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roundish, with a very short, blunt point, flat, eciliate (6'" broad) j anthers subsessile ; stigma 

 punctiform; fruit ovate, poiuted, sessile." — Miq. III. t. \,fig. sup.— Piper, Sw. Verhuellia, 

 Miq. V. elegans, Miq. — Hab. Jamaica {Sio.), among mosses, on stones, in the mountains. 



ft Stem low, simple, or few-branched ; fruit stipitate. 



6. P. tenella, Dietr. Stem glabreseent, simple or simply divided, ascending ; leaves 

 alternate, ovate-oblong, obtusate, glabrous, ciliate towards or at the top, flat, obsoletely 

 3-nerved ; filaments distinct ; stigma penicillate ; fruit elliptical, tapering at both ends, 

 glabrous, shortly stipitate. — Piper, Sw. Acrocarpidium, Miq. — Stem 2"-3" long beyond 

 the aphyllous, filiform, radicant base ; leaves delicate, shortly petioled, 8"'-4'" long, 3"'-2'" 

 broad; aments terminal, solitary, shortly peduncled, 10"'-12" / long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., 

 among mosses, on trees, in the mountains; [Cuba!]. 



7. P. hispidula, Swl. " Stem glabrous, simply divided, suberect, (2"-3" long) ; 

 leaves alternate, roundish, emarginate at the base, with scattered hairs above, glabrous 

 beneath ; filaments very short ; fruit roundish, tapering at both ends, hispid, stipitate." — 

 Sw. Ic. Ind. Occ. t. 4. — Piper, Sw. — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), in moist woods, on the highest 

 peaks of the Blue Mountains; [Martinique]. 



ttt Stem branched ; fruit sessile (rarely subsessile). 



8. P. pellucida, Kth., Miq. I Glabrous, pellucid-membranaceous ; stem diffuse; 

 leaves alternate, subcordate-deltoid, pointed, 5-7-nerved ; flowers at length distant : bracts 

 oblong, deciduous ; filaments distinct ; stigma penicillate ; fruit roundish or ovoid, bluntish, 

 sessile. — Besc. Fl. 3. t. 226. — Piper, L. — Stem delicate/ usually spithameous; leaves 10'"- 

 14'" diam., long-petioled ; aments terminal and axillary, shortly peduncled, l"-2" long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, March, Wils., to Trinidad !, Schach ; [Panama! to Brazil !]. 



9. P. acuminata, Miq.! (non R. P.). Glabrous, succulent; stem erect, branched; 

 leaves alternate, thin, elliptical, pointed, bluntish at the top, 5-nerved, black-dotted beneath : 

 petiole short, channelled, sheathing ; stigma minute ; fruit globose, sessile, with a very short, 

 straight mucro. — R. P. Fl. t.5\ C. — Piper, L., Sw. Pep. obliqua, R. P. P. Hamiltoniana, 

 Miq. !, a form with small, bluntioh leaves. — Stem 8"-12" high ; leaves 2\"-\" long, l^"-i" 

 broad, ovate at the base; aments shortly peduncled, 3"-5" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf, 

 Wils., March; Antigua!, Wullschl.; Dominica!, Imr.; [Cuba! to Peru!]. 



10. P. dendrophila, Schlecht. Glabrous, succulent; stem diffuse; leaves alternate, 

 thin, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, bluntish at the point, tapering 

 into the short petiole, triplinerved with two accessory veins, devoid of black dots ; stigma 

 minute ; fruit globose, sessile, with a very minute, somewhat oblique mucro. — Miq. III. t. 7. 

 — Piper tenuiflorum, Mb. Bks. — Habit of the preceding, but more diffuse ; leaves li"-4" 

 long, Y-li" broad ; aments shortly peduncled, lS'"-6" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, Wils., 

 March, Wullschl., on trees; [Cuba!, probably to Brazil]. 



11. P. glabella, Dietr. Glabrous, succulent; stem scandent or radicant, diffuse, with 

 divergent branches ; leaves alternate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed or acuminate, 

 rounded or shortly cuneate at the base, triplinerved with two accessory veins, covered on both 

 sides unth black dots : petiole narrow ; stigma minute ; fruit ovoid-globose, with a short, 

 oblique mucro. — Piper, Sw. I P. distachyon, Sieb. Mart. 6 [non L.). Peperomia nigro- 

 punctata, Miq. ! — Stem black-dotted, more flaccid than in the two preceding species ; leaves 

 smaller, l"-2" long, 6"'-12'" (-4'") broad ; aments shortly peduncled, l"-4" long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica ;, AL, March, Wils., Wullschl., common in woods, on trees and walls ; Antigua !, 

 Nichols., Wullschl.; Trinidad!, Cr.; [Cuba!, French islands !]. 



12. P. hirtella, Miq. I Puberulous, succulent; stem ascending, branched; leaves 

 alternate, thin, ovate or elliptical, pointed or bluntish, ?,-nerved, black-dotted beneath: 

 hairs short, usually curved : petiole narrow ; stigma terminal ; fruit subglobose, sessile, blunt. 

 — Stem l'high; leaves H"-l" long. 10"'-6'" broad; aments shortly peduncled, 4"-l" 

 long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., in mountain-woods ; [Venezuela!]. 



** Stigma minute, on the anterior side of the subulate ovary-beak. 



13. P. repens, Kth. Puberulous, succulent; stem creeping, with the low branches 

 ascending; leaves alternate, thin, deltoid-roundish, blunt, 5 -nerved, devoid of black dots, 



