172 CHLORANTHB^. 



ovate-oblong, with a bluntish point, very unequal at the base, pimpled with minute blots on 

 > the glabrous upper side, smooth and puberulous on the nerves beneath, papery : principal 

 veins equidistant, 8-10-jugal : petioles very short, winged-sheathing, shorter than the pe- 

 duncles. — Piper, Kth. (vix Jacq.). P. verracosum, Sieb. Trin. 17. — A shrub, with tumid 

 nodes ; leaves 5"-4" long, 2"-H" (-2i") broad : petiole 2"'-l"' long, 2'" broad ; aments 

 4"-3"long: peduncle 4 "-e"' long.— Hab. S. Vincent!, Chiild.; Trinidad!, Sieb., Sohaoh, 

 Cr. ; [Mexico I to Brazil !]. 



51. A. geniculata, i/iif . / Branchlets smooth, glabrous; leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, rarely bluntish, very unequal at the base, smooth, glabrous, papery : 

 principal veins equidistant, 7-12-jugal ; petioles channelled, naked, as long as the pedun- 

 cles. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 11. t. 18; Miq. III. t. 86. — Piper, Sw.! A. xylopioides, Miq. 

 A, xestophylla, Miq. ! i^exclus. syn. Sw.) : a form with shining leaves. A. staminea, Miq. h 

 a rare form, with bbmtish leaves. — A shrub : nodes very tumid ; leaves 8"-4" long, 2V'-li" 

 broad, devoid of pellucid dots : exterior side 8"'-3"' protracted at the base ; petiole 3'"-^'" 

 long; aments 3"-5" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, aU coll., in rocky woods ; Trinidad !, iSc^cA, 

 Lockh. ; [Guiana I, Brazil]. 



** Leaves equal at the base. 



52. A. cequalis, Miq. ! Smooth, glabrous ; leaves elliptical, with a narrow point, 

 equal at the base, papery, opaque : principal veins equidistant, 6-10-jugal : petioles chan- 

 nelled, naked, as long as the peduncles, — Miq. III. t. 88. — A shrub ; leaves 7"-5" long, 

 3"-2i" broad, sometimes unequal-sided, but equal at the base : petiole 6"'-8"' long ; aments 

 2" long. — Hab. Montserrat, Dominica !, Imr., Trinidad. 



53. A. Martiana, Miq. t Smooth, glabrous ; leaves elliptical or ovate, with a narrow 

 point, equal at the base, papery, pellucid-dotted : principal veins 5-6-jugal, equidistant or 

 the lowest approximate: petioles channelled, naked, twice as long as the peduncles. — Miq. 

 III. t. 77. — ^A. SchacMi, Miq. in Herb. Hook. — Leaves 7"-4" long, 4"-3" broad, often un- 

 equal-sided: petiole 13"'-4"' long ; aments B"-l" long : peduncle 4"'-2"' long. — Hab. Tri- 

 nidad !, Sj^acA ; [Brazil !]. 



54. A. xylosteoides, Miq. Smooth, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 

 tapering towards the equal base, papery, minutely pellucid-dotted : principal veins 4-6- 

 jugal, sub equidistant, the lowest more approximate : petioles channelled, naked, as long as 

 or shorter than the peduncles. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 11. t. 13. /. 1. — ^A shrub ; leaves 5"-3" 

 long, 2"-l" broad, unequal-sided : petiole 3"'-4"'long ; aments 2"-l"long : peduncle 6"'-4"' 

 long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Brazil to Montevideo], 



6. OTTONIA, Spreng. 



Bracts cucullate, usually at the base of a pedicel. Stamens 4 (-3), inserted ai-ound the 

 ovary. Stigmas 4, sessile. Pericarp baccate, tetragonal. — Shrubs; leaves, uodes, and 

 aments as in Artanthe, hut the flowers at length usually racemose .- pedicels jointed with 



55. O. Vahlii, Kth. Smooth, glabrous ; leaves ovate, pointed, broadly cuneate at the 

 base, papery, opaque ; berries pedicellate, somewhat longer than their pedicel, rounded at 



the base, mucronate with a bluntish point. — Vahl, Eclog. t. 1. — Piper ovatum, V. Leaves 



8"-6" long, 3i"-3" broad : veins equidistant, 12-15-jugal : petiole channelled, n'alted, 6"'-4"' 

 long ; aments 3"-2" long : peduncle as long as or shorter than the petiole, — Hab. Trinidad I, 

 Pd., Cr., in woods, Arima, Maraccas. 



LIX. CHLOEANTHE^. 



Flowers nalced. Ovary simple : ovule single, pendulous, atropous. Embryo miuute, en- 

 closed within the top of the fleshy perisperra.— Leaves opposite, inserted into a stipular 

 slwath. 



The aromatic properties are the same as in Piperaceec. 



