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Piper Gaudichaiidianum Kth, olim, 



Crcsclt in Brasilia (Propc Corcovado legcrunt Gaudl- 

 chaud et Lnscliuath.). H), 



Rarai tcrotinsculi, striati, nodosi, scabrinsculi ; ramuli 

 liirtö-pubesccutes. Folia altcrna, brcvitcr pctiolata, oblique 

 oblongo-lanceolata, loiigc arumiuata, acnraine obtiiso, basi 

 inacqualia et acuta, reticulato-vcuosa, rcnis priraariis utrin- 

 qne 4 — 5, nervo nicdio vcnulisque transversis subtus promi- 

 neutibus et caiiesccuti - scrieeis, membranacea, epunctulala, 

 snpra viridia, opaca et punctnlato- scabra, subtus pallidiora 

 et puberula, 4Y2 — 5-poHiearia vol paulo longiora, 15 — 21 

 lineas lata. Petioli 2 — 4 lineas longi , canaliculati, sericeo- 

 pnlioscentrs, cancscontcs. Stlpnlae oppositifoliao, oblougae, 

 navicuLares, membiauacoao, castanoo-fuscae, puberulae, cä- 

 ducac, 3 — 4 lineas longae. Spicae oppositifoliae, solitariae, 

 podunculatae, floriferac cylindrarpacj crassitic pennae colum- 

 binae_, 2 — 3-pollicares et loiigiores, levitcr curvatae?; pe- 

 duncnlo somipollicari, pu]>ernlo, intrrdiim brevissimo (2 lineas 

 longo). Flores dcnse et annulatim dispositi. Bractea« juve- 

 niles pcltatae, suborbiculatac, pilosae, ciliatae. Stamina..,, 

 Pistilla .... Fr n eins .... 



S. aduucac proxirac affinis« 



27. Slcffcima scabra, 



Ramnlis Lirto -tomentosis; foliis oblique oblongis Tel el- 

 liptlco-oblongis , acnininalis,. basi inaequalibns et rotundatis, 

 siiblineatis, rigido-merabranaccis, opunctulatis, ytriiiquf pu- 

 berulis , snpra seabriusculis, subtus in nervo et venis ad- 

 presso - pnbeseentibus; spicis ercctis, rectis, folio dlmidio 

 brevioribus; peduncnlo petioluni panlo snperanle; bracleis 

 peltatiSj ciliato-fimbriatis; fructibus .... 



