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BOTANICAL EXPLORATION IN VENEZUELA - I 205<br />

Piper bolivaranum Yuncker, sp. nov.<br />

Planta glabra vix pedalis; foliis anguste lance olatis, 10-17 mm.<br />

latis, 6-8 cm. longis, apice sensira acuminatis basi acutis, a tertio<br />

supero deorsum pinnatim venosis; petiole 2-10 mm. longo; spiels 3<br />

mm. crassis, 25 mm. longis; pedunculo filifonni, 10-12 mm. longo;<br />

bracteis trianguiari-subpeltatis anguste fimbriatis; drupa truncatotrigona;<br />

stigmatibus sessilibus.<br />

A small glabrous soft-wooded branching plant scarcely 30 cm. tall;<br />

internodes 1-3 cm. long; leaves membranous, deep green above, paler<br />

beneath, narrowly lanceolate, 10-17 mm. wide x 6-8 cm. long, apex<br />

gradually acuminate, base equilaterally acute, pinnate ly nerved below<br />

the upper third with about 3 ascending nerves on each side,<br />

loop-connected and joined to the midrib with numerous horizontal<br />

nervules, drying membranous, translucent, minutely pellucid-dotted;<br />

petiole 2-10 mm. long; peduncle filiform, 10-12 mm. long; bracts<br />

triangular-subpeltate, narrowly marginally fringed; fruit truncatetrigonous,<br />

granulate; stigmas 3, small, sessile.<br />

Type in herb. Chi. Nat. Hist. Mus., collected on mossy-covered<br />

banks of streamlet on plateau near "Misia Kathy Camp", Ptari-tepui,<br />

state of Bolivar, alt. 1585 m., October 28, 1944, Julian A. Steyermark<br />

59468.<br />

Piper el-paramoense Yuncker, sp. nov.<br />

Frutex 2-3 m. altus; intemodiis superis parcius hirtulis; foliis<br />

ova to-elliptic is, 7-8 cm. latis, 14-15 cm. longis, apice acutis, basi<br />

oblique inaequilatera liter cordatis, iobis rotundatis quam petiole<br />

brevioribus, ad tertium superum pinnatim venosis, supra glabris,<br />

subtus ad venas hirtulis; petiolo 2-4 cm. longo subvilloso ad laminam<br />

vaginato-alato; spicis 4-5 mm. crassis, 11 cm. longis; pedunculo 2<br />

cm. longo pubescente; bracteis concavo-subcucullatis, margine brevifimbriatis;<br />

ovario ovoideo; stigmatibus sessilibus.<br />

A shrub 2-3 m. tall, upper internodes short and slender, sparingly<br />

hirtellous glabrescent; leaves when living spicy-fragrant, membra-^<br />

nous, dull green above, greenish-silvery beneath, elliptic -ovate, 7-8<br />

cm. wide x 14-15 cm. long, apex acute, base obliquely inequilaterally<br />

cordate with rounded lobes shorter than the petiole, sinus narrowly<br />

acute or closed with the lobes slightly overlapping, pinnate ly<br />

nerved to the upper third, the nerves 5 or 6 on each side, prominent<br />

beneath, slightly impressed above, with rather prominent crossconnecting<br />

and anastomosing nervules, drying somewhat membranous,<br />

translucent; petiole 2-4 cm. long, subvillous, vaginate-winged to the<br />

blade; spikes 4-5 mm. thick x 11 cm. long, nodding; peduncle slender,<br />

2 cm. long, pubescent; bracts concave-subcucullate, marginally<br />

short-fringed; ovary ovoid; stigmas 3, sessile.<br />

Type in herb. Chi. Nat. Hist. Mus., collected at El Paramo, northeast<br />

of Las Delicias, northeast of Caripe, state of Monagas, alt.<br />

1200-1450 m., April 13, 1945, Julian A. Steyermark 62038.

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