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4-pollicarcs. Inreliquissimlllimavar.ee. Siippetit (in herb, 

 Lucaeano ) Iiujus Aarietatis rarauhis juvenilis , a Luschnatliio 

 propc Tojuco Brasilieusium lectus, foliis oblougo-lanceolatis, 

 9 — 9y3-pollicaribus, 2V3 poll. Litis. 



7. Steffensia atnpia, 

 Ramulis folüsque ntrinque glabris, his ellipticis, brevi- 

 ter acurainatis, basi subaequalibus et rotundatis, racrabrana-. 

 ceis, snpra nitidis, subtus obsolete punctulatis; petiolis nudis, 

 peduuculo duplo longioribus; spicis rectis, folio triplo bre- 

 vioribus; bracteis conchaeformibus, glabris; fructibus imma- 

 turis iüferne conuatis , supcrue couvexis , glabris. 

 Piper amplum Kth. olim, 



Piper nigrum ex Brasilia Beyr, in Horl\ Bcrol, 

 Piper sylvestre Flor, Fluinin, I, t, 56.? 

 Creseit in Brasilia meridiouali (Rio Janeiro Gaudich., 

 Corcovado Luschnath., Guidowald Sellow. ). t). 



Frutex 5 - podalis (Lusclmath.). Rarauli torctiuscnli, 

 nodosi, subflcxuosi, striati^ glabri ; internodiis 2Y4 — Sy^ 

 poll. longis. Folia alterna, petiolata, elliptica, breviter acu- 

 minata, acumlne acuto, basi subaequalia et rotundata, reti- 

 culato-venosa, venis primariis ntrinque pluribus, divaricatis 

 nervoque niedio subtus prominentibus, membranacea, utriuque 

 glabra, subtus obsolete et subtilissime punctulata, supra ni- 

 tida, 6—71/3 poll. longa, 2V3— 32/3 poll. lata. Petioli 

 Rubpollicares, canalirulati, glabri. Stipulac in apice ramu- 

 lorura naviculares, lanceolato-subulatae, glabrae, subpolli- 

 carcs (juveniles petiolo adnatae?). Spicae oppositifoliae, so- 

 litariae, pcdunculatae , rectac, cyündraceae, crassitie penuac 

 galliuaccae, 2 — 2^^ poll. lougac; pcdunculo 5 — 6 lineas 

 longo, glabro. Frurlus immalusi arcle et annulatim dispo- 

 siti, interne connati, supcrnc libori et convexi, media de- 

 pressi et umbilicati, glabri, intcijcctis bracteis totidem sin- 



