PIPERACE^. 169 



rhaehis deeply foveolate, pubescent .- flowers approximate ; ovary rostellate ; fruit ovate; with 

 a rerr short beak.— B. P. Fl. t. 47 5.— Piper, L., Sw. Pep. filiformis, E. P.— Branches 

 3"-6' long, simple or 'simply trichotomous ; leaves 6"'-4"' long, 5"'-3"' broad; aments 

 6"'-8"' long, blunt at the top, as long as their peduncle. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., JHst., 

 Bancr., March, on trees ; [Venezuela 1 to Brazil 1 and Peru 1 ; Pacific Islands 1 ; East Indies ! ; 

 tropical Africa to the Cape !], 



2. POTHOMORPHE, Miq. 



Bracts peltate. Stamens 2, lateral to the ovary. Ovary sessile : stigmas 3, sessile, re- 

 curved. Pericarp thin. — Shi'ubs ; leaves large, cordiform or peltate, membranaceous, pel- 

 lucid-dotted : petiole sheathing ; aments umbellate, axillary, pedimcled, 



35. P. peltata, Mic[. ! Leaves peltate, cordate-roundish with a small point, 13-nerved: 

 two pairs inserted beyond the base of the midrib ; umbels usually 8-12-rayed. — Plum. Sescr. 

 t. 74 ; Sesc. Fl. i. t. 236.— Piper, Z.— 4'-6' high; leaves 12''-8" diam. : petiole as long; 

 aments 4"-3", pedicels 4'", peduncles IJ" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Wils., March, to 

 Trinidad !, 5cteA, in woods ; [Cuba! to equatorial Brazil ! and New Granada !] . 

 y 36. p. umbellata, Miq. Leaves not peltate, cordate-roundish with a deltoid pcnnt, 

 ^ H-13-nerved: one pair inserted beyond the base of the midrib ; umbels usually 5-3-rayed. , 

 , — Plum. Descr. t. 73. — Piper, L. — Leaves 10"-6" diam, : petiole as long, hairy; aments 

 4"-2", pedicels 5"'-2"', peduncles 8"'-6"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, ^?., March, Wullschl.; 

 [Cuba! to Brazil I]. 



3. ENCKEA, Kth. 



Bracts cucullate. Stamens 5-6 (4-7), inserted around the ovary : anther-cells confluent 

 above. Stigmas 3 (-5), sessile. Pericarp baccate : seed sulcate. — Shrubs {rare/y trees) ; 

 leaves palmatinerved, opposite to an abortive leaf: nodes tumid; aments opposite to the 

 leaves, solitary, bluntish. 



* Leaves rigid, reticulated with transverse veins. 



37. E. smilacifoUa, Kth., Mig. ! Glabrous ; leaves large, papery, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, oblique at the rounded or subcordate base, 7-5-nerved, obso- 

 letely peUacid-dotted, shining, much longer than the aments : veins transverse ; flowers 

 contiguous; ■" berry ovoid." — Piper decumanum, W. — A high shrub or tree ; leaves 10"-8" 

 long, 8"-5" broad : petiole 6"'-4"' long ; aments 5"-4" long, shortly peduncled. — Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Schach, Cr., in woods; [Guadeloupe !, Panama!, Venezaela]. 



** Leaves membranaceous. 



38. E. Amalago, Gr. Glabrous, or the petioles and leaf-ribs pubernlous ; leaves 

 membranaceous, obliquely ovate-oblong, ovate-lanceolate (or hastate-subulate), with a nar- 

 row, usually bluntish point, 5-nerved, about as long as the aments ; berries distant, ovate, 

 blunt, sulcate.— 5/. t. 87. f-l; E. P. Fl. t. 57 B ; Jacg. Eclog. t. 76.— Piper, L. {ex ic. 

 Sl.),Sw.! P. glaucescens, /acy. P. unguiculatum, iJ. i". B. unguiculata<z«(^glaucescens, 

 Kth. — A dichotomous shrub, 10'— 3' high ; aments 3" long : rhaehis pubescent. 



a. Petioles- and leaf-ribs glabrous ; leaves nearly opaque (4"-24" long, 24"'-8"' broad). 



(8. hirtella. Petioles pubescent ; leaf-ribs puberulous, chiefly towards the base and be- 

 neath; leaves minutely pellucidrdotted (4"-3" long, 2"-l" broad). — B. ceanothifolia, Mig. t 

 {exclus. diagn. et synon. Kth.). % 



y. variifolia, Miq. Glabrous ; leaves hastate-subulate; opaque (3"-2" long, 6'" broad at 

 the roundish base, 2"'-4"' broad above). 



Hab. Jamaica I, Macf. (fi). At. (o), March, Wils., Wullschl. (o, 7), in the hiUs ; [Cuba ! 

 and Mexico to Brazil and Peju]. 



39. E. Swartzii, Gr. Glabrous, or the petioles sHghtly puberulous ; leaves mem- 

 branaceous, minutely peUucid-dotted, ovate, with a narrow, blunt point, often oblique at 

 the base, triplinerved with 1-2 basilar pairs of nerves besides, usually somewhat longer than 

 the aments ; berries distant, ovoid-oblong, abruptly rostellate, sulcate.' — Piper discolor, 

 Su). E. planlaginea, Mig. I {cf. seg.). — A shrub ; leaves 6"-3" long, 3i"-li" broad, rounded 



