690 ' 



Crescit in Poruvia. t). 



Ramuli uodosi, glabri , cxsiccali sulcato - snl»angulati ; 

 iutcrnodiis 1 — ly^- Pf''i*^''^''i''"3- Folia alterna, petiolafa, 

 o))liquc siibrotiiiulo-ovata vel subrotniido-elliptica, acnmina- 

 ta, aciirainc oldiisiiisculo, basi aequalia vpI inacqualia et ro- 

 tuiulata vol acutiuscula ibique intus callis diiobus glaudulifor- 

 mibus iustrurta, reticulato-vcuosa, venia primariis utrinque 

 5 infei'ioribus approximalis nervoque modio suldus pronii- 

 ncntilms, rigidulo-membranacpa, band pclhicido-punctulata, 

 utrinque glalixa , juniora subtus obsolete et sulttilissime pnn- 

 ctulata, 4 — 5-pollicaria, 30 — 33 lineas lata. Petioli 4 — 5 

 lincas lougi, glabri. Stipiilae in apice rauiiilorHm lineares, 

 uncinatae, glabrae, 3 — 4 lineas longae. Spicae oppositi- 

 foliao, solitariae, pedunculatae, rectae, cyliudraceae, 8 lineas 

 lougae, crassitie pcnnae columbinac-, pediinmlo 4 lineas lon- 

 go, glabro. Flores deusi. Bracteae breves, cnciillato-in- 

 üexae*?, subconchaeformos, glabrae. Stamina 4- (ex Ruiz.) 

 filameuta pcrsistenlia, fiüibrmia, fusca, glabra. Ovarium 

 conicuni (rectius ovatuin supcnte in stylnm crassum attenua- 

 tum)j bracteam snporans, glabrum. Stigmata 2, brevia, 

 recurvata. Fructus ignoti. (Dcsrript. jiixta specimeu herb. 

 Wilid.) 



Peperomiae species teste i(ees ab Esenb. (in Act. Bonn. 

 11. 9.) 



Quid Piper callosum Optz in ReJ, IIaenl\ 3, 152. ex 

 lusula Luzoniae? Couf. Steffensia Carpuuya. 



14, Schiller ia Martiana» 

 Ramulls, petlolis foliisqne utrinque gialiris, oblique ova- 

 tis, acuminatis, basi iaacqualibus et rotundatis, ibique eglan- 

 dulosis, subquintuplincrviis, membranaceis, glabris, obsolete 

 pcilucido - punctulatis, opaeis; spicis rectis, folio quadruplo 

 brevioribus; bracteis cucullato-iuilexis, subconchacformibus, 



