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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.