166 PIPBEACEa;. 



glabrescent beneath j aments short, nearly as long as the peduncles and petioles j ovary 

 beifcej : 'stigma anterior j frmt oil'ong-cylmdrieal, snbsessile : beak linear. — Umn. TroM- 

 att. 9. t. 21./ 2.— Piper bracteatum, Thornps. Pep. t^niformis, Book. I Acrocarpidium 

 repens, Miq. I and Guildingianum, Miq. I — Stem radicant, of indefinite length ; leaves 4'"- 

 9'" diam., nearly ' as long as the petiole ; fruit with a very minute carpophore. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, JI/areA, Wils., PFrfjeA^., to Trinidad !, Cr.; [Cuba! to Brazil!]. 



§ 2. Leaves alternate { sometimes partly opposite), mth.a Strang, flat midrib. Stigma 

 minute, on the ariterior side of the subulate ovafy-peak. 



* Leaves thin, peltate, or their lamina distinct from the petiole, 

 14. P. hemandifoliat Dsrfr., Miq. I Glabrous, succulent; stem creeping, radicant, 

 ascending at the top ; leaves alternate, distant, thin, peltate, ovate. Cuspidate, obsoletely 

 .7~9-nerved ; petiole as long as the lamina, the latter inserted below its middle ; aments 

 shorter than the elongated peduncle -. ovary beaked ; fruit ovoid, sessile, as long as the beak. 

 — Piper, y. Pep. Ponthieui, Mij'.-^Stem of indefinite length : internodes 3"-3" long ; 

 leaves 3''-14" long, g4"'-9"' broa,d : aments l"-2" long.— Hab. Jamaica I, March, Wils. ; 

 S. Vincent!, Guild.; Granada, Trinidad (2%o»2pS.), in mountain-woods ; [Cuba!]. 



IB. P. producta, Gr. {n. sp.). Glabrous, succulent ; stem creeping, radicant, ascending 

 at the top ; leaves alternate, distant, thin, elliptical, shortly cuspidate with a bluntish point, 

 rounded at the suipeltate base, obsoletely septuplinerved ; petiole as long as the lamina, 

 the latter inserted immediately above its base ; aments usually geminate, longer than their 

 special, shorter than their common peduncle ; ovary beaked ; fruit ovoid-oblong, sessile, 

 longer than its curved beak. — Intermediate between the preceding and the following species j 

 leaves 3"-3" long, 2"-l" broad, papery, opaque, obsoletely yeUow-dotted beneath : rounded 

 base produced about V" beyond the petiole, which is rather flatly channelled, equalling the 

 internodes ; aments 1"-1 J" long : peduncles axillary, ascending (together with the leaves) 

 from the creeping stem. — Hab. Jamaica !, J/ac/'. ; [Cuba!]. 



16. P. distachya, Dietr. Puberulous or glabrate, succulent ; stem creeping, radicant, 

 ascending at the top ; leaves alternate, distant, tliin, ovate, cuspidate with a bluntish point, 

 subcordate or rounded at the lose, ciliate, obsoletely septupli-7-nerved : petiole usually 

 shorter than the lamina, the latter inserted at its base ; aments usually geminate, about as 

 long as the peduncles ; ovary beaked ; fruit ovoid, sessile, longer than its curved beak.' — 

 Plum. Bescr. t. 67,— Piper, i.— Leaves a"-l" long, 18"'-6"' broad ; aments l"-2" long.— 

 Haij. Jamaica I, March, on rocky hills ; [Cuba ! to Brazil 1]. 



** Leaves tapering at the base. 



17- P. dbtusifolia, Dietr., Miq. ! Glabroils, fleshy-succulent ; stem ascending ; leaves 

 alternate, leathery, broadbj-oiovaie or spathulate, retuse or blunt, tapering into the petiole, 

 \ penninerved ; aments subterininal, uSuaUy geminate, elongated, curved : peduncles as long 

 as the leaves ; ovary beaked ; fruit ovoid, sessile, as long as the strong, dejlexed beak.— 

 Plum. Hescr. t. 70. Desc. Ft. 5. t. 313.— Piper, i.— Stem about 1' high ; leaves 3"- 

 2" (-6") long, 2i"-8'" (-8") broad : petiole channelled, 12"'-4"' long ; aments 6"-2'( loug. 



a. Leaves broadly obovate or obovate-roundish. — Jacquin's figure {Ic. Bar. t. 212) of his P. 

 clusiifolium, usually quoted as a synonym, represents well the leaf-form, but is neai'ly de- 

 void of petioles. 



;3. cuneata, Miq. Leaves spathulate (2i"-2" long, 10"'-8"' broad). 



7. papyracea. Leaves obovate-oblong, less thick (6"-4" long, 3"-14" broad). 



Hab. Jamaica 1, Macf., Lane, March (a and 7) ; Antigua!, Wullschl. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. 

 (o and j8), in rocky woods; Trinidad; [Mexico ! and Cuba! to Brazil!]. 



18. P. amplexicaulis, Dietr., Miq. I Glabrous, fleshy-succulent ; stem ascending; 

 ■leaves alternate, leathery, spathulate-lanceolate or spathulate (rarely obovate), bluntish or 

 blunt and retuse, tapering into the sessile or sabsessile io*e, penninerved ; aments nsuallv 

 geminate, elongated ; ovary beaked ; fruit ovoid, sessile, much longer than the conical ap- 

 pendage, the slender beak of which is deciduous. — Piper, Sw. I- — Leaf-form as variable as in 

 the preceding ; aments 6V-4" long ; special peduncles 1" long. 



o. Stoartiiana. Leaves spathulate-lanceolate or spathulate, gradually tapering into the 

 rounded, sessile base. — Jaeq. Ic. Rar. t. 214. — Piper cuneifolium, Jacg. — Stem about 1 ' high ■ 

 leaves 8"-4" long, U"-l" broad above, 6"'-3"' at the base. 



