NO. 6 NEW SPECIES OF PIPER FROM PANAMA — CANDOLLE 1 1 



ad 3 mm. crassa, in vivo erecta. Stamina 4 supra basin ovarii inserta. 

 Stigmata 3 sessilia. Ovarii parietes cellulis rubris farctae. 



Panama: Humid forests around Los Siguas Camp, southern 

 slope of Cerro de la Horqueta, Chiriqui, alt. about 1,700 m., H. Pit- 

 /i^r 3191. 



PIPER COLONENSE C. DC, n. sp. 



Ramulis puberulis ; f oliis breviter petiolatis, limbo ample oblongo- 

 elliptico basi inaequilatera utrinque rotundato, apice acute acumi- 

 nato, supra ad nervum centralem puberulo subtus ad nervos minute 

 puberulo, nervo centrali nervos utrinque 6 mittente quorum supremus 

 a lo-ii cm. supra basin solutus, superi 4 adscendentes, infimus patule 

 subadscendens et aliis magis arcuatus, petiolo minutissime puberulo 

 usque ad limbi latus longius vaginante ; pedunculo minutissime 

 puberulo petiolum fere aequante, spica florente quam limbus fere 

 triplo breviore apice obtusa, rhachi glabra, bracteae pelta triangular! 

 margine pedicelloque angusto dense villosis, antheris reniformibus 

 connectivo inferne obconico sat longe producto filamenta oblonga 

 pauUo superantibus, ovario glabro ovato-acuto, stigmatibus linearibus. 



Frutex 2.5 m. altus. Ramuli spiciferi usque ad 4 mm. crassi, col- 

 lenchyma continuum zona interna libriforme, fasciculi intramedul- 

 lares i-seriati, canalis lysigenus nullus. Limbi in sicco firme mem- 

 branacei creberrime pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 30 cm. longi et 

 II. 5 cm. lati. Petioli usque ad limbi latus longius 15 mm,, inter limbi 

 latera 5 mm. longi. Spica florens 9.5 cm. longa, usque ad 3 mm. 

 crassa. Stamina 4 basi ima baccae adnata, 



Panama: Around Dos Bocas, Rio Fato Valley, Province of 

 Colon, alt. 40-80 m., in dark forest, H. Pitticr 4221, 



PIPER VILLIRAMULUM C. DC, n. sp. 

 Ramulis junioribus villosis cito glabris ; f oliis modice petiolatis, 

 limbo ovato-acuminato basi inaequilatera altero latere rotundato 

 altero subrotundato, apice acute et sat longe acuminato, utrinque 

 dense hirsuto et supra scabrido, a nervo centrali distincte inaequi- 

 latero, nervo centrali nervos altero latere 7 altero 8 mittente, quorum 

 superi utrinque 4 adscendentes, inferi 2-3 patule subadscendentes 

 aliis multo breviores et tenuiores, supremus fere a medio centralis 

 solutus, petiolo dense hirsuto basi ima vaginante ; pedunculo hirsuto 

 quam petiolus paullo breviore, spica submatura quam limbi dimidium 

 paullo breviore obtusa, rhachi glabra, bracteae pelta triangular! mar- 

 gine pedicelloque angusto hirtellis, antheris rotundatis quam fila- 

 menta oblonga paullo brevioribus, ovario glabro, stigmatibus lineari- 

 bus, bacca tetragona glabra. 



