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poHlcares; fnicüferae crassilic peiinae anscrinac tenuloris, 
31 / 3 -poIIicftres ; pediiiiciilo glabro, 2 — 3 liiieas longo, Flo- 
res (lense et spiraliter dispositi, Bracteae peltatae, triangu- 
läres, margine ciliato -fimbriatae. Stamlna . , . Antherae 
didymo -reiiiformes^ biloculares. Pistillum . ; . Frnctus ses- 
slles, dcnsi, spiraliter dispositi, snbqiiadrati , lateribns com- 
pressiusculi , vertice rotundato -truiicati, vestigiis stigmatnm 
3 iiinbilicati , glabri, raagnitndine grani rainoris sinapis, in- 
sipidi. Pericarpiura tenne. Seinen obovato - snbqiiadratnra, 
lateribns compresslusculuin , apice rotundato -truncatimi, levi- 
ter iimbonatum, basi rix retusnm, laeve, castaneo -fnscnm, 
uitidulura, 
2. Steffensia‘1 nitida, 
P».amnlis foliisqne ntrinqne glabris, bis breviter petlola- 
tis, oblongo - lanceolatis , acnniinatis, basi valde inaeqnalibns 
et rotnndatis, membranaceis , epnnctulatis (pnnctatis, fule 
Vabl.), supra nitidis, snbtns pallidioribiis 5 stipulis pctiolo 
per dorsnm adnatis; spicis jiivenilibus tennlbns, brevibiis; 
pednncnio petioliim snpcrante; bracteis peitatis, ciliato -vil- 
losis. 
Piper nitidum Swart^z, Frodr, 15, Ejusd, Flor, 
1, 58. {v, s, in JFilld, herb, no, 633.). VaJil, E?ium, 
1. 314. 
Piper praeinor siim Rottb, Sur, 16, Vahl, Eclog, 
1. 4. 
Crescit in Jamaica et Snrinain. %. 
Ramnli nodosi, flexuosi, teretes, striatnli, glabri; inter- 
nodiis 6 — 9 lineas longis. Folia alterna, breviter petiolata, 
oblongo -lanceolata , acnmiuata, basi yalde inaeqnalia et ro- 
tiindata, reticiilato - venosa , venis primariis ntrinqne pluribus, 
teniiibns, patentibus, nervo medio snbtns prominente, mem- 
branacea, ntrinqne glaberrima, epnnctulata ( punctata Vahl.), 
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