Peperomia. | CXIII, PIPERACEH (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 153 
ovoid, obtuse, dotted with yellowish glands; stigma minute, fleshy, 
oblique. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori, at the edge of woods, 6000-7000 ft., Stuhl- 
mann, 2485. 
16. P. abyssinica, Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. (1845), 419. 
Stems trailing widely, rooting and leafless at the base, succulent, 
glabrous; lowest internodes 1-24 in. long; nodes thickened. Leaves 
shortly petioled, alternate, oblong, 1-2 in. long by half as_ broad, 
narrowed to an obtuse point, cuneate at the base, firm, opaque, 
glabrous on both surfaces, triplinerved ; midrib distinct; side nerves 
obscure. Spikes terminal and lateral, shortly peduncled, 1-14 in: long; 
rhachis glabrous, not pitted; bracts orbicular, peltate, glabrous, 
Stamens 2; filaments very short; anthers globose. Ovary ellipsoid, 
sessile; style terminal.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 274; C. DC. 
in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 405; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 188 ; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append. ii. 115. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Mount Bizen, 6200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 2074! 
2075! Abyssinia: Dschan (Jan) Meda, 8000-9000 ft., Schimper, 1189! Maschila 
Valley, between Debra Dschoa and Abu Mekanna, Schimper, 1319! 
17. P. bueana, C. DC. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 227. Stems trailing, 
rooting from the nodes; branches slightly hairy, $ lin. in diam. Leaves 
alternate, distinctly petioled, the upper ovate-oblong, under 1 in. long 
and 4 in. wide, lower smaller, suborbicular, obtuse and cuspidate at the 
apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces, triplinerved ; 
lateral nerves faint. Spikes terminal, apparently monecious, as long 
as the leaves; bracts orbicular, peltate. Ovary ovoid-oblong, very 
Shortly stalked; stigma terminal, pilose. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: woods between Buena and Mamis fountain, 
Preuss, 663. 
18. P. Mannii, Hook. f. ex C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi.i. 422. Annual, 
Stems creeping and rooting at the base, then ascending to a height of 
3-4 in., very slender, glabrous. Leaves alternate, distinctly petioled, 
orbicular or oblong, $—} in. long, obtuse, acute at the base, thin, mem- 
branous, glabrous, triplinerved from the base; midrib distinct; side 
nerves obscure; petiole glabrous. Spikes terminal and lateral, shortly 
peduncled, very slender, 1-2 in. long; rhachis pitted, glabrous; bracts 
orbicular, peltate, glabrous. Ovary sessile, globose; stigma punctiform, 
oblique. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, on trees, 7000 f{t., Mann, 
2016! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Masuka Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 {t., Whyte / 
Var. fernandopoana, C. DC. 1.c. Upper leaves elliptic-orbicular, 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 1600 ft., Mann, 291! 
