170 C. DE Candollk: 



8. Pii>er maiiaiitliiim C. Wright, foliis breviter petiolatis, ovato- 

 lanceolatis, basi oblique truncato-rotundatis vel subcordatis, apice atte- 

 niiato-aciiminatis acuniine macronulato, supra glabris, subtus praecipue 

 ad nervös puberiilis, 5-nerviis, petiolo basi vaginante pedunculoque 

 petiolum multo superante puberulis; spica florente sat laxiflora, quam 

 limbus paullo breviore, ihachi dense hirtella, bractea obovato-rotunda 

 extus basi hirtella intus glabra; ovario glabro; stigmatibus reflexis. 



Piper mananihum C. Wright in Sauv. Cub. (IS 71] n. 2235 j)- 144. 



Frutex divaricato-ramosus ramulis puberulis, spiciferis in sicco fere 

 1 mm. crassis, in IY2 mn^- crassis collenchjnnate band libriformi in fasci- 

 culos discretos disposito, fasciculis intramedullaribus 1-seriatis 3. Limbi 

 in sicco membranacei, rainutissime pellucido-punctulati, ad 8^2 g^- longi et 

 ad 3Y2 cm. lati; petioli circiter 3 mm. longi. Pedunculi per anthesin 

 12 mm. longi. Stamina 4 — 5, plerumque 4, rhaclii iuserta, antheris reni- 

 formibus. Stigmata 3 sessilia brevia et obtusa. 



Hab. in Cuba prope Matanzas v. in Zarabauda: Wright s. n. 



Obs. Species P. Kunthii C. DC. proxima. 



9. Piper subpjinduriforme C. DC. foliis breviter petiolatis, e basi 

 obtusa inferne obovatis, superne inaequaliter trilobis, lobis lateralibus 

 brevissimis obtusis, centrali longe lineari-acuminato acumine acuto, vel 

 junioribus e basi ovata subito liueari acuminatis, omnibus utrinque 

 glabris, 5-nerviis, petiolo basi ima vaginante pedunculoque petiolum 

 paullo superante glabris; spica florente quam folium paullo breviore 

 subdensiflora, rhachi dense puberula, bractea ovario proxima rotundata 

 et subcucullata intus et basi extus dense puberula. 



Enckea subpanduriformis Miq. in Liiinaea XXVI (1853) p. 217. 



Enckea Amalago var. variifolia Griseb.f Flor. (1859) p. 169. 



Piper panduratum C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 (1869) p. 250. 



Frutex ramulis glabris in sicco nigrescentibus, spiciferis fere ^j^ mm. 

 crassis, in 1^2 ""»ßi. crassis collenchymate haud libriformi in fasciculos dis- 

 cretos disposito, fasciculis intramedullaribus 1-seriatis circiter 7 sat crassis. 

 Limbi in sicco rigiduli opaci, minute pellucido-punctulati, 7Y2 cm. longi, 

 sub lobis 1 cm. lati, lobo centrali in medio G mm. lato; petioli 5 mm. longi. 

 Stamina 4 — 6, rhachi inserta, antheris reniformibus filamenta superantibus. 

 Ovarium ovatum glabrum. Stigmata 3 sessilia, brevia et obtusa. 



Hab. in Jamaica: WuUscblaegel (in h. Monac, Berol., Griseb,). 



Obs. Species quoad foliorum evolutionem P. tricuspe C. DC. {Artanthe 

 tricuspis Miq.) in Seem. Bot. Herald p. 200 t. 42 a cl. Miquelio descriptum 

 ac figuratum referens, verisimiliter, ut illnd, alius speciei (forsan P. ungui- 

 culati R. et Pav.) varietas. 



10. Piper rcticulatum L. foliis breviter petiolatis, superioribus e 

 basi aequilatera cordata rotundatave late ovatis, apice acuminatis acumine 

 acuto, utrinque glabris, 7 - 9-nerviis, petiolo basi ima vaginante pedun- 



