22 ARKIV FÖR BOTANIK. BAND 17. N:0 7. 



includentes in unam oppositifoliam connatae, dorso pilosae 

 arcuatae, explanatae ovato-triangulares, 5 — 6 mm longae, cito 

 deciduae. Folia 5 — 8 mm longe petiolata, petiolo basi ima 

 vaginante, ovata usque elliptico-oblonga, sub medio inaequi- 

 latera, basi obtusa, latere altero quam alterum vix v. usque 

 3 mm magis producto, antice subsensim satis longe acumi- 

 nata, acumine acutiusculo, 9—13 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata, 

 pinnatinervia, nervis lateralibus utroque latere 4 — 5 sub an- 

 gulo 20 — 35° abeuntibus vix curvatis, supra obsolete im- 

 pressis, subtus reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra laevia mi- 

 nute pilosula, subtus multo pallidiora praesertim ad nervös 

 nervulosque breviter patenti-pilosa, utrinque opaca merabra- 

 nacea v. tenuiter chartacea, minute pellucido-punctata. Spicae 

 oppositifoliae, pedunculis 2 — 3 cm longis, er. 0,7 mm crassis 

 brevissime pilosis, ipsae 3 — 7 cm longae, sub anthesi 1,5 mm 

 crassae, arcuato- v. semicirculari-curvatae; rhacbis glabra; 

 bracteae margine brevissime pilosae. Antherae pro quaque 

 bractea 3 triangulari-subrotundae. Ovarium sessile; stigmata 

 2 — 3 filiformia revoluta. — Morne de la Hotte in declivibus 

 sept. -orient, in sylvis montanis er. 800 m alt., m. Jun. flor.: 

 n. 174. 



Obs. Ex affinitate arcta P. Fuertesii C. DC, quod foliis 

 basi rotundata leviter cordatis, spicis Icngius pedunculatis et 

 ex C. DC. staminibus 4 recedit. 



Piper .sulcinerve Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex. Rami teretes 

 pilis brevibus pauciarticulatis erectis strigillosi, internodiis 

 2 — 4 cm longis. Stipulae gemmam includentes in unam oppo- 

 sitifoliam connatae, dorso medio breviter pilosae, explanatae 

 triangulares, 3 — 5 mm longae, cito deciduae. Folia 3 — 5 mm 

 longe petiolata, petiolis basi vix vaginantibus, orbiculari-ovata, 

 breviter obovata v. breviter ovalia, parum v. manifestius 

 inaequilatera, basi obtusa v. rotundata, latere altero quam 

 alterum vix v. usque 2,5 mm magis producto, apice brevissime 

 atque obtusissime v. vix acuminata, 3 — 4,5 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm 

 lata, nervi 5 utroque latere 3 ex parte nervi principalis inferiore 

 abeuntibus et arcuato-ascendentibus, posterius supra sulcato- 

 impressis, subtus crassiuscule prominentibus, utrinque reti- 

 culato-venosa, hornotina plana, annotina reticulo supra im- 

 presso areolata, areolis convexis, supra nitida laevia, subtus 

 opaca ad nervös brevissime pilosa, juniora minute pellucido- 



