483 



4. Ch. enndaica, p. 247. Piper album Vahl ♦) Miq, 

 Syst. p. 335., Herb. Reinw. Crescit iu Amboina^ Aug. 

 1821. 



Species a cl. Rein ward t lecta nee descripta, a cl. 

 Blume proposita, inter congeneres haud una ratioue singu- 

 laris, mihi systeraa Piperacearum scribenti fere incognita, 

 nunc accuratius describenda: 



Ramuli angulati sfriati glabri glanduloso-punctati. Pe- 

 tioli li/a Cent, circiter lougi antice canalicnlati, Stipulis 

 coriaeeis adnatis praesertim deorsum alati his secedentibus 

 cicatrisati. Folia coriaceo-raembranacea , minnte pellucido- 

 punclata, utrinque glandnlis crebris conspersa, inferiora 

 lato- vel oblonge- ovata, summa fere elliptica, basi aequali 

 vel in rainoribus leviter inaoquali rotnndata, illaaeqni- haec 

 leviter inaequilatera, breviter acnminata, acnroine acnto, su- 

 pra satiirate viridia opaca vel snbnitida, subtus discolora 

 nervis anastomosibusque reticnlata, 32 — 20 cent, longa, 

 16^2 — ^0 lata, raajora novem-, minora septuplinervia, ner- 

 vis omnibns praeter tres medio9 ad 1/5 ^'t. a basi solntos, e 

 basi vel parnm snpra eara excedentibns, 3 mediig ad apicem, 

 adstantibns fere ad eum coutinuatis, anastomosibus parallelis 

 erecto-palnljg varie reticulatis. Stipula opposit/folia magna, 

 lineari-lanceolata acnminatissima recta carinato-convolnta, 

 coriacea , glabrinscula, 6 oent. longa, in ramulis lateralibns 

 dnplo minor. Omentum femineum florens in sicco albicans, 

 oppositifolium , pedunculo tereti petiolnm circiter aequante 

 11/2 cent. longo sustentum erectnra rectum cylindricura obtu- 

 sum 11 cent. longnm, i/a crassum, rhachi crassa lignescente, 

 Flores spiraütcr dispositi, ovariis snpra bracteas prominen- 



*) Synonymon Vahlii hiic pcrtinere, ex hujus auctoris descriptio- 

 ne vix est dubium ; eed minus recte Sirixim album Rumph. V. 

 p. 46. hnc trahcre vidctur Vahlina. 



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