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mate brbibulato umbilicato terminatum. — Habitus et affinitas P. tuberosae, diflert foliis 

 quinquenervis (nec septcmnervis) hasi rotundatis (nec cordatis) supra pubcscenlibus (nec 

 glabris) opacis (nec transparcntibus), petiolis glabris (ncc ciliatis). 



IV.im-komia oisooki)\t\; (Mieropiper) glaberrima , caule repente ad nodos radieante 

 ramulisque erectis angulato, foliis breviter peiiolatis quaternato-verticillatis obcordatis carti- 

 lagineo-marginatis praeter costam obscuram enerviis aveniis in emarginatura eiliolatis basi 

 ncutis, pcdunculo lerminali eompresso foliis du})lo longiori , spica cylindrica obtusc api- 

 eulata pedunculum acquantc. — Mabitat in Cordilleris Peruviae (Meven). — Ramus seu caulis, in 

 quantum adest , somidigilalis, repcns , ad nodos infimos radices verticillatas simplices fili- 

 formes protrudens , ■ramulisque unilateralibus semi-unipolliearibus acute angulato-sulcatus 

 glaberrimusque. Folia semipollicem longa, tres lineas lata, peiiolo lineam longo canaliculato 

 cum caule ramulove articulalo instrueta, quaternatim verticillata, erecto-patentia , carnosula, 

 plana, obcordata, anguste acuteve cariilagineo-marginala, praeter costam mcdiam obscuram 

 cnervia et avenia, opaca, utrinque (exsieeatione) punctato-rugulosa, basi acuta, praeter cilias 

 in emarginatura apicali glaberrima. Stipulac ignolae. Pedunculus in ramulo apparenler ter- 

 minalis, glaberrimus, compressus, tenuiter striatus, rectus, decem lincas longus , basi trcs 

 quadrantes lineae crassus. Spica undecim lineas longa, tres quadrantcs lineae crassa , cvlin- 

 drica, mucronc obtuso crassiusculo terminata, recta, exsiccata flavescens. Braeteae peltatae, 

 subsessilcs, minutae ciliolatae. Antherae duae , sessiles, biloculares, subglobosae. Ovarium 

 globosum, stigmale orbiculari colorato subsessili instructum. Fructus ovato-subglobosus, 

 obliquus, sligmate acutiusculo conico pallido terminatus. — Pertinct ad sericm specierum 

 fnliis verticillatis insignium, praesertim in viciniam P. quadrifoliae. 



Macroimpkk latum. — Pipcr lalum Opi/. in Piesl rel. baenk. I. io9. — Ramuli com- 

 presso-angulali. Folia ovato-elliptica acuminata scptem - novemnervia tcnuiier coriacea basi 

 lacviter cordata petiolo semi-unipollicari valido usque ad apicem alato-marginalo insiden- 

 tia. Peduncnlus scmipollicaris. Spica florcns semitertium pollicem longa, fructifera digitum 

 auricularem fcre crassa. Flores polygami i. e. dioeci et feminei bcrmapbroditis masculisvc 

 mixti ; masculi diandri, antberis ovali-subglobosis. Bracteae sessiles, peltalae, orbiculatae, 

 membranaceo-marginatae. Baccac globosae , stigmatibus tribus ovatis obtusis brevibus coro- 

 natae, medio transverse costa flexuosa elevata acuta instructae, pericarpio carnoso. Scmcn 

 globosum, cinereum. — Species intermedia inter Macropiper et Chavicam , magis vero ad 

 primum accedens. Habitus quodammodo Cliavicae Chuvvae Miq. pip. 267, Miq. pip. ill. in 

 act. acad. leop. XXI. suppl. 12. t. 39. — A Pipcre lato H. B. K. stiips divnsissima. — Macro- 

 piper methysticum Miq. pip. 217 = Pipcr decumanum Opiz in Presl rel. haenk. I. 160 re- 

 vera in insulis Marianis ab Hacnkeo collcctum est. 



Cuavica oi.ANnni.osv (Euchavica). — Piper glandulosum Opiz in Presl rel. haenk. I. 

 158. — Haec species a Miquelio dubitantcr ad Chavicam miniatam ti ahitur, sed differt foliis 

 rameis late elliptico-Ianccolatis basi rotundatis saepissime inaequilateris (nec oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis in basim obtusam acutamve angusiatis), glandula in apice petioli extus transversa 

 oblonga sublincari rugo^a (nec globosa laevi), pedunculo sub lente minute pubescente (nec 



