182 c. kunth. — Sur les Pipéracées. 



3. OTTONIA PADIFOL1A. 



Ramis leviter striatulis, ramulis, petiolis foliisque uîrinque glabris, his inae- 

 quilateris, oblongis, acuminatis, basi inaequalibus vel aequalibtis, leviter cor- 

 datis, mernbranaceis , subtilissime pellucido-punctulatis ; pedicellis glabris, 

 fructum ellipticum apice conico-attenuatiim longitudine vix aequantibus. 



Crescit in Brasilia meridionali (Sellow legit) . 



4. Ottonia eucalyptifolia. 



Ramis flexuosis leviter sulcato-angulatis; petiolis foliisque glabris, his inœ- 

 quilateris, lanceolatis, subfoliatis, longe angustato- acuminatis, basi inaequaliter 

 cuneato-acutis , subcoriaceis, pellucido-punctulatis; pedicellis glabris, fructu 

 paulo longioribus. 



Crescit in Brasilia (prope Rio Janeh*o legit Gaudichaud , prope Macahé ad fl. 

 Parahyba Luschnath). 



5. Ottonia macrophylla. 



Ramis flexuosis, obsolète sulcatis ; petiolis foliisque glabris, his subinaequilatcris, 

 ovato-oblongis , acuminatis, basi rotundatis, subcoriaceis, ubique praeserlira in 

 venularum rete pellucido-punctulatis; pedicellis glabris 



Crescit prope Rio Janeiro Brasiliensiura (Sellow legit). 



6. Ottonia propinqua. 



Ramis flexuosis, obsolète sttïaiis ; petiolis foliisque glabris, his inaequilateris 

 ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, basi inaequalibus et rotundatis, subco- 

 riaceis, obsolète pellucido-punctulatis ; pedicellis glabris 



Ottonia Anisum Mertens in Herb. reg. Berol. (nec Spr.) 



Crescit in Brasilia meridionali (Sellow legit). 



7. Ottonia Vahlh. 



Ramis flexuosis, striatis; petiolis foliisque glabris, his subsequilateris, ovato- 

 ellipticis, acuto-subacuminatis, basin versus subcuneato-angustatis, ima basi in- 

 aequalibus et leviter corda tis, subcoriaceis, subepunctulatis ; pedicellis glabris, 

 fructu ovato-elliptico breviter acuminato-mucronato tetraquetro paulo brevioribus. 



Piper ovatum Vahl Eclog. 1. 3. t. ï. Ej. Enum. 1. 320. Willd. Herb. 

 n. 652. 



Crescit in Insula Triuiîatis, 



