713 



V^, Species Schillcriac auritac proplnquae. — 



F 1 i a oblique c o r d a t a. P c t i o 1 i u t r o q u e m a r i^ i n c 



membrauacco - alati. 



35. ScTiillcrial aurita, 

 Ramiillg glabris; foliis loiigiiiscule pctlolatlg, oblique 

 ovatis, acutis vel subaciiminatis, basi profiiudc et inacquali- 

 litcr cordatis, basi snbdigiti-ncrviis, membranacois, siipra 

 puberulis, subtus praesertiia in nervo et vcnis molliter pu- 

 bescentibus, pcllucido-pnnctulatis; petiolis utrinque morabra- 

 iiaceo-alatis, dorso pnbescentibus; spicis rcctis, patulis, fo- 

 lio Ya brevioribus; pcdunculo potiolo dimidio brcviorc; bra- 

 ctels inflexo-peltatis, villosis ; fructibus obovato-turbiuatis, 

 trigonis; semlue laevi, nitido. 



Piper auritum Humh, et Klh, Nov. Gen, 1. 54, 

 Willd, herb, n. 678. (spec, inconiplet, caric earesum.) 

 SchlecJuetid, ct Cham, in Linnaea, 5, 73. (v, s,) cjccl, 

 synon, 



Crescit in Mexico. % 



Ramuli nodosi, exsiccati angulati, striati, glabri, inter- 

 iiodiis 21/2 — 4-pollicaribns. Folia allerna, petiolata, obli- 

 que ovata, acuta vol subacuminata, basi profunde cordala, 

 lobis rotnndatis, parum inaequalil)us, iutcrduin crcnatis, roli- 

 cnlato-venosa, vcnis priniariis utrinquc 6 — 7 uervoque me- 

 dio subtus prominentibus, iuferioribns approxiraatis, unde fo- 

 lia basi snbdigltincrviaj mcmbranacea, supra pubcrula, sub- 

 tus, praescrtim in nervo et venis moUiler pubescentia, 3nar- 

 glne dense et abbrevlate cillato -fimbriata, suJitilissInie pellu- 

 cido-pnnctulata, 6 — 7-pollicaria (pcdalia in speclm. Humb.), 

 3 Yij — 4 pollices lata. Pctioli 1 — 2-polllcarcs, late mera- 

 branaceo - alati, pracsortini basim versus ibique vaginanlcs, 

 dorso pubescentes. Spicae opposilifoliae, solilariaej prdun- 

 culatae, rectac, cjlindraccae, patulae, 4- poUicareSj crassitie 



