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mate orbiculalo umbilicato terminatum. — Habitus et affinitas P. tuberosae, diff^ert foliis 

 quinquenervis (nec septeiiinervis) basi rotundatis (nec cordatis) supra pubescenlibus (nec 

 glabris) opacis (nec transparentiijus), petiolis glabris (nec ciliatis). 



Peperomia obcordata ; (iMicropiper) glaberrima , caule repente ad nodos radicante 

 ramulisque erectis angulato, foliis breviler peliolatis quaternato-verticillatis obcordatis carti- 

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

 acutis, pedunculo terminali compresso foliis duplo longiori, spica cylindrica obluse api- 

 culata pedunculum aequante. — Habitat in Gordilleris Peruviae (Meyen). — Ramus seucaulis, in 

 quantura adcst, semidigitalis , repens , ad nodos infimos radices verticillatas simplices fili- 

 formes protrudens, ramulisque unilateralibus semi-unipollicarihus acute angulato-sulcalus 

 glaberrimusque. Folia semipoUicem longa, tres lineas lata, petiolo lineam longo canalicuiato 

 cum caule ramulove articulato instructa, quaternatim verticillata, erecto-patentia , carnosula, 

 plana, obcordata, anguste acuteve cariilagineo-marginata, practer costam mediam obscuram 

 enervia et avenia, opaca, utrinque (exsiccatione) punctato-rugulosa, basi acuta, praeter cilias 

 in emarginatura apicali glaberrima. Stipulae ignotae. Pedunculus in ramulo apparentcr ter- 

 minalis, glaberrimus, compressus, lenuiter strialus, rectus , decem lineas longus, basi tres 

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

 drica, mucrone obtuso crassiusculo terminata, recta, exsiccata flavescens. Bracteae peltataCj 

 subsessiles, minutae ciliolatae. Antherae duae , sessiles, biloculares, suhglohosae. Ovarium 

 globosum, stigmate orbiculari colorato subsessili inslructum. Fruclus ovato-subglobosus.. 

 obliquus, stigmate acutiusculo conico pallido terniinatus. — Pertinet ad seriem specierum 

 foliis verticillatis insignium, praesertim in viciniam P. quadrifoliae. 



Macropiper latum. — Piper latum Opiz in Presl rel. haenk. I, Ihd. — Ramuli com- 

 presso-angulati. Folia ovato-elliptica acuminata septem - novemnervia tenuiter coriacea basi 

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

 tia. Pedunculus semipollicaris. Spica florens semitertium pollicem longa, fiuclifera digitum 

 auricularem fere crassa. Flores polygami i. c. dioeci et feminei hermaphroditis masculisve 

 mixti ; masculi diandri, antheris ovali-subglobosis. Bracteae sessiles, peltatae, orbiculatae, 

 membranaceo-marginatae. Baccae globosae , stigmatibus tribus ovaiis obtusis brevibus coro- 

 natae, medio transverse costa flexuosa elevala acuta instructae, pericarpio carnoso. Senien 

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

 primum accedens. Habitus quodammodo Chavicae Chuvyae Miq. pip. 36", Miq. pip. ill. in 

 act. acad. leop. XXI. suppl. 42. t. 39. — A Pipere lato H. B. K. stitps diversissiraa. — Macro- 

 piper methysticum Miq. pip. 211 z= Piper decumanura Opiz in Presl rel. haenk. I. 160 re- 

 vera in insulis Marianis ab Haenkeo coUectum est. 



Chavica glajjdulosa (Euchavica). — Piper glandulosum Opiz in Prcsl rel. hacnk. I. 

 158. — Haec species a Miquelio dubitanter ad Chavicam miniatam trahitur, sed differt foliis 

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

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

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



