298 C. de Candolle. 
bus densifloris, bracteae pelta rotunda inferne crenulata fere centro pedi- 
cellata, antheris minutis, ovario emerso obovato paullo sub apice et 
oblique stigmatifero, stigmate parvo glabro, bacca ovata antice id est ex- 
terne magis convexa quam postice, apice brevissime apiculata, ferae 
omnino laevi. 
Herba muscicola. Caulis circiter 0,5 mm crassus. Limbi in sicco 
rigidi, rotundati circiter 10 mm diam., obovati usque ad 14 mm longi et 
9 mm lati. Petioli fere 3 mm, pedunculi 10 mm longi. Spicae 2 cm 
longae 0,5 mm crassae, bracteae pelta 0,5 mm diam., bacea 0,75 mm 
longa. 
Brit.-Indien: Kulhufty, Bababuden, alt. 6000’: A. Meebold 
no. 10425. 
24. Peperomia portulacoides A. Dietr., Sp. V. 1, p. 172. 
Nilghiries, Gudalur, alt. 5000’: A. Meebold no. 11605; Aglatti 
(Mysore), alt. 3500'! no. 8628, 10424; Kulkuntal, Travancore, alt. 
3—4000': A, Meebold no. 13712. 
Folia alterna. 
25. Peperomia Wightiana Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. bot, V. 5, 
. 548. 
d Travancore, Devicolam, alt. 6000'! A. Meebold no. 13817! Cochin 
Kavalay, alt, 2000'! A. Meebold no. 12255. 
26. Peperomia pellucida Kunth in H. B. K., nov. gen., V. 1, p. 64. 
Brit.-India: Moulmein, Sapun: A. Meebold no. 17057; Cochin 
Cavalay 2— 3000': no. 12174, Tallichery. 
27. Peperomia pellucida Kunth forma pygmaea Miq. Syst., p. 81. 
Lakhipur, Assam: A. Meebold no. 5781, Calcutta: no. 694, Co- 
lombo: no. 693. 
Piper L. p. p. 
Sectio: Eupiper C. DC. 
19. Bacca haud inferne stipitiformis. 
Bractea haud rhachi adnata. 
28. Piper ootacamundense C. DC., spec. nov. ined. 
Nilghiries, Coonov, alt. 5—6000': A. Meebold no. 11962, 11989. 
29. Piper diffusum Vahl, Enum., V. 1, p. 333. 
Travancore, Devicolam, alt. 6000’: A. Meebold no. 13148; Mani- 
pur, Nungba, alt. 5000'! no. 6261; Shanshak Nagaberge, alt. 5000': 
no. 7032; Mongpu, Sikkim, alt. 4000': no. 15959, 15960. 
30. Piper Thomson? Hook. fiL, Fl. brit. Ind., V. 5, p. 87. 
Mergui, Kyauktalon: A. Meebold no. 17528. 
31. Piper sonadense C. DC., spec. nov. 
Ramulis glabris in sicco fuscis; foliis modice petiolatis glabris. limbo 
ovato-acuminato basi leviter inaequilatera utrinque rotundato apice longe 
et acute acuminato, 7-plinervio nervo centrali nervos adscendentes 2 mit- 
tente quorum supremus fere a 2 cm supra basin solutus nervisque 2 
