198 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OE H.M.S. HERALD. 
Prope P. reflexaviy P. JSerlandieri, et P, edulem, quarum staturam et habitum prae se fert. Oaulis basi 
nidicans, rami erecti, infeme glabri, supeme, exceptis angulis, piliferi, faciebus concavis- Fetioli i lin., 
folia 2-2^2 raro 3 lin- Ipnga, supra secimdum costam leviter canaliculataj siccitate mgulosa. 
896. Pepero3Iia Scemanniana, Miq. (Tab. XXXVII.) ; carnosaj glabra, e basi radicantc crccta, 
ramosa, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis, inferioribus elliptico- superioribus lanccolato-oblougis acu- 
rainatisj basi acutis, obtecto-7-5-nerviisj subtus pallidis, amentis superne axillaribus oppositis modice 
petiolatis densifloris, bractcarura pcltis rotundato-ovatis margine pallido erosulis, stigmate antico ? 
Volcano of Cliiiiqui, Veraguas; epiphytically on trees. 
Cuni flores nojidum bone efFormatI aiut, Sectio adhuc dubia. Probabiliter ad Sect, Elty nclwjphorum 
referenda. — Herha circiter pedalis, dicbotome vel opposite ramosa, ramulis subangulatig. PetioU antice 
canaliculati, basi dilatati, nodum aubniarginantes, 2 lin. longi. Folia opposita, an et tema ? in siceo crassius 
coriacea et ntrinque ad lentem punctulata, marginibua estennatia integerrima, 2^, vnlgo 3, raro 4 poll, longa' 
If— 2" lata. Peduiiculi 2-4: lin. longi. Amenta jiiTeniiia 1-2 poll, longa, 1 lin. circiter crasf^a, cylindracea, 
obtusa; bractese pedl.oellato-peltat£e, densissinia). Stamina 2, adliuc occultata. Ovarium fossulje iuimersum, 
nondum rite elFormatnm. 
Plate XXXVII. Ilg. 1, portion of catkin ; 2, 3, bracts ; 4, anther : — all magnified. 
897. Peperomia distachya, A. Dietr. Miq. 1. c. p. 184? In specinaine baud satis completo ab 
affinibus baud satis distingui potest. About Panamaj gro"nTng on trees, 
898. Peperomia cyclojjhyUa, Miq. MSS. — Aero car jjidium rotundifoliunij Miq, 1. c. p. 62, excl. 
syn. H. B. K. — Nomen vernacul. " Garapatillo," Common about Panama, growing on trees. 
899. PoTnoMouPHE Ottonis, Miq. 1. c. p. 207. Nov. Act. N. Cur. tom. siii. suppl. p. 27. tab. 25. 
Babia Honda, Veraguas. 
A speeimiuc in Venezuela lecto, pedunculis 2-7-8tacliyis saltern differt. CEcterum hsec species Toih. 
pcUatcB valde aSluis. 
900. En'ckea smilacifoUa, Kunth, Miq. 1. c. p. 351. Woods about San Juan and Panama nejo. 
Ad banc speciem probabiliter pertinet Piper Jecumanutn (Herb. "Willd.), a Bredemeyer in India 
occidentali lectum, necnon specimen in ins. Trixudad a cl. do Scliacb lectum Herb. Hooker (London Journ. 
of Botany, vol. x. p. 440, no. 2). JPolia inferiora bujus stirpis et superiora etiam speciminum vcgetioruin 
majora et 9-nerna ease videntur. Quodsi ulteriori obserratione comprobatur, etiam Enelcea pJatijphyUa, 
Bentb. (Sulpbur, p. 167), huic speciei subscribenda erit. In speciminc siipp. bacc^e sunt depreasae, stigmata 
quatuor brevia concavata, disculo commimi inserta. 
901. Artanthe caudata, Miq. I. c. p. 380. no. 1. Babia Hondaj Veraguas. 
902. Artanthe catalp(efolia, Miq. 1. c. p. 383. no. 3. Common about Panama. 
903. Artanthe nov. species, A. tiluefoli(B et A. caladiifoli(B affinis. Village of Araijan, Pro- 
vince of Panama. 
Ex unico folio baud determinanda ; hoc ovatum, 10 poU. longum, subabrupte acuminatum, basi breviter 
7-nervia leviter cordatum, utrinque 6-7-costatum, glabrum, coriaceum, nitldum. 
904. Artanthe i/«j9tT/rt/ii', Sfiq. (Tab. XXXVIII.) ; foliis maximis eUiptico-oblongis acutlusculisj 
basi valdo inasqualitcr cordatis (sinu fere laterali, lobo majori petiolima tegente) crasse coriaceis, supra 
glabris, subtus hie 7- illic 10-costatis, costis inferioi-ibus e basi, reliquis usque | laminae ortis, erecto- 
patulis, siipreraa utrinqnc ad apiccm ducta, omnibus crasse reticulutis et subiucauo-pubcscentibus, 
aniento (supp.) folio breviore, bracteis concliecformibus ciliolatis, ovario glabro, stylo teretiuscuJo, 
stigmatibns 2 terctiusculis patulis, baccis obovoideis. Island of Cacagual, Darien. 
