693 



aplculatum, trigonura, caslaueo-fuscum, subtilissime reticiila- 

 tum, nitidnlum. 



Differt a proxiina Scliilleria Carpunya: foliis basi ro- 

 tiiudatis (nee cordatis), florihiis densioribua (?) fructibusque 

 miuoribus. 



16. ScIiiUeria Carpnnißa, 



Ramulis, petiolis foliisque utrinque glabris, ovato-elli- 

 pticis, acumiuatis, basi acqualibus et cordatis, coriaeeis, su- 

 pra nitidis, subtilissime pellucido- puiictulatis ; spicis secun- 

 dis, rectis, folio '/3 brevioribus, tenuibus; bracteis cucullato- 

 infloxis, conchaeforraibus, glabris ; stigmatibus 3, pateutibus; 

 fructibus (iminaturis) subrotundis, umbilicatis. 



Piper Carpuuya Ruiz. et Pav, Flor, Peruv, 1. 37. 

 t, 63. b. {v. spccimen juvenile in herb, Willd, n, 652.) 

 Poeppig. herb. n. 59. Opiz in Rcl. Haenk. 3. 155, (v, 

 s. s, Jl. et fr, ) 



Crcscit in Peruvia. %. 



Ranuili uodosi, tcrctinsculi, glabri; interuodiis '/4 — 

 ly^- jiollicaril)iis. Folia alterna, pytiolata, ovato-elliptica, 

 acumiuata_, acuminc acutato, basi aequalia et cordata, reticu- 

 lalo-vcnosaj veuis primarils utrinque circitor 5, inaequali- 

 bus, patulis ncrvoqiie racdio subtus prominentibus, coriacea, 

 deusissime et subtilissime pclliicido-puuctulata, utrinque gla- 

 bra, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, 51/2 — ^Va poH. longa, 

 2V2 — 3 po^'- ^'^'^^- Petioli 4 lineas longi, glabri. Slipulac 

 in apice ramulorum oppositifoliae, lauceolatae, naviculares, 

 glabrae, subpollicares, dcciduac. Spicac oppositifoliae, soH- 

 tariac, brcviter pcduuculatae, secundac, rectae, cylindraceae, 

 3 — 4 -pollicares, crassitie pcnnae columbinae; fructiferae 

 duplo crassiores; pcdunculo 3 lineas longo, glabro. Florcs 

 donsi, Bractcar breves, cucullato-inflexae, concbacformos, 

 glabrae, basi villosulae?, Slamina 4?, ovario circumposila. 



