Piperaceae. 211 



Potomorphe sidaefolia Miq.f Syst. (1843) p. 209, in Linnaea XX 

 p. 129, in Mart. Flor. Bras. IV, 1 p. 25, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 



IV p. 431. 



iSaururus arborescens foUis amplis cordatis non umbilicatis Plum. 

 Descr. plant. Amer. (1693) p. 55 t. 73. 



Poivrier ä Ombelles Descoiirtilx Fl. Änt. I (1821) p. 177 t. 37; 

 Basquina Port, ex Krug et Sintenis. 



Frutex circiter 2 m. altus, ramulis striatim hirsutis, spiciferis fere 

 5 mm. crassis, collench3^mate zona interna et laterali libriformi in fasciculos 

 discretos disposito, fasciculis intramedullaribus 1-sei'iatis, canali vacuo ceu- 

 trali. Limbi in sicco merabranacei, snbpellucidi, minute et crebre pellu- 

 cido-punctati, adiilti 17 — 18 cm. longi, 22 — 23 cm. lati; petioli adulti 

 circiter 20 cm. longi. Pedunculi commimes (propbyllo fertili) in eadem 

 axilla saepe binati ad 15 mm. longi, pedunculi ipsi 7 mm. longi; spicae 

 maturae fere 3 mm. crassae. Stamina 2 rhachi ad basin ovarii inserta, 

 antlieris rotundatis quam filamenta brevioribus. Bacca obpyramidato-trigona. 

 Stigmata 3 sessilia linearia. 



Hab. in Cuba: Alambique, Wright 496 (in h. Monac), prope 

 Yumury: Rugel n. 382; Jamaica: Swartz 1. c, Murray n. 28 (in h. DC), 

 in planitie prope Kingston: Hansen, inter Moore Park et Portland: Harris 

 n. 6631, ad Norwich: C. F. Millspaugh n. 1870; Haiti: Picarda n. 106, 

 Poiteau (in h. DC. et h. BeroL); Sto. Domingo ad Jarabacoa alt. 550 m.: 

 Eggers n. 2010 (in h. Goett.), prope Jarabucoa ad ripam rivuli Yerba 

 bnena alt. 500 m., in silvis montis Isabel de la torre alt. 300 m. : Eggers 

 n. 2070, 2795; Portorico: Bertero (in h. DC), prope Maricao in flu- 

 minis convalli, prope Cayey in silva ad Planaje locis humidis, prope 

 Utuado in scopulosis ad Los Angeles et in silvula Coff. arab. ad Ron- 

 cador: Sintenis n. 466, 2316, 6224, 6264, 6497, prope Mayagüez: Krug 

 n. 974, prope Rio de Mameyes alt. 500 m. in locis humidis: Eggers ed. 

 Toepff. n. 882; — praeterea Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, 

 Guiana gallica, Brasilia (vide C. DC. Prodr. 1. c. et in Bull. h. Boiss. 



V p. 702). 



Species exoticae in Antillis cultae. 



66. Piper papaiitleiise C. DC, foliis modice petiolatis, basi aequi- 

 lateris, apice acuminatis acumine acuto, inferioribus ovatis, basi rotun- 

 datis cordatisve, supremis ovato-lanceolatis, basi aeutis, omnibus utrin- 

 que glabris, 5 — 7-nerviis, nervis subtus prominulis, petiolo usque ad 

 Y3 — Y2 longitudinis vaginante pedunculoque aequilongo glabris; spica 

 matura folium aequante vel superante, bracteae apice truncato-peltatae 

 pelta triangulär! margine minute ciliolata, rhachi hirtella; bacca obovato- 

 subtetragona glabra. 



