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uenibranacea (crassius€iila Biedern.), snpra gfabra, subtus 

 molliter albido-pubesccutla, 14 — 15-pollicarIa, 71/2 — 8 

 pollices lata. Petioli 2Y2 P^H. loiigi, imdi (nee raerabraua- 

 ceo - alati '-^)). Spicae opposilifoliae , solitariac, breviter 

 pedunculatae, pendulae, longissimae, graciles, cyllndraceae, 

 15 — I8-pollicares, aromatleo-spiraiites (Bredem.). 

 lu lierbario Willdenowlaiio noimlsl folium exstat. 



51. Steffensia cjcimia» 



Ramulis deuse hirtellis; foliis o])Iiqiic orato - cUIpticis, 

 brevissime acnminatis, basi iiiaeqnaliter et profunde cordatis, 

 subdigitiuerviis, subcoriaceis, cpunctulatis , supra glabris, 

 subtus moUIter hirtello - puberulis; lobis approxlraatis , ro- 

 tundatis; petiolis utriiique membranaceo-alatis, dense hirtel- 

 lis, pedunculum subdnplo superantibus; spicis longissimis, 

 pendulis, foliuiu magis quam duplo superantibus; bracteis 

 apice cucullato-conchaeforraibus, hirtellis; fructibus (imma- 

 turis ) basi couuatis?, subquadratis, lateribus compressis, 

 vertice hirtellis. 



Piper eximiuni Kth, olim, 



Crescit iu Brasilia meridiouali prope Guidowald. (Sellow 

 loglt.) t). 



Ptamuli nodosi, cxsiccati compressi, dense hirtelli ; inter- 

 iiodiis 2y2 — 31/2 pollicaribus. Folia alterua, petiolata, ob- 

 lique ovato-elliptica, brevissime acumiuata, basi inaequaliter 

 et profunde cordata, lobis magnis, approximatis^ rotuudatis, 

 rcticulato- venosa, venis primariis iitrinquc pluribus (6 — 8), 

 inferioribus approximatis (undc folium pseudo - digitinorvium), 

 nervo medio, venis venulisque siilttiis prominent! bns, siibco- 

 riacca, subepunctulata, margine vix leviter repanda, supra 



*) Wahrscheinlich fehlen die Flügel an dem vorliegenden Blatte 

 nur zufällig. 



