'■ 599 



6. EncJcia plantaginea» 

 Ramiilis hirtellis; foliis oblique oyatis vel elllpticis, arii- 

 miiiatis, acumine ohtiiso, iuterdtira rancronnlato, basi inae- 

 qnaliter rotniirlatis vel snbcordatis, 7-nerviis, snbtilissiine 

 pelliu'ido-piiiirtiilatis, mcmbranapeis, supra satiate Tiridibiis, 

 glabriSj nitidis, snbfns pallidioribns inque iiervis et potiolis 

 hirtcllo-piibescciitibus; splcis rectiuscnlis, teiiuibns, folio ^/3 

 brevioribus; bractois conchaoforraibus, glabris, ciliolatis; stig- 

 matibus 3, sessilibus, reciirratis; frnctibiis subgloboso- ova- 

 lis, glabris; scraine elliptico, snbtetragono. 



P i j) r p 1 a a t a s" i n e 11 m Lam, Hlust, 1 . 80. Vahl. 

 Enum, 1, 330. 



Piper medium Jacq. Coli, 1. 141. Ejusd. Ic, 1, 

 f. 8. Willd, Enttm» 47, 



Piper syriugacfolium JBalbis in Jierh, reg, Beroh 

 e Guadahtpa, 



Crcscit in lusnlis Caribaeis, nee non in regno Mexi- 

 cano. t> 



RamI dlcliotoml, uodosl, tereles, striali, glabri; ramnli 

 liirtelli; intcrnodiis 1 y^ — 2 ^/2" P'^'^'^^*'^''''^"^' Folia alterna, 

 pctiolata, ol)lifjuc ovata vel ellipllca, aouninata, aciimiiic ob- 

 tiiso, interdiim mucrouiilato, basi inaeqiialia, rolundata vel 

 obsolete cordala, sepfcraucrvia, nervis siibtus promiiiontibus, 

 cxtlmis obsolctis, menibranacca, subtilisslnie pcllucido-piin- 

 ctiilata, supra satiate viridia, glabra, nitida, snbtus palli- 

 diora inque nervis, interdura quoquc in vcnulis transversali- 

 bus liirlcllo- pul)csccntia, 3 Ya-polücaiia, 24 — 26 lineas 

 lata. Pctioli 4 — 6 lineas lougi, canaliculati, nudi, liirteljo- 

 pnbescentes. Stipnlae in ramulis convoluto- lineares, aeiitae, 

 hirtellae, 4 lineas longae. Spicae oppositifoliae, solllariao, 

 pedunculatae, erectiusculae; floriferae tenues, sesquipnllica- 

 rcs ; fructilcrac crassitie pennao anscrinao temiioris. Flores 



