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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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Species
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PIPER PERULIGERUM Trel.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 27:295. 1940.
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Description
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Small and suffruticose; twigs, petioles and leaves at first rusty subtomentose- villous; internodes short and rather slender; leaves lance-elliptic, apex long- attenuate, base obliquely cordulate, one side 2-3 mm. longer, 3.5-5 cm. wide X 11-14 cm. long, pinnately nerved from the lower half, the nerves 3-5 on each side, with strong cross-connecting-anastomosing nervules, becoming slightly pouched between veins, the midrib above moderately pubescent, subvillous beneath, the nerves rather strongly so, the hairs staring and of various lengths, the longest nearly 1 mm. long, drying papery, translucent; petiole scant 3 plus 2-3 mm. long, densely villous; spikes 3 mm. thick X 2.5 cm. long; peduncle 3 mm. long; stigmas on a short style.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Isla de Colon, Woodson, Allen d Seibert I939.
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Note
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The above description is drawn largely from the type description by Trelease inasmuch as the fragment at Illinois consists of two leaves only. Trelease indicated that the type is at the Missouri Botanical Garden but it has not been seen by the writer.
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