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acutis, mcmbranaceis, pelliicido -piinctnlatls, nlrlnqno c:lal»rls, 

 margiucra versus supra adprcsso-pilosiusciilis, siihtus in vp- 

 niilarum rete villosnlo-firabriatis; petiolis inferne membraua- 

 ceo-alatis; pcdunculis axillaribns, 2 poljstachyis. 



Piper pcltafuin Linn» Spec, 42. {Fluni, Jim. f. 74.) 

 Vahh Enum, 1. 336. jrilhh Spec. 1. 166. 



Piper pruinosuin Huinb, et Klh, nov, Gen, 1. 59. 

 Wmd, herb, n. 705. 



Piper umbcllatum Sieh, herb, 3Iartin, 7i, 5. 



Peperoinia peltata Dietr, Spec. 1 . 142. 



Peperoinia pruiuosa Kunth, S^Jiops. 1 . 124. 



Crescit in India occidentali (Jamaica^ Domingo, Mar- 

 tiuica) et ad fluvinm Magdaicuae. "^. 



Ramuli juniores laeves?, glabri , exsiccati compressi et 

 glanduloso-punctulati. Folia altcrna, louge petiolata, ^/3 su- 

 pra basin peltata, subrotnndo-cordata, acuta, raargine levis- 

 sime repanda, rcticulato-ranltinervia, nervis utrinqne pro- 

 minentibus ö, interioribns inferne duplici altitudiuc *) con- 

 fluentibus, membranacea, subtilissime pellucido-puuetulata, 

 punctulis glandulosis, laote viridia, opaca, subtus paHidiora, 

 utrinqne glabra, supra marginem versus adpresso - piiosiu-i 

 scula, subtus pallidiora inque venularum rete villosulo-fim- 

 briata, 7-pollicaria, Qy., polliees lata. Pelioli 31/3-polli- 

 cares, glabrl, a mcdio ad basin ulriuquc membranaceo -alati 

 ibiquc vaginantes, sulcati et glanduloso-punctulati. Pcdun- 

 cnli axillares, solitarii , apice (abortu?) distachyi , 6 — 7 

 liueas longl, glabri. Spicac pedicellatae, dcnsiflorae, cyliu- 

 draceae, rcctae, suppeteutes juveniles, 26 — 28 liueas longae, 

 crassitie pcnnae passerinae; pedicellis 5 lincas longis, gia- 

 bris. Bracteae per quincuuccs dispositae,- peltatae, margine 

 fimbriatac. (Descriptio juxla spccimeu Siebcriaiium.) 



7 "'0 i. e. Ca Iiis (liio altius e lurvo uiediu i»rüdcuiites. 

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