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Aa recte huc collocata; Steffcusiae aniplae proprior? 

 a planta Ruiziaua longe divcrsa; liaec Scliilleriae species. 



IJ^, Species Piper i obliquo Ruiz, et Pav, ( Stef- 

 fen siac oljliqiiao) propinquac. — Folia oblique 

 cor data. Petioli alati. 



49. Steffensia obh'qua, 



Ramulis glalirlusculis ; foliis oblique ovato - olllpticis, 

 apicc rotundatis, basi iuaequalitcr et profunde cordatls, sub- 

 digiti-uerviis, subcoriaceis, epunctulatis, supra glabris^ sub- 

 tiis subtillssime hlrtello-puberulis ; lobis approximatis, rotun- 

 datis; pptiolis utrinque membrauaceo- alatis, puberulis ; spi- 

 cis longissimis, peudulis, foliiim aequantibus; bractcis con^ 

 chaeformibur-, subtillssime hirtellis; fructibus basi conuatis, 

 depresso-subrotundis, glabris, 



Piper obliquum Rm'z et Pav, Flor, 1, 37, t, 63,«, 

 VaJil. Enujiu 1. 324. 



Crescit iu Peruvia, "^. 



Ramuli juniores glabrlusculi. Folia pctiolata, maxima, 

 oblique ovato - clliptica, apice rotundata (in icone Florae Pe- 

 ruvianac acutiuscula), basi inaequalitcr et profunde cordata, 

 lobis raagnis approximatis rotundatis, reticulato-venosa, ve- 

 iils primaviis utriuque pluribus, infcrioribus approximatis, 

 uude foliiHU pscudo - digitiuorvinm, nervo flaedio venulisque 

 subtus proraineutibus, marginc levitcr repanda, subcoriacca, 

 cpunctulata, supra glabra atomulisque miuutissimis albldis 

 ronspcrsa ; subtus subtillssime liirtello-pubcrula, subpodalia, 

 circiter 8 poll. lata. Petioli bipollicarcs, utrinque membra- 

 naceo-alati, subtilissirae puberuli; alis (stipulis) iuvolutis. 

 Spicae pedunculatae, cjlindraccae ; frucfifcrac crassitie pen- 

 uao scriptoriae, subpcdalcs; pcduncnlo scsquipollicari, (ercti, 

 glabro. Bracleae apicc ciicnliato-iuüexae?, singnjae fructiis 



