568 



pctciis earic cxcsnin.) Medium tonet intcr II. peltatara et 

 speciosam, ab illa vix distiiii^ueiida. Linkio (Jahrb, 3. 62.) 

 a Pipcrc pcltato Ruiz. et Pav* haud diffcrrc videtur. 



3, HccJceria speciosa, 



Ramulis .... foliis loiigc petiolatis, '/3 swpra basin 

 pcltatis, subrotundo-ovatis, subacurainatis, basi subtruucato- 

 rotuudatis ibiquc mcdio Icvitcr repandis, subcoriaceis, pellii- 

 cido-puuctulatis, glabris, subtus margiue cxtrcmo fimbriatis; 

 petiolis infernc membrauacco-alatis; pedauculis axillaribus, 

 umbelIato-3-(vcl poly-)stachyis. ' 



Piper spcciosum llumh, et Ktli, Nov» Gen, 1, 59, 

 TFilld, herb, n, 704. 



Peperoinia speciosa Kunth, Si/nops, 1. 124, 

 Crcscit in Provincia Venezuela. (Yalles de Aragna.) "5. 



Frutcx erectus, 4 — 6-pcdalis, ramosus; rarais tercti- 

 bus. Folia longe petiolata, 1/3 supra basin peltata, subro- 

 lundo-ovata, subacuiniuata, basi subtruncato-rotuudata ibi- 

 que medio levitcr repauda, reticulato - multiucrvia, nervis 

 utrinque prominentibus_, 5 intcrioribus infernc dnplici altilu- 

 dinc contluentibus, subcoriacea, utrinque glandulis miuutissi- 

 mis puuctuliformibus pellncidis densissimc obsita, glabra, 

 subtus raarglnc cxtrcmo ümbriata, opaea, subtus pallidiora, 

 7-pollicaria, b^/,^ poUiccs lata. Pctioli 4 — 5-poHicares, 

 infernc utrinque membranacoo - alati , glabri. Pcdunculi axii- 

 lares, apicc 3-(vcl poly-)stacljyi, glabri, subpollicares, 

 Spicae nrabcllatac, pediccllatae, cylindraceae, ^% — 31/3 

 poll. ]on!;ae;^ suppetentes fructiferac, crassitic pennac 

 rolumbinac. Fructus densissimi, minutissimi, obovato-turbi- 

 nati, obtusc triani:;ulares, vcrticc truneato-rotundati , stiyraa- 

 tibus 3 pcrsistcntibus »"oronati, glandulis nonnuJlis punctuli- 

 formibus obsiti, glabri^ siuguli bractca peltata triausuhui 



