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Betela Rafinesque, 1. c. p. 85. 



Carpunica Rafinesque, 1. c. 



Churumaya Rafinesque, 1. c. 



Cubeba Rafinesque, 1. c. 



Gonistum Rafinesque, 1. c. 



Lepianthus Rafinesque, 1. c. p. 84. 



Methystichum Rafinesque, 1. c. p. 85. 



Oxodium Rafinesque, 1. c. 



Enckea KUNTH in Linnsea XIII, p. 590 (1839). 



Heckeria Kunth, 1. c. p. 564. 



Schilleria Kunth, 1. c. p. 609 & 726. 



Steffensia Kunth, 1. c. p. 609. 



Arthanthe Miquel, Comment. Phyt. p. 40, t. 7 & 8 (1840). 



Mosropiper Miquel, 1. c. p. 35. 



Pothomorpha Miquel, 1. c. p. 36. 



Cattianira MlQUEL, Syst. Piper, p. 344 (1843). 



Chavica MlQUEL, 1. c. p. 222. 



Peltobryon Klotsch ex Miquel, 1. c. p. 369. 



Sphcerostackys MlQUEL, I.e. p. 375. 



Suensonia Gaudichaud ex Miquel, 1. c. p. 535. 



Nematanthera Miquel in Linngea XVIII, p. 606, t. 11 (1844). 



Carpunya Presl, Epim. Bot. p. 228 (1849). 



Schizonephos Griffith, Notul. IV, p. 383 (1854). 



Caidobryon Klotsch ex C. de Candolle, Prodr. XVI sect. I, 

 p. 240 (1869). 



Frutices vel arbores scandentes vel prostrati rarius herbas erectas. 

 Folia alterna petiolata integerrima ssepe dimorpha, stipullata. Spicse 

 pedunculatag vel subsessiles. Flores 1-bracteati. Perigonium 2 subop- 

 situm vel nullum. Stamina 2-6 (1-8). Antherse biloculares. Ovarium 

 sessile 1-loculare 1-ovulatum. Testa seminum tenuis. Albumen 

 copiosum farinosum. 



Species circ. 800., maxime in regionibus tropicis incola. 



