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ceolata, aiigustato-acumiuata, basi subaeqnalla, obtnsa vcl 

 acuta, reticiilato-quliiqueuervia, nervis subtus (ncc utrinquc) 

 promiuentibus, extimis obsoletls, membrauacea, iitriuqiie gla- 

 bra, obsolete et subtilisslme pellucido-punctulata, laetc vlri- 

 dia, opaca, subtus vix pallidiora, 3 — 5-pollicaria, 6 — 

 10 lineas lata. Petioli 2 — 3 lineas longi, nudi, glabri, 

 Stipulae iu apice raraulorum coüvolutae, filiformes, apice 

 curvatae, glabrae, vix lineam snperantes. Spicao oppos^ti- 

 foliae, solitariae, peduuculalae, tcnues, rectae, patulae, illL- 

 forraes, semipoUicares ; frnctiferae crassitie pennae coluinbi- 

 nae, subpollicares; pedunculo 2 — 3 lineas longo, glabro. 

 Bracteae concbaeformes?, glabrae?, Staraina . , . Anthcrae 

 rcniformes, biloculares. Fructus densi , sessiles, subgloboso- 

 ovali, stigniatibus 3 — 4? crassiusculis brevibus oblusis coro- 

 nati, glabri, magnitndiue grani Papaveris dubii. Pericarpium 

 crassiusculura. Semen subellipticum, quadraugiilare?, laete 

 fuscura. 



12. EncJcia smilacifolla, 



RarauHs, petiolis foliisqne glabris, bis oblique ovato - 

 elliplicis, aciimiuatis, basi iuaeqiialibns et acutiiiscnlis, 7- 

 nerviis, subcoriaceo-membranaceis, obsolete pellucido- pun- 

 ctulatis, laete viridibus, nitidis; spicis (frucliferis) rectinscii- 

 lis, folio 3 — 4-plo brevioribus; bracteis apice cucullato- 

 dilatatis, glabris; fructibus subgloboso-cllipticis, gJabris; 

 semine sulcato-tetragono. 



Piper smilacifoliura Humh. et Kth, Nov, Gen» I. 

 56. inUd, herb, n, 691. fol, 1. 2. 



Crescit prope Caripe Cumanensinn:. %. 



Ramull nodosi, tcretes, striati, glabri; iiiternodiis 1 'A 

 — 3 Ya'Po^'i'^^'^i'^us. Folia alterua, petiolata, oblique ovalo- 

 elliptica, acnminata, basi inacqualia et aciititiscuJa, relicu- 

 lato - 7-nervia, neryis subtus promiuentibus, extimis obso- 



