Illustrationes Piperacearum. 5 



Tribus I. PEPER0MIC1E Miq. Syst. Piperac. p. 45. 



I. VERHUELLIA Syst. p. 47. 



Flor es hermaphroditi laxe amentacei. ßractea pedicellata 

 peltata oblonga laxe cellulosa persistens. Stamina duo lateralia; 

 filamenta fere tota vel inferne saltem ovario adnata; antherae sub- 

 globosae amplae biloculares, loculis appositis rima extrorsa apertis. 

 Ovarium oblongum vel subcylindraceum uniovulatum; Stigmata 

 quatuor verrucaeformi - conica tenerrime vel obsolete penicillata. 

 Bacca sessilis ovata vel subglobosa glabra stigmatum rudimentis co- 

 ronata. Semen erectum conforme, testa membranacea, albumen 

 farinosum. — Conf. Tab. I. analys. 



1. Verhuellia elegans 1. c. Folia reniformi-semiorbicularia 

 subquinquenervia subglabra. 



Crescit verisimiliter in ins. St. Domingo (Poiteau!, Rudolphü). 



Herbula tenera, succulenta. Caulis repens filiformis glaber di- 

 chotomus. Folia alterna, opposita, terna, longe petiolata; petioli 

 filiformes, infimi 3 cent. longi, superiores sensim breviores, summi 

 aliquando brevissimi. Laminae semiorbiculares vel reniformes, 

 apice rotundatae, 6 mm. 1 cent. longae, 7 mm. 1 % cent. latae, tri- 

 vel subquinquenerves, sparse reticulatae, in sicco pellucidae, pilis utrin- 

 que paucis. Pedunculi filiformes y 2 -demum 3 cent. longi, flaccidi. 

 Amenta filiformia, florentia 54-1 cent. longa, floribus subconfertis, 

 statim post florescentiam valde elongata capillaria 2-3 cent. Fila- 



