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central! nerves altero latere 6 altero 5 mittente quorum superi utrin- 

 que 4-5 adscendentes infimi fere e basi divaricantes supremusque fere 

 a 8 cm. supra basin solutus, petiolo dense hirsute usque ad limbum 

 vaginante ; pedunculo hirsuto quam petiolus multo breviore, spica 

 quam limbus pluries breviore sat crassa et apice mucronata, rhachi 

 glabra, bracteae glabrae vertice truncato- peltato triangulari pedicello 

 sat lato supra concavo, antheris globosis filamenta aequantibus, ovario 

 inferne rhachi immerso, superne libero et in stilum oblongum apice 

 lateraliter bilobatum producto. 



Frutex i m. altus. Ramuli spiciferi 2 mm. crassi, collenchyma 

 libriforme in fascicules discretes dispesitum fasciculi intramedul- 

 lares i-seriati, canalis lysigenus nullus. Limbi in sicce minute pel- 

 lucide-punctulati 17 cm. lengi, 5 cm. lati. Stipulae extus hirtella^. 

 Petieli usque ad limbi latus lengius 8 mm., inter limbi latera 2 mm. 

 lengi. Pedunculi 5 mm. longi. Spicae flerentes 1.7 cm. lengae, 4 

 mm. crassae. Stamina 4. 



Panama: Hills around the Agua Clara Reservoir, near Gatiin, 

 Canal Zone, alt. 20-30 m., H. Pittier 2661. 



PIPER PORTOBELLENSE C. DC, n. sp. 



Ramulis glabris emergentiis munitis ; feliis longe petiolatis, limbo 

 ample ovate basi ima modice inaequilatera cordate lebis cenniventibus 

 apice acute acuminate, supra glabro subtus ad nerves nervulesque 

 hirtello, nerve centrali nerves adscendentes utrinque 5 mittente 

 quorum supremus fere a 2.2 cm. supra basin solutus, nervis laterali- 

 bus utrinque 3 a petiolo divaricantibus, petiole usque ad limbum 

 vaginante dorse hirsuto et emergentiis dense munito ; pedunculo 

 glabro laevi petieli dimidium superante, spica quam limbus multo 

 breviore apice obtusa, bracteae glabrae vertice truncate triangulari 

 pedicello late, bacca libera obovato-tetragona glabra. 



Arbuscula 4 m. et plus alta. Ramuli spiciferi fere 5 mm. crassi, 

 collenchyma continuum zona interna libriforme, fasciculi intramedul- 

 lares 2-3-seriati, canalis lysigenus unicus centralis. Limbi in sicce 

 firmi minutissime pellucide-punctulati, 43 cm. lengi et 25 cm. lati. 

 Petieli 8.5 cm., pedunculi 6.5 cm. longi. Spica matura 17 cm. longa 

 et fere usque ad i cm. crassa. Stamina 4 basi ima baccae adnata, 

 bacca 1.5 mm. longa. — Species forma foliorum ac emergentiis P. 

 squamulosum C. DC. sat referens sed pilis brevioribus, bractea glabra 

 ab illo discrepans. 



Panama: Around Porto Belle, Province of Colon, alt. 5-200 m., 

 W. R. Maxon 5795. 



