X70 PIPERACEiE. 



or subcordate or minutely cuneate at the base : petiole 8"'-4"' long ; aments 4,"-]i" long : 

 rhacMs glabrescent.-HAB. Jamaica!, Macf.,Pd., Wils., March, m the mountains, at 

 4000' alt. 



40 E Sieberi, Miq. Gkbrons, or the petioles slightly puberiilous ; leaves membra- 

 naceous minutely peUucid-dotted, ovate, with a narrow acute or tluntish point, somewhat 

 oblique at the base, 5-7-nerved, somewhat longer than the aments ; bemes ^proximate, 

 ovate, blunt, obsoletely sulcate.— ^«c?. Ic. Bar. t. 8 ; Miq. III. t. 65 ; Besc. Fl. 6. t. iil. 

 —Piper medium, Jacq. P. discolor, Desc. (non. Sto.). E. plantaginea, KiA. : a name com- 

 nrising (from its synonyms) this and the preceding species, and applied to the tatter by 

 Miquel--A shrub; leaves 4"-3" long, 2|*'-li" broad; aments 3"-li" long.— Hab An- 

 tigua I, Wullschl. ; Dominica I, Imr. ; Trinidad {,Siei.) ; [S. Croix, Guadeloupe !, along 

 roads, Venezuela!]. _ , . , ^, r, -i ^ t. 



E. reticulata, Miq. (Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 243. f. 2), a synonym of which (PI. Carib.) be- 

 longs to a Trinidad plant not seen by myself, is probably no congener, the uppermost leaf- 

 ribs being distant from the leaf-base. 



4. SCHILLERIA, Kth. {emend.) 



(Artanthe, sect. Nhandi, Miq) 



Bracts peltate. Stamens 5, inserted aronnd the ovary : anther-cells distinct. Stigmas 



3 (-5), sessile. Pericarp baccate : seed angular.- Shrubs ; leaves cordate, palmatinerved : 



petiole usually winged towards the base : nodes and abortive leaves as in Enckea; aments 



opposite to the leaves, solitary, mucronate ; bracts approximate, villous-dliate. 



41. Sch. caudata, Kth. Leaves cordate-roundish, usually with a narrowTpoint, mem- 

 branaceous, 9-11 -nerved, minutely pellucid-dotted: petiole winged below; aments shortly 

 peduncled, curved, nearly as long as the leaf. — Piper, V. Artanthe, Miq,.'— A high shrub ; 

 leaves 6"-4" diam., glateeseent (rarely puberulous) : basilar sinus usually spreading. — Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Loekh., Cr. ; tPortorieo ; Panama !, Venezuela ! to Pernambueo I]. 



5. ARTANTHE, Miq. 



Bracts peltate. Stamens 4 (2 inferior, 2 superior) or 2, lateral to the ovary : anther- 

 cells connivent. Stigmas 3-5 (-2), sessile. Pericarp baccate : seed angular. — Shrubs or 

 trees ; leaves iininerved with arched veins ; nodes, abortive, leaves, and aments, as in 

 Schilleria. 



§ 1. Principal arched veins more distant from the top of the leaf ihan from, each other ; 

 leaves pellucid-dotted. 



* Leaves smooth (or rugose). 



42. A. jamaicensis, Gr. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate, with a short,3cuminate 

 point, very unequal at the rounded base, smooth, glabrous above, hairy on the nerves 

 beneath, papery ; principal veins 4-5-jugal, alternate, the inferior approximate, the upper- 

 most inserted at a distance from the leaf-top ; peduncles longer than the short naked 

 petiole. — Piper nitidnm, Sw. (not A. nitida, Miq., a synonym of which is P. divaricatum, 

 Mey.l, or A. Meyeri, Miq.). — A shrub, 6' high; leaves 5"-3" long, 2i"-14" broad : the 

 exterior side 2"' protracted at the base ■ petiole l"'-2"' long ; aments 3"-!." long, usually 

 straightish ; peduncle 4'" long ; stamens 4. — Hab. Jamaica I, Al,, March, in_mountain- 

 woods. 



43. A. Bredemejreri, Miq. Leaves obliquely ovate, pointed, unequal at the base, 

 smooth or usually pustulate-rugose, glabrous with the nerves hairy, membranaceous : principal 

 veins 4-7-jugal, alternate, the uppermost inserted about the middle of the midrib ; peduncles 

 shorter than the naked petiole. — J^acq. Eclog. t. 84. — Piper, Jacq. P. auritum, Sieb. 

 Mart. 7. P. dilatatum, Pjihb. in Sieb. IHn. 1.8. A. maerophylla, Miq. I (exclus. syn. Sm). 



,A. ulmifolia, Miq. I— A. shrub ; leaves 7"-4" long, 4"-2" broad, often somewhat shining : 

 petiole l2'"-5'" long ; aments 4"-2" long, straight : peduncle 4'" long : flowers densely ap- 

 proximate. — Hab. Antigua!, Nichols., Wullschl.; Dominica!, Imr.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 Trinidad!, Schaeh, Sieb.; [Portorico, French islands!, Guiana]. 



