152 CXIII, PIPERACEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). [ Peperomia, 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: South Uluguru, amongst moss on tree- 
stems, 3500-5500 ft., Goetze, 183. 
Native name “ dinjidangago.” 
12. P. fernandopoiana, C. DU. in Journ. Bot. 1866, 134, excl. 
var. a. Perennial. Stems trailing at the base, branching and rooting, 
slender, glabrous, 3-2 ft. long. Leaves alternate, distinctly petioled, 
lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, acuminate, rounded towards but acute at the 
base, moderately firm, obscurely 5-nerved from the base, glabrous, 
Spikes axillary and terminal, shortly peduncled, very slender, 1—2 in. 
long ; peduncle glabrous; rhachis slightly pitted; bracts round, peltate, 
glabrous. Berry ovoid, } lin. long, shortly stipitate ; stigma terminal. 
—P. fernandopoana, ©. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 397. P. Staudtii, 
Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 361. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lolodorf, Staudt, 175! Fernando Po, 1300 ft., 
Mann, 394! 
13. P. vaccinifolia, C. DC. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 226. Stems 
trailing and rooting in the lower part, then ascending, glabrous. Leaves 
alternate, shortly petioled, oblong-obovate, 1-14 in. long, obtuse, some- 
times emarginate at the apex, narrowed gradually from the middle to 
the base, membranous when dry, subpellucid, finely punctate, glabrous 
on both surfaces, 5-nerved from near the base; midrib distinct nearly 
to the apex; lateral veins fine, obscure. Spikes distinctly peduncled, 
lateral and terminal, 1 in. or more long, dense; bracts orbicular, 
peltate, subsessile; rhachis glabrous, distinctly pitted. Berry globose, 
obscurely stipitate, + lin. long; stigma terminal, oblique. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Sugarloaf Mountain, Barter! Scott-Elliot, 
5755! Cameroons: Buena, 5000-6000 ft., Preuss, 875A! 
_ 14. P. goetzeana, Higl. Jahrb. xxviii. 375. A large herb. Stems 
decumbent ; lower internodes 10 lin. long, 3 lin. in diam. ; branches 
erect, thick, rather densely leafy. Leaves thick, coriaceous, alternate, 
subspathulate-oblong or obovate-oblong, 1-14 in. long, 7-9 lin. wide, 
quite glabrous, slightly narrowed to the base; midrib prominent; 
petiole about 3 lin. long. Spikes terminal on the primary and 
secondary branches; peduncles longer than the leaves, but shorter 
than the spikes; bracts suborbicular, peltate, subsessile. Ovary sub- 
globose; stigma terminal. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Central Uluguru; on the Lukwangula 
Plateau, 8000 ft., Goetze, 296. 
Native name, *“ mkarasch.” 
15. P. Stuhlmannii, C. DC. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 225. Stems 
rooting from the nodes, glabrous, 1 lin. in diam. Leaves alternate, 
shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, above 2 in. long, narrowed from the 
middle to both ends, subpellucid, triplinerved, glabrous. Spikes 
peduncled, dense, 2 in, long; rhachis pitted; bracts orbicular. Ovary 
