. ovatis, ft. solit. — Perennial, in waters 

 of Anam. 



489. Piper L. from 25 sp. in Linneus, this 

 G. was increased to 105 in Persoon, and now 

 about 150, offering great diversities of habit. 

 Peperomia has been separated by some ; but 

 the whole G. requires complete revision, and as 

 in Ficus, the flowers have been described m but 

 few, I shall endeavor to indicate several Gen- 

 era of it. They will be the types of family Pi- 

 PERiDEs wrongly united to Urticides, to which 

 belong also Misandra, Gnetum, Thoa, Saururus 

 4^c. Chiefly Trees, Shrubs and Vines, bbt some 

 plants. 



490. PiPERipnoRUM Neck, bracteis nullis, an- 

 theris sessilis 2, stylus unicus stig. 3. fol, alter- 

 nis, fl, spicatis— -most of the sp. belong to this. 



491. AMALACo'Raf. bracteis nullis, antheris 

 2-4 sessilib. stylis 3— Types Am, antillana Raf 

 P. amalago L. and Am. malamiri ? of East In- 

 dies, probably many others, P. reticulatum, me- 

 dium, asperum &c. 



492. CuBEBA Raf diff . . . caule articul. fl. ra- 

 cemosis — a subg. at least, flow^ers similar ? type 

 C. officinalis vel P. cubeba. 



493. Lepiantiies Raf. diff, Lepigonis floralis 

 stam. 2 cum filam. stig. 3 sessilib. reflexis fl. 5pt- 

 €atis vel umhellatis, fol. sepe peltath — Type 



