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Crescit in Peruvia. t). 
Ramiili nodosi, glabri , cxsiccati siilcato - STiljangulatl ; 
interiiodiis 1 — 1 P^^^^icaribiis. Folla alteriiaj petiolata, 
oblique snbrotiindo- ovata vel siibrotuiido-elliptica, acumina- 
ta, aciimiiie obtusiiisciilo, basi aeqnalla vel iiiaequalia et ro- 
tuiidata vel aciitiusciila ibique intus callis duobus giandulifor- 
mibus iiistriicta, reticulato - venosa , vcnis prisnariis utrlnrjue 
5, iiiferioribiis approxiraatis nervoque medio subtus promi- 
nentibns, rigidulo -membranacea, liaiid pelliicido -punctulata, 
ntrinque glabra, juniora siibtns obsolete et siibtilissime pun- 
ctnlata, 4 — 5 - polllcaria, 30 — 33 lineas lata, Petioli 4 — 5 
lineas longi, glabri. Stipulac in apice ramiilonim lineares, 
nncinatae, glabrae, 3 — 4 lineas lougae. Spicac oppositi- 
foliae, solitariae, pedunculatae, rectae' cyliiidraceae, 8 lineas 
longae, crassitie pennae columbiiiae; peduncnlo 4 lineas lon- 
go, glabro. Flores densi. Bracteae breves, cucnilato - iii- 
flexae?, subconcliaeformes , glabrae. Stamiua 4 -(ex Riiiz.) 
filamenta persistenlia, üliformia, fusca, giabra. Ovariiim 
conicum (rectius ovatum superne in styl um crassum attenua- 
tum), bracteam superans, giabrum. Stigmata 2, brevia, 
recurvata. Fructus ignoti, ( Descript. juxta specimen berb, 
Willd. ) 
Peperomiae speeies teste Nees ab Esenb, ( in Act. Bonn, 
11 . 9 .) 
Quid Piper callosum Opiz in Reh Haenix, 3, 152. ex 
Insula Luzoniae? Coiif. Steffensia Carpunya. 
14. Scliilleria Martiana, 
Ramnlis, petiolis foliisque ntrinque glabris, oblique ova- 
tis, acuininatis, basi iaaequalibus et rotundatis, ibique eglan- 
dulosis, snbquintuplinerviis, membranaceis, glabris, obsolete 
pellucido - punctulatis, opacis; spieis rectis, folio quadruplo 
brevioribus j bracteis cucullato-inllexis, subconchaeformibus. 
