596 



brcviata, rotundata. Friictns remotiuscnli, rliachl perpendi- 

 cularitcr absqne stipite iusidentes , subclavato - obloii"-! ob- 

 tiisi, stiginatnm vestigiis umbonati, exsiicci, obsolete penta- 

 goni et nigiilosi;, glabri, 11/3 liueae longi, auisato-aroma- 

 lici. Semen fnictui conforme, obloiigum, sulcato-pcuta^o- 

 iium, fuscuni, laere. 



4, Enclea hlattarum, 

 Raraiilis jamoribus petiollsque subtilissirae Iilrtellis; fo- 

 lils elliptrcis, acumiiiatis, acumine obtuso, basi subaeqnali- 

 bus et acutis, triiiervils, iuterdum subtripliiierviis, menibra- 

 naccls, glabris, opacis, subtilissime pelliicido - pnnctiilatis; 

 spicis loiige peduuculatis, teuiiibus, flliformibns, sublaxiflorls, 

 patulis, foliiim superautibus; bracteis crassiuscnlis , tnincato- 

 rotuiidatis, subciliolatis; ovariis subglobosis ; stigmatibus 3 

 crassiuscnlis, patentibus; fructibus 



Piper blattarura Spreng, N. Enld, 2. 100. (v. 5, 

 a Bert er o lect, et a Baibisio miss.) 



Peperoraia Blattarum Die/r, Spec» 1. 150. 



Piper dlscolor Wydler , herb, Portoric, n, 407. 



Crescit in Insula Portorico. Iq. 



Rami subdichotomi, uodosi, teretes, cxsiccati rugoso- 

 strlati, glabri; iutcrnödiis 1 — 2- pollicaribus; ramuli junio- 

 res subtilissime hirtelli. Folia altorna, petiolata, elliptica, 

 acuminata, acumine obtuso, basi siibaequalia et acuta, reti- 

 culato-3 - uervia, interdum nervulis 1 — 2 extiuiis aueta, 

 ncrvis subtus promineutibus, uno, rarius 2 supra basin nervi 

 raedii prodeuntibus, nnde folia subiripliuervia, membranacea, 

 gialira, subtilissime pellucido- punctulata, opaca, 3 — S^/j- 

 pollicaria, 16 — 19 liueas lata. Petioli 3 — 4 lineas longi, 

 snbcanaliculati, nudi, subtilissime hirtelli. Stipulae in apice 

 ramulorum parvae, convoluto-subulatae, subtilissime hirtel- 



