' 601 



8. Enclia californica, 



Ramulis, petiolis follisque glabris, his subrotimdo-OTa- 

 (Is, acuminatls, acumiuc obtuso, basi iuaeqiialiter et leviter 

 cordatis, 7-nerviis, mciiibrauaceis, epunctulatis, opacis, sub- 

 tns pallidioribiis; spicis rectis, teuuibus, folio diraidio breviö- 

 ribiis, laxilloris; bractels couchaefonnibiis, margiiie hirtellis; 

 Stigmatibus 3?, crassiusculis; fructibus .... 



Piper californicura Opiz in PresL Reliq, HaenJc, 

 3. 160. (r. 5. in herb, reg, Bcrol.) 



Crescit in California, "t) 



Ramuli nodosi, teretes, striati, glabri; iuternodiis ses- 

 qui-bipollicaribus. Folia alterna, petiolata, subrotundo-ova- 

 tiij acuminata, acumine obtuso, basi aequalia et leviter cor- 

 data, reticulato-septemuervia, nervis subtus prorainulis, ex- 

 timis obsolctis, Yeuulis snbpcllucidis, membrauacea, epun- 

 ctulata, utriuque glabra, opaca, subtus pallidiora, 2^/^ — ^^/n~ 

 poUicaria, IV* — 2Y3-poliices lata. Petioli 5 — 6 liueas 

 longi, canaliculati, nudi, glabri. Stipulae in ramulorum 

 apicibus oppositifoliae, convolutae, glabrae, 2^/^^ lineas lon- 

 gae, caducae. Spicac oppositifoliae, solitariae, pednncula- 

 tae, tenues, rectae, pollicares; rhadii adpresso -pilosiuscnla; 

 pcdiinculo 3 — 4 lineas longo, glabro. Flores remotiusculi. 

 Bractcac parvae, conchaeformcs, margine liirtellac. Stamina 

 quot? Filamcnta glabra, persistontia. Antherae reniformos, 

 Liloculares. Ovarium sessilc, ovatuni, glabrura. Stigmata 3?, 

 scssilia, crassiuscula, obtusa. (Descriptio juxta spcciracn 

 Opiziauum. ) 



9. EncJiia ortJiostachija, 



Ramulis, potiolis ifoliisque ulriuqiu' glabris, Ins oblique 

 obovato-ellipticis , acuminatis, basi aeqiialil)iis et in petiolum 

 augustatis, 5 — 7-ncrviis, subcoriaceis, junioribus obsolete 

 pelhici<lo-puuctulatis, opacis, supra satiato viridibus, sub- 



