168 PIPERACE^. 



with a few large, pellucid dots ; rhachis smooth ; flowers distant ; fruit . . . . — Piper, L. — 

 Stems csespitose, 6"-4" long ; leaves succulent, 4"'-3"' long, 3"'-2'" broad ; amenta 8"'-6'" 

 long, terminal, shortly peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, March. 



27. P. ciliata, Kth. Stem erect, simple or few-branched, pubescent, striated : down 

 short ; leaves 2 (-3) in the whorl, elliptical, elliptical-roundish, or elliptical-lanceolate, 

 pointed at both ends or bluntish, petioled, 3-5 -nerved, puberulous, densely black-dotted ; rha- 

 chis smooth, elongated : flowers distant ; fruit ovoid, sessile, bluntish. — 1' high ; leaves opaque, 

 succulent, 2*-l" long, 15"'-4"' broad: petiole 4'"-2'" long; aments 5"-li" long, terminal, 

 shortly peduncled. — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl.; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Venezuela]. 



28. P. Myrtillus, Miq. ! Stem erect, branched, glabrescent, subcylindrical ; leaves 

 4 (-2) in the whorl, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate with a bluntish point or 

 pointed, shortly petioled, obsoletely 3-nerved, glabrous, with obsolete, pellucid dots ; rhachis 

 smooth : flowers approximate, at length distant ; fruit . . . . — Stems csespitose, 8"-4" long ; 

 leaves 15"'-8'" (-4'") long, 4"'-3"' broad : petiole 2'"-^'" long; aments 12"'-4'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, ,- [Cuba !]. 



ft Leaves rigid, opaque. 



29. P. septemnervis, R. P. Stem erect, simple or few-branched, glabrous, subcylin- 

 drical ; leaves opposite (or 3-4 in the whorl), ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, 7-5- 

 nerved, tapering into the petiole, glabrous, opaque, leathery ; rhachis smooth : flowers ap- 

 proximate ; fruit . . . . — R. P. PI. t. 47 C: the leaf-top more pointed than in our plant. — 

 1' high; leaves 2"-li" long, 8"'-6'" broad: petiole 3"'-2"' long; aments 1" long, terminal, 

 peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., March; [Peru]. 



30. P. quadrangular is, Dietr. Stem creeping, simple or few-branched, glabrous, 

 tetraquetrous ; leaves opposite, oval, bluntish, rounded at the base, 3-nerved, shortly pe- 

 tioled, glabrous, opaque, rigid ; rhachis smooth : flowers approximate ; fruit . . . . — Linn. 

 Transact. 9. t. 21./. 1 ; Mart. PL Bras. 11. t. \.f. 8.— Piper, Thomps. Peperomia mus- 

 cosa, Lk. — Stems csespitose, spithameous ; leaves 12"' long, 8 broad : petiole 1"' long ; 

 aments 6"'-8"' long, axillary, shortly peduncled. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Equatorial Brazil]. 



** Amentum-rhachis foveolate ; fruit rostellate. 



31. P. quadrifolia, Kth., Miq.! Glabrous; stem ascending, branched, striated; leaves 

 4 (rarely 2) in the whorl, obovate, emarginate, cuneate at the shortly petioled base, 1-nerved 

 or obsoletely triplinerved, rigid-succulent, obsoletely pellucid-dotted ; rhachis foveolate, gla- 

 brous : flowers approximate ; ovary rostellate ; fruit ovoid, shortly beaked. — Plum. Ed. Burnt, 

 t 242. /. 3. — i'iper, L. — Ascending branches 6"-4" long ; leaves 6"'-4'" long, 3"'-2'" 

 broad : petiole Y"-\"' long ; aments l\"-\" long, terminal, peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf.,Pd., March, in mountain-woods ; [Mexico!, Venezuela!]. 



32. P. obversa, Dietr. Glabrous ; stem creeping, branched, subcylindrical ; leaves 

 3 (4-2) in the whorl, oval-roundish, emarginate or rounded at the top, petioled, obsoletely 

 S-nerved, succulent, pellucid-dotted; rhachis foveolate, glabrous: flowers approximate ; ovary 

 bluntish : stigma thick ; fruit . . . . — Piper, V. — Branches 8"-4" long ; leaves 5"'-4" / long, 

 4"'-3"' broad, usually rounded at the base : petiole 2"'-l"' long ; aments \\"-\" long, ter- 

 minal, shortly peduncled. — Hab. Montserrat (F.); [Cuba!]. 



33. P. trifolia, Dietr. Stem creeping : branches ascending, tetragonal, pilose ; leaves 

 3 (4-2) in the whorl, oval or slightly obovate, rounded or emarginate at the top, petioled, 

 %-nerved, ciliate with long hairs, glabrescent or with scattered hairs heneath, succulent, ob- 

 soletely pellucid-dotted ; rhachis foveolate, glabrous : flowers approximate ; ovary rostellate ; 

 fruit globose : the oblique beak almost as long as its diameter. — Plum. Descr. t. 68 ; Hook. 

 Exot. t. 165.— Piper, L. Pep. ovalifolia, Hook. ! P. fimbriata, Miq., Gr. PI. Carib.— 

 Branches 4"-2" long ; leaves 8"'-6"' long, 6'"-5'" broad : petiole 2'''-l'" long ; aments 

 3"-2" long, terminal, solitary or ternate; peduncle 1"-H" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr.; 

 S. Lucia, S. Vincent!, Guild., on trees; [Guadeloupe !]. 



34. P. reflexa, Dietr. Stem creeping : branches erect or ascending, tetragonal, gla- 

 brescent ; leaves 4-3 (-0) in the whorl, rhomboid-elliptical, blunt, cuneate at the subsessile 

 base, 1-nerved or obsoletely 3-nerved, glabrous, rigid-succulent, obsoletely pellucid-dotted; 



