200 C. DE Caxdolle: 



central! supra basin fere iisque ad Y2 longitudinis suae vel paiillo ultra 

 nervös adscendentes alternos utrinque 2 — 3 etl — 2 e basi divaricantes 

 mittente, petiolo iisque ad limbi latus brevius vaginante peduuculoque 

 margine hirsutis; bacca trigona glabra. 



Piper auritum Kunth! in H. B. K. Xov. Gen. I (1815) p. 54, 

 Sijnops. I j). 109; Marl et Gal. in Bull Ac. Brux. X p. 21; C. DO. 

 Proclr. XVI, 1 p. 320. 



Schilleria aiirita Kunth! in Linnaea XIII (1839) p. 713. 



Artmithe aurita Miq.! Syst. (1844) p. 400. 



Artanthe Seemanniana Miq.! Bot. Her. (1852— 57) p. 199 t.39. 



Ramuli giabri, spiciferi usque ad 4 mm. crassi, collenchymate haud 

 libriformi in fasciculos discretos disposito, fasciculis intrameduUaribus 2 — 3- 

 seriatis. Limbi in sicco membranacei, pcllucido-punctulati, circiter 16 cm. 

 longi et 9 cm. lati; petioli infra limbum circiter 2V2 cm. et inter limbi latera 

 5 mm. longi. Spicae maturae 4 mm. crassae, ebullitione aromaticae. Sta- 

 mina rhachi inserta 4 vel apice spicae 3 aut 2, antheris rotundatis. vStig- 

 mata 3 sessilia linearia. 



Hab. in ?St. Thomas: Friedrichsthal (in h. Lenorm. et Kew); — 

 praeterea in Mexico, America centrali, Columbia (vid. C. DC. 1. c. 

 et in Bull. herb. Boiss. V p. 701, in Denn. Smith Enum. II, 65, IV 

 p. 131, Y p. 73, in Dur. et Pitt. Primit. I p. 218, II p. 257. 



Obs. Verisimiliter a cl. Feiedrichsthal non in St. Thomas, sed in 

 America centrali collectum et labello quoad patriam erronoo praeditum. 



51. Piper Eggersii C. DC. (u. sp.), foliis modice petiolatis, late 

 ellipticis, basi inaequilatera latere longiore rotundatis breviore acutis, 

 apice acuminatis acumine acute, utrinque parce et longi uscule pilosis, 

 nervo centrali fere usque ad 1/3 longitudinis suae nervös adscendentes 

 alternos utrinque 5 — 6 mittente, petiolo parce piloso basi ima vaginante; 

 pedunculo parce piloso petiolum usque ad limbi latus longius aequante, 

 spica sub anthesi quam folii limbus fere triplo breviore apice mucronu- 

 lata, bracteae pelta triangulari margine pedicelloque et rhachi hirsutis; 

 ovario parce hirtello. 



Frutex 8-pedalis. Ramuli parce pilosl, spiciferi 2 mm. crassi col- 

 lenchymate subcontinno zona interna libriformi, fasciculis intrameduUaribus 

 1-seriatis, canali vacuo nuUo vel centrali obsolete. Limbi in sicco tenniter 

 membranacei, minute pellucido-punctati, 22 cm. longi et usque ad 14 cm. 

 lati; petioli infra limbum fere 1 cm. inter limbi latera fere V2 cm. longi. 

 Spica sub anthesi 2 mm. crassa. Stamina 4, rhachi inserta. Ovarium 

 sessile, snperne in stilum eo brevius et giabrum contractum. Stigmata 3 

 linearia. Bacca stilifera. 



Hab. in Barbados in silvis Turner's Hall Wood rara: Eggers 

 n. 7157. 



Obs. Species forma limborum P. dilataium Rieh, sat referens, ab eo 

 limbis majoribus, ramulorum strnctura et ovario stilifero ac hirtello discrepans. 



