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$. moffnoKfoiia, Dietr. Leaves spathultite or obovate-spatliulate, cuneate above the chan- 

 nelled, subsessUe base.— Jscj. Ic. Bar. i. 213.— Piper, /acj.-^Leaves 5"-3" long, 20"'-ia"' 

 broad above, 2"'-l"' at the base. 



Has. Jamaica 1, Mac/., March, Wullschl. (o, )3) j [Guadeloupe]. 



19. F, talinifolia, Kth. Glabrous, flesby-siicculent ; stem erect; leaves alternatej 

 leathery, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, tapering into the short petiole, penninBrved : 

 veius inconspicuous ; ameuts usually geminate, elongated ; ovary beaked ; fruit . . . .-^—Kth. 

 Nov. Gen. t. 8. — Stem 1' high'; leaves 5"-3" long, 2i"-l-|-" broad: petiole channelled, 

 8"'-4i"' long ; aments 4'" long.— Hab. Trinidad I, Cr.; [New Granada]. 



20. P. alpina, Dietr. Glabrous, fleshy-succulent ; stem erect or ascending ; leaves op- 

 posite, superior alternate, leathery, elliptical or elliptical-roundish, pointed at both ends, 

 shortly petioled, penninerved ; aments solitary ; ovary beaked ; fruit . . . . — Leaves 2"— 14" 

 long, 10'" broad, exceeded by the aments. — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), in the mountains j [Cuba I 

 in the eastern hills]. 



^. F. pemanibuc.ensis, Miq. Glabrous, succulent; stem erect, aphyllous above; 

 leaves alternate, large, papery, elliptieal, mucronate at the rounded top, cuneate at ihe base 

 and tapering into the petiole, penninerved ; aments short, subsessile, whorled in an aphyl- 

 lous, terminal panicle ; ovary beaked: beak deciduous; fruit ovoid, with a short, blunt 

 appendage. — 1 high ; leaves 8"-3" long, 8i''-li" broad : petiole 2"-i" long ; panicle as 

 long as the leaves, long-peduncled : aments 10"'-6"' long, 4-8 in each whorl (rarely scat- 

 tered).— JIab.. Ti-inidad !, Cr., rale at Irais ; [Venezuela !, Pernambuco]. ■ 



§ 3. Leaves whorled, rarely opposite, shortly petioled. Stigma terminal. 



* Amentum-rhachis smooth ; fiuit devoid of an appendage. 



t Leaves thin, dotted. 



22. F. stellatii, Dietr. Stem erect or ascending, branched, pubescent, sUbcylindrical ; 

 leaves 3-4 (-5) in the whorl, ovate-lanceolate, acnminate with a bluntish point, 3-nerved, 

 ■ glabrescent, pellucid-dotted; rhachis smooth : flowers distant ; fruit sessile, bluntish. — 

 Piper, &0.—1' high; leaves ia"'-6'" long, 6"'-3"' broad: petiole 2"'-l"' long; ameuts 

 3"-2" long, filiform, straight, shortly peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica 1, March, Wils., in moun- 

 tain-woods. 



28. P. galioides, Kth. Stem erect, branched, puherulous with very short hairs, sub- 

 cylindrical ; leaves 6-4 (-2) in the whorl, eblanceolate, blunt, 3-nerved, glabrescent, punc- 

 tate beneath with brownish, pellucid dots, subsessile; rhachis smooth: flowers distant; 

 fruit sessile, bluntish. — Kth.Nov. Gen. t.Vl. — 1' high, trichotomous-fastigiate above; leaves 

 4"'-3"' long, l"'-4"' broad ; aments 15"'-6"' long, filiform, straight, shortly peduncled. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Wils.; [New Granada, Brazil]. 



24. F. STvartziana, Miq^. Stem creeping, filiform, glabrescent, tetraquetrous ; leaves 

 4-2 (-6) in the whorl, obovate, oval or spathulate-oblong, tapering into the petiole, blunt 

 or emarginate, obsoletely 3-nerved, glabrous, dliate, with a few large, pellucid dots ; rhachis 

 smooth : flowers approximate ; fruit . . . . — Ste. Ic. Ind. Occ. t. 5. — Piper filifoi-me, Sw. 

 Perhaps identical with P. ienerrima, Schlecht. (Miq. lU. t. 21). — Stem radicant, of indefinite 

 length : branches short, ascending; leaves 3"'-2"' long, 2"'-l"' broad; aments 4"'-2"' long, 

 terminal, solitary, peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica {Sw.), creeping among mosses in the moun- 

 tains; [Poiiorico !]. 



25. F. pulchellaj Dietr. Stem erect, fevi-bisac)iei,puberulous, cylindrical: hairs very 

 short, mixed sometimes with long, spreading ones ; leaves 4-3 in the whorl, spathulate- . 

 oblong, oblong or oval, blunt or bluntish, tapering into the petiole, obsoletdy 3-nerved, 

 glabrescent or pubelnlous above, obsoletely pellucid-dotted ; rhachis smooth : flowers ap- 

 proximate; fruit . . . . — Piper, Ait. — Stems csespitose, 4"-3' high; leaves 4"'-5"' long, 

 2"' broad : petiole V"-\"' long ; aments 4"'-3"' long, terminal, shortly peduncled. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Dist. ; Antigua !, Wullschl. 



26. F. verticillata, Dietr. Stem erect, branched, densely pilose, striated : hairs as 

 long as its diameter, jointed ; leaves 4-6 (-2) in the whorl, obovate or oval, bluntish or 

 blunt, shortly petioled, 3-nerved, puberulous (or glabrescent) above, pubescent beneath, often 



