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acuto apice obtusiuscule acuminata, nervo centrali nervos adscen- 

 dentes utrinque 2 quorum supremus a 2-3 cm. supra basin solutus 

 nervulosque validos 2-3 adscendentes mittente, nervo laterali 

 adscendente utrinque a basi solute, petiolo basi ima vaginante; 

 pedunculo glabro quam petiolus breviore, spica quam limbus 

 paullo breviore apice acuta, rhachi hirsuta, bractea spathulata 

 apice triangulari cucullata et glabra inferne margine hirsuta, 

 antheris oblong-ellipticis quam filamenta oblonga paullo breviori- 

 bus, ovario libero glabro, stigmatibus linearibus. 



Ramuli spiciferi 2 . 5 mm. crassi, collenchyma fere continuum libriforme, 

 fasciculi intramedullares i-seriati, cellulae sclerosae in cortice circa collenchyma 

 crebrae, canalis lysigenus unicus centralis. Limbi in sicco firmi minute 

 pellucido-punctulati usque ad 17 cm. longi et 10.5 cm. lati. Petioli 25 mm., 

 pedunculi 8 mm. longi. Spicae florentes 14 cm. longae et 3 . 5 mm. crassae, 

 canali lysigeno centrali munitae. Stamina 3 rhachi ad basin ovarii inserta, 

 antherae paullo sub 1 mm. longae. Stigmata 3 sessilia. 



^Guatemala: Dept. Baja Verapaz, forest near Purulha, alt. 1800 m., 

 H. von Tilrckheim II. 1705. 



Piper tenuispicum, n.sp. — Ramulis glabris; foliis brevissime 

 petiolatis glabris, limbo elliptico-oblongo basi subaequilatera acuto 

 apice longe acuminato acumine mucronulato, nervo centrali nervos 

 adscendentes alternos utrinque 4 mittente quorum supremus a 

 3. 5 cm. supra basin solutus, petiolo basi ima vaginante; pedunculo 

 glabro petiolum aequante, spica florente quam limbus fere \ breviore 

 tenui, rhachi hirsuta, bracteae pelta triangulari glabra pedicello 

 latiusculo hirsute, antheris subrotundis apice apiculatis, bacca 

 puberula. 



Ramuli spiciferi vix 1.5 mm. crassi; collenchyma libriforme in fasciculos 



dispositum 



18, i-seriati, canalis 



lysigenus nullus. Limbi in sicco firmo-membranacei minute pellucido- 

 punctulati et virescentes, usque ad 12 cm. longi et 4 cm. lati. Petioli 5 mm. 

 longi. Spicae florentes in sicco fuscescentes fere 1 mm. crassae. Stamina 3, 



filamenta rhachi inserta: bacca suhtetraerona. stiemata * sessilia. 



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13 187. In field, Juan 

 C. B. Doyle 294, 295. 



Piper zentanum 



modice 



glabris; limbo ovato-elliptico basi aequilatera acuto apice acute 

 acuminato, nervo centrali usque ad f longitudinis suae nervos 



