— 595 



8. Enelfa dlscolor, 

 Raranllsj pctioHs foliisqne iitiinqne glabrls, oblique el- 

 lipticö-oliloiigis, longe apiiminatis, acumine obtuso, hasi in- 

 aoqnalibus et rofnndatis iblquc band revolutis , 5-nerviig, 

 membranacois, dcnsissime et obsolete pellucido-piinctulalis, 

 satiate viridlhiis , opacis^ subtiis pallidlorlbus ; spicis tennis- 

 siinis, laxifioris; fnictiferis folio '/3 brevioribus; bracteis 

 subrotiindis, rncnllato - concavis, basi subtilissirae hirtellis ; 

 sligraatibus 3?, abbrcviatis; friicllbus romotiusculis, snbola- 

 Tato-oblongisj obfnsis, iimbonatis, obsolete pcntagonis, gla- 

 bris; seraine sulcato-pciitagono, 



Piper discolor SchlccTitcnd, in JLmnaea 5, 74, (r, 

 Ä. in lierh, re^, Uerol. ) Hort, Bot, Jjero7, 1839, 



Crescit in Rcgno Mexicauo. t> 



Rarai dichotomi, nodosi, teretiusculi, striato-snleati ra- 

 muliqiie glabri. FoHa altcriia, pctiolata, oblique elliplieo- 

 obloiiga, lougc acumiuata, acinuiue obtuso, basi inaeqiialia 

 et rotundata ibiqne band revoluta, retici:lato-5-iiervia, 11er- 

 vis subtus promiiicntibns, cxtimis multo tcnuioribus, vix 

 quintam partem infunani longitudiuis atliugentibus, membra- 

 nacca, iitriiiqne glabra, dcnsissime et obsolete pelliicido- 

 punctiilata, opaca, satiate viridia, subMis pallidiora, 23/^ — 

 3-pollicaria, 14—16 liueas lata. Petioli 2 — 3-linoas lon- 

 gi, Icviter caualiculati, glabri. Stipulae inimitac, siibnlatae, 

 glabrae. Spicae oppositifoliac, solitariae, podnnciilalao, llli- 

 formcs, tenuissiraae; fruetiferae 1*/^— 1% pollicares, roetiu- 

 sculae, patiilae; pediincnlo seraipollieari, glabro. Floros ap- 

 proximali. Bracteae scssilcs siibrotiindac, ciirnllato- ronea- 

 vae, crassiusculac, externe versns basiu sii.bfilissime birld- 

 lae. Stamina 4'?, ovario circumposita. Filamenta glabra, 

 basi persistente. Antbcrae siibreniformcs, bilocnlares. Ova- 

 ria cyliudracco-oblonga, glabra, Stigmata 3?, sessilia, ab- 



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