717 



Piper caudatura Vahl, Edog» 1.3. Ejusd, Enum, 

 1. 335. Humb, et Kth. Nov, Gen, 1. 58. WülcL herb, 

 n. 697. 



riper Nliandi Richard in Act, Soc» Hist, Nat, 



Paris, 105. 



Piper catalpaefolium WcigcU, pi, Surinam, {nee 

 Hufnb, et Kth,) 



Crescit in Suriname , Brasilia et Provincia Caraca- 

 sana, "t). 



Ramuli teretes, striati, glabri. Folia alterna, longe pe- 

 tiolata, subrotuudo- ovata, acumlnata, profiindo cordata, lo- 

 bis rotuudatis, patulis subacqualibus, reticulato - 9 - nervia, 

 nervis siibtns prominentibus, extimis obsoletloribus, membra- 

 nacea, utrinqae giabra, margine (ciliis delapsis?) obsolete 

 scabriiiscula, siibtilisslrae pelliitido-piinctulata, opaca, subtus 

 pallidiora, 5-pollicaria, S^/^ — ^ pollicos lata. Petioli 14 

 — 15 iiiioas long], utrlnque membranaceo-alati, apicera ver- 

 sus nudi, glabri. Spicae oppositifoliao, solitariac, breviter 

 pedunculatae, cylindraceae, rectinsculae; fnictiferae ^Ya-polli- 

 carcs, crassitie caudae murinae. Fructns donsissimi, scssi- 

 les, singuli brartea petiolata, peltata, transvcrse oblonga^ mar- 

 gine ciliato-villosa suft'iilti, obovato-tiirbiiiati, pressioue mu- 

 tua 3 — 4-angiilati, vortice rotundato-lriincati, stigraatibus 3 

 lanceolatis crassiiist-iilis patcntibns roronati, glabri, grano 

 Papavcris dubii minores. Pcrlcarpiiim tcnue. Semen fructui 

 conforme, cuneato - turbinatum , irrogiiiarlter 3 — 4-angiila- 

 tum, fuscum, laeviuseulum (?). (Desoript. sccundum speci- 

 meu Hiimb. in borb. Willd.) 



Siippetit (in borij. Lucaeano) speelmcn Horifcnim a Poep- 

 pigio prope Para lectiim, cujus folia supra in nervis hirtella, 

 margiue ciliolata. 



In speciminc Weigeltiano : ramuli riolaoei, striati; inter- 

 liodia 3 — 4Y2-polliearIaj folia 6 — 7-pollicaria, 4'/^ — 5 



