436 ME. J. G. BAKEE OK THE 



Stems wide-trailing on the surface of the ground, rooting at the 

 nodes, where they bear tufts of leaves and spikes. Petiole 1-2 

 in. long, rough with spreading papillae ; lamina reaching a length 

 of 5-6 in.; pinnae and pinnules deltoid; ultimate segments 

 lanceolate, not more than T \-^j in. long. Spikes several to a 

 node, simple, peduncled, cylindrical, seen only in a young state. 

 —Baron 2628 ! Allied to H. multifida, A. Juss. ; Deless. Icones, 

 vol. iii. t. 93. 



Piper (§ Cubeba) pachyphyllum, n. sp. 



Dioicum, fruticosum, glabrum, ramulis articulatis, foliis coriaceis ob- 

 longis acutis basi paulo insequalibus late rotundatis vel subsequalibus, 

 spicis fceinineis densifloris cylindricis oppositifoliis breviter peduuculatis, 

 bracteis orbicularibus peltatis, fructibus ellipsoideis glabris distiucte 

 stipitatis, stigmatibus 3 sessilibus patentibus. 



Stems shrubby, terete, articulated at the nodes. Leaves 4-5 

 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad, firm and thick in texture, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces, the secondary veins distant and very 

 ascending, connected at the apex by intramarginal arches ; 

 petiole under | in. long. Female spikes only seen, finally 2g-3 

 in. long ; peduncle |-| in. long. Ovary with a pedicel as long as 

 itself, black, glabrous ; stigmas 3, sessile. — Baron 2415 ! Very 

 near P. borlonense, C. DC, which Mr. Baron has gathered several 

 times in Central Madagascar (1280 ! 1539 ! 2207 ! 2335 !), and 

 which Dr. Parker has sent under the native name Ferifery. 

 Mr. Baron has also found P. capense, Linn. fil. (2518 !), which 

 extends to the Cape, the Zambesi country, Fernando Po, and the 

 Cameroon Mountains. 



Peperomia. teichophtlla, n. sp. 



P. caule simplici semipedali flexuoso piloso, foliis alternis obovato-cuneatis 

 obtusis petiolatis membranaceis utrinque pilosis venis lateralibus paucis 

 valde ascendentibus, spicis elongatis gracillimis laxifloris ascendentibus 

 pedunculatis, bracteis orbicularibus peltatis, ovario ovoideo sessili, stigmate 

 sessili terminali. 



Stems weak, flexuose, densely pilose. Leaf with a blade l|-2 

 in. long, orbicular at the apex, cuneate in the lower half, mem- 

 branous in texture, dark green and pubescent on both surfaces, 

 the midrib and lateral veins distinctly visible when the leaf is held 

 up to the light, as are the anastomosing connecting veinlets ; 

 petiole |-| in. long. Spikes produced from the axils of the leaves 

 on short slender peduncles, finally 3-4 in. long. Ovary ascend- 



