Fiparnens, 227 
Peperomia demissa Dahlst.! Stud. (1900) p. 149 (quoad spec. 
Eggersüüi?). 
Herbula repens, caule filiformi vage ramoso glabro, ramulis erectis 
tenerrime puberulis. Limbi in sicco membranaceo-rigiduli, 5—10 mm. 
longi, 4—7 mm. lati; petioli 2 mm. longi. Pedunculi 3—5 mm. longi; 
spicae 3—5 cm. longae. 
Hab. in St. Vincent: Guilding (hb. Kew), in summo monte St. 
Andrews alt. 830 m. ad saxa et truncos arborum: H.H. et G. W. Smith 
n. 921; Grenada in nemoribus montanis gregaria: Broadway n. 624, in 
monte Morne au Camp alt. 830 m. repens: Eggers n. 6198? 
80. Peperomia Cogniauxii Urb. foliis modice petiolatis, obovatis 
vel ellipticis, basi acutis, apice rotundatis subtruncatis vel obsolete emar- 
ginatis, utrinque appresse et haud dense breviter pilosis, 3-nerviis, 
nervis lateralibus inconspicuis, petiolis appresse breviter pilosis; pedun- 
culis terminalibus petiolos fere duplo superantibus, appresse breviter 
pilosis, spieis folia fere triplo superantibus, tenuiter filiformibus, bractea 
orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario subimpresso stigmate punctiformi obli- 
que inserto; bacca semiimmersa ovato-globosa, glandulis conspersa, apice 
oblique subacutata. 
Peperomia Cogniauxii Urb.! in Symb. Ant. I (1899) p. 292; 
Dahlst.! Stud. p. 104 1.4 fig. 3. 
Herba arboricola, caulibus vix 1/, mm. crassis, aliis elongatis decum- 
bentibus et radicantibus, aliis adscendentibus 4—6 cm. longis, illis pilos 
articulatos, patentes longiusculos, his plerumque simplicibus pilos sursum 
 eurvatos gerentibus. Limbi in sicco membranacei, plus minusve pellucido- 
punctulati, 5—12 mm. longi, 3—5 mm. lati; petioli fere 1 mm. longi. 
Spicae vix 1/, mm. crassae. Baccae brunneae vix 1/, mm. longae. Rhachis 
sub bacca ut videtur delapsa in processum conicum producta. 
Hab. in Portorico prope Barranquitas in truncis vetustis silvae 
primaevae montis Torrecillo, alt. 1130 m., Oct. fruct.: Sintenis n. 1963. 
81. Peperomia spathophylla Dahlst. foliis petiolatis, e basi 
cuneata obovatis, petiolisque utrinque sat longe et dense pilosis, 3—5- 
nerviis nervuloque marginali ab apice decurrente; pedunculis terminali- 
bus, parce pilosis, petiolos paullo superantibus, spicis sublaxifloris, limbos 
fere duplo superantibus, bractea orbiculari fere centro breviter pedicel- 
lata; ovario emerso obovato, sub apice obtuso oblique stigmatifero; stig- 
mate parvo glabro. 
Peperomia spathophylla Dahlst.! Stud. (1900) p. 105 t.4 fig. 1. 
Peperomia metapaleoensis C. DO. Prodr. XVI,1 p. 416 (quoad 
spec. Wrightü); Sauv. Fl. Oub. n. 2262 p. 146. 
Peperomia Miqueliana Griseb.! Cat. pl. Cub. (1866) p. 63 (nomen 
tantum, exel. syn., non Ü. DC. 1866). 
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