lllustrationes Piperacearum. 



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nommen ; das obere Ende der eigenen, und das untere Ende der Bractee, welche 

 zu einer höher stehenden Blume gehört, beide umgeschlagen j d. Blumen ; vergr. 



3. Piper trioicum Roxburgh. — Syst. p. 310. Caulis fruticosus 

 sarmentosus radicans scandens et repens; folia coriacea supra viridia 

 subopaca subtus dilute viridia glaucescentia, suboblique elliptica (infi- 

 ma subcordata) acuminata, basi subaequali rotundata vel acutiuscula, 

 summa lanceolato-oblonga, quintupli- vel septuplinervia; amenta 

 trioica; masculina filiformia; feminea rigidiora et breviora; bracteae 

 triseriales, hermaphroditorum quadriseriales, iuniores tenerrime eiliatae 

 cito glaberrimae; calyculus florifer hirtus subbilobus; ovarium sub- 

 globosum; Stigmata 3-4. 



Crescit spontaneum in tractu montium ad septentrionem regio- 

 nis Coringa, in Circar, in solo fertili locorum umbrosorum, fl. Sept. et 

 Octob., baccas Martio maturans. Aliis in regionibus stirps herm. re- 

 perta est (Roxb.!, Wallich!). Colitur in ins. Mauritii (Lam.!). 



Vidit Roxburghius stirpem hermaphroditam, femineam et mascu- 

 linam, quibus omnibus radix longa profunde penetrans, caulis 

 scandens vel repens. 



Sp. hermaphr. Petioli — 2 cent. longi tereti-trigoni antice 

 anguste et profunde canaliculati, versus basin e stipula delapsa cicatri- 

 sati. Folia (sup.) 12-14 cent. longa, 5-6 in medio lata, supra niti- 

 da, subtus pallida; e nervo medio ad apicem dueto utrinque tres nervi 

 oriuntur, quorum duo e basi; horum infimus subtilissimus ad basin 

 delitescens, alter fortis parallele cum margine adscendens, supra % alt. 

 delitescens; tertius huic similis remotius a basi ortus per anastomosium 

 arcus ad apicem duetus. Amenta 4-5 cent. longa, flexuosa, pen- 

 dula. Bracteae coriaceae fuscae, pallidius marginatae, oblongae, 

 supra glabrae, iuniores marginibus subciliolatae, subtus rhachisque 

 amenti hirtae, fere totae adnatae praeter apicetn utrumque et margi- 



