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i^ioiB imit7 45. Schilleria melastomoides, 

 f*"' Ramnlis petiolisque villoso - hirsntis; folils ollipfloo - 

 oljlongis, nn^iistato - acniniiiatis , liasi inaeqnaübus et ro- 

 tiindatls, soptoinnerviis, raembrauareis, obsolete pelliicido- 

 pmiftiilatis, siipra glabris, subtiis praosertira in nervis pilo- 

 so- hirsntis; spicis longe peduuculatis, oblougo-cyliudraccis, 

 folio triplo quadruple brevioribns; bracteis subpeltatis, vcr- 

 ticc glabris, subtus hirsntis; stjlo elougato; etiginatibns 3, 

 iccurvatis; fructibus . . . 



Piper melastomoidcs SchhcTitcnd, in Linnaea 5. 

 74. (r, s. ) 



-^ In sylvis nrabrosis prope Xalapam Mcxicanornm, (Huml>. 

 et Schiede legerunt.) "^. 



Rami dichotoml, nodosi, teretcs, striati; juniores pilis 

 artit'ulatis villoso -hirsuti ; internodiis 1^2 — 2%- poUirari- 

 htis. Folia aherna, petiolata, elliplico - oblonga, augustato- 

 acumiuata, basi aequaiia et rotuudata, reticulato-septemner- 

 via, nervis subtus proniincutibus, extimls obsoletis, membra- 

 nacea , subolisolcte et subtilissimc pellucido-puuctulata, sn- 

 pra glabia , saliatc viridia et opaca, subtus pailidiora ibiqne, 

 praesertim in nervis piloso-hirsuta, 5 1/4 — öy^ poll. longa, 

 1% — 21/2 poll. lata. Petioli 4 — 6 lineas lougi, hirsulo- 

 viliosi, Hudi. Stipulae in apicc ramulornm lanceolato- linea- 

 res, acumiuatae, naviculares, dorso hirsutac, Y« PoH. lon- 

 •,K.gae. Spicae oppositifoliae, solitariae, longe peduiiculatae, 

 patentissimae , ol>lojigo - cylindraceae, obtusae, 1 y^ — 1 1/3 

 poll. longae, crassitie penuac cyciicae; pedunculo 12 — 14 

 lineas longo, filiformi, hirsuto. Flores deusissiini. Bractcae 

 hUcraliter pelfatae?, snbrotundac, supra glabrac, subtus pilis 

 articulalis hirsulac. Slamiua nonnulla, pistillo circumposita. 

 Filamenta illifonuia, transversc rngulosa, glabra. Antherae 

 subrotundo-reniformes, basi al'tixac, cum fihuucnlo coulinnae. 



