613 



tondata, reticulato-vciiosaj yeiiis primariis pluriljus, palcn- 

 tibus ueryoqiic mcdio siibtus prominnlis, mcmbrauacca, epiiii- 

 ctiilata, ntriiiqiie glaherriraa, opaca, subtns pallidiora, öy, 

 ^V« poilices ioiiffa, 2 1/5 — 3 pollicos lata. Petioli siipiila 

 axillär! per dorsuin aduata alali, i^labri. Spicae oppositi- 

 follae, solitariae, pediinculatac, patentes, rettiiiscnlac, oy- 

 lindraccae, obtusae, crassitle peunac columbinac, 1 1/2 — 2- 

 poliicares ( fructiferac in spcciraiuc Poeppigiano Tix crassio- 

 res, 3 Ya-pollicares); pcdunculo 3 lincas longo, glabro, pe- 

 tiolum Tix supcrautc. Florcs densi et spiraliter dispositi. 

 Bracteac pcltatae, scmiorbicnlari- trianguläres, marginc ci- 

 liato - firabriatac. Anthcrac Lilocularcs. Ovarium sessile, 

 latcribus comprcssiusculiira, glabrum. Stigmata 3?, cras- 

 sinscula, sessilia. Frnctiis (immatnri) sessiles, spiraliter 

 dispositi, parallelopipedei, latiores qnam longi, lateribus coim- 

 pressi, glabri, magnitndine grani majoris Papavcris. Semen 

 fructui conforme. (Dcscript. sccnndum spciinicu guianciiso 

 a Poiteauo commuuicatum, descr, fructus secuudum spccimeu 

 Pocppigianum.) 



4, Stcffens/a? verrucosa, 



Ramnlis pctiolisfiuc glahris, tiiberculis (aecidiis?) albi- 

 dis licraispliacricis obsitis; foliis orato- oblongis, angnstato- 

 acutis, basi iuacqualibiis et rotiindato - cordatis, coriaoois, 

 glabris, epunctiiialis, siipra opacis, subtiis pallidioribus; sti- 

 piilis per dorsum pctiolo aduatls; spicis .... 



Piper flv e r r u c s ii m Swarlz, Proilr. 1 5. Kjusil, 

 Flor. 1. 56. (i-. in Willd, herb, w. 638. folia cl ramu- 

 lum.) VaJil. Enum. 1. 324. 



Crcstit in Jamaica. tj. 



Arbor 15 — 20-pcdalis. Fvamiiii terctos, glabii, tiiber- 

 culis (aecidiis?) albidis licuiisphaericis ob^iiti. 



