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rcniformcs, bilocularcs. Filamenta linearia, fusca. Stigmata 

 3 scssilla. Fnictns tlcnsi, sessiles, U.asi counati, oLovato- 

 «juadiati, latcribiis, pracsertim basim versus comprcssi, ver- 

 ticc truncato-rotun(Iati_, stigmatuin vcstigiis umbilicati, gla- 

 bri magnitudiiic grani papaveris; pericarpium solubile, ver- 

 ticc crassius et glanduloso-piinctatum. Semen siibquadrato - 

 cllipticum, lateribns, praesertira iiiierne corapressmn, apice 

 tnmcato-rotuudatum, basl rotundatuin et leviter cmargiiiatum, 

 obsolete et subtilissime reticulatura, nigro-fuscum, opacura. 



A Pipere obloiigo Hurnh, et KtJi, longe differt forma 

 fructuum et semiuum. 



15. Stcffcnsla sccunda, 



Ramulis obsolete scaltriusculis; foliis elliptico-obloiigis, 

 acumiuatis, basl snbacqualibiis et acutis, raembranaceis, iitrin- 

 que ""labris, opacis; 'juveiiiiibiis subtilissime pelhicido-piiii- 

 ctulatis; spieis secuudis, patentibns, rectis, folium subaequau- 

 tibus- pedunciilo petiolum duplo siiperaute; bracteis apice 

 cucullato-coucbaeforraibus ibique ciliatis; fructibus .... 



Piper secundum Rm'z, et Pav. Flor, 1, 36. jf, 62, 

 b, iv, s, in herb, reg» Berol.) Vahl. Enum 1. 317, 



Piper lieteromallum Pers. S^nops, 1. 33,, 



Crescit in Peruvia. 1q, 



Hamuli exsiccati compressi, nodosl , striati_, obsolete sca- 

 briusculi, iuternodiis 15 — 21 liueas longis. Folia alterna, 

 petiolata, elliptico - oblouga, acuniiuata, acumiue acutato, 

 basi subaequalia,. acuta, reticulato-venosa, veuis priraariis 

 utrinque 4 vel 5, patulis uervoque medio subtus prominenti- 

 bus, membrauacea, opaca, subtus pailidiera, öVa — 6^^ 

 poll. longa, 23 — 28 liueas lata; juvenilia subtilissime pellu- 

 cido-pumtulata. Petloii 3 — 4 liueas lougi , glabri. Stipu- 

 lac in apice ramulorura oppositifoliae, ovato-lanceolatac aca- 

 tae, naviculares, leviter eurvatae, glabrao, 10 liueas loagac; 



