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85. Peperomia subvillosa van Heurck et Müll. Arg. foliis modice 
petiolatis, ovatis, basi rotundato-obtusis, apice breviter et obtuse pro- 
tracto-acuminatis, utrinque laxe villoso-pubescentibus, supra fusco- 
subtus nigro-punctulatis, 5-nerviis, petiolo pedunculoque aequilongo 
patentim pilosis; spieis axillaribus terminalibusque densifloris, folia sub- 
aequantibus, bractea orbiculari obsolete acuminulata subexcentrice pel- 
tata; ovario rhachi impresso cylindrico-ellipsoideo apice obtuso. 
Peperomia subvillosa van Heurck et Müll. Arg. in Heurck Obs. Bot. 
fase. I (1876) p. 113. 
Caules procumbentes, irregulariter ramosi, ramis adscendentibus, 
superne patentim hirsutis, ramulis spiciferis fere 1 mm. crassis. Limbi in 
sicco membranacei, 21/,—3 cm. longi, 11/, —2 cm. lati; petioli 4—7 mm. 
longi. Spicae 2 cm. longae et 2 mm. crassae. Ovarium paullo sub apice 
stigma minutum gerens. 
Hab. in Martinique: Sieber (in h. van Heurck et specimen sterile 
in h. Cand.), in montibus altis: Duss n. 15. 
86. Peperomia Dussii C. DC. (n. sp.), foliis breviter petiolatis, 
ovatis, basi obtusis rotundatisve, apice acuminatis acumine obtusiusculo, 
utrinque cum petiolis appresse setoso-pilosis et subtus fusco-punctulatis, 
5-nerviis; spieis apice ramulorum oppositifoliis terminalibusque, breviter 
pedunculatis, ipsis florentibus quam limbi brevioribus sublaxifloris, brac- 
tea orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario emerso obovato apice obliquo, 
stigmate inconspicuo. 
Herba inferne e nodis radicans. Ramuli in sicco subcoriacei, fere 
3 mm. crassi, sat longe setoso-pilosi. Folia caulina inferiora limbis ovato- 
rotundatis, apice breviter acuminatis, usque ad 3 cm. longis et 21/, cm. latis, 
superiora limbis ut in diagnosi, in sicco membranaceis usque ad 6 cm. longis 
et ad 3"; cm. latis; petioli pedunculique fere 6 mm. longi. Spicae florentes 
cireiter 2"/, cm. longae et 2 mm. crassae. 
Hab. in Martinique, in silvis humidis montium: Duss n. 14 (pro 
majore parte). 
87. Peperomia Casimiri van Heurck et Müll. Arg. foliis modice 
petiolatis, lanceolatis, utrinque acutis, supra subtusque appresse pilosis 
ciliatisque, 5-nerviis, petiolis pedunculisque fere aequilongis et oppo- 
sitifoliis appresse pilosis; spieis florentibus limbos fere aequantibus sub- 
densifloris, bractea orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario emerso ellipsoideo, 
apice oblique deplanato; stigmate inconspicuo. 
Peperomia Casimiri van Heurck et Müll. Arg.! in Heurck Obs. 
bot. fasc. I (1876) p. 661. 
Herba basi procumbens, inferne longe radicans et superne e nodis 
radices filiformes emittens. Ramuli appresse et sat longe pilosi, spiciferi 
l mm. crassi. Limbi in sicco membranacei, fere usque ad 4'/; cm. longi 
