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^mru crassa. Bractea ovariumque glandulis pallidis conspersa. — 

 Species P. GardneriatKE Miq. affinis. — Laguna de Ayarza, 

 Depart Jalapa, alt 8,ooo^, Sept 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 



3,834- 



Var. p. minor C DC. — Foliis minoribus, Hmbis ad 9^"* 



longis in sicco paulo firmioribus, petiolis ad &^ longis, amentis 



foliorum limbos superantibus. — Estanzuela, Depart. S. Rosa, 



alt. 2,500^*, Aug. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,835. 



Peperomia Guatemalensis C. DC. — Foliis breviter petio- 



latis subrhombeo-Ianceolatis basi cuneatis apice obtusiusculis 

 supra glabris subtus pilosulis 5-nerviis nervis externis subtil- 

 ibus, amentis terminalibus vel axillaribuspedunculatis glabris 

 folia pluries superantibus densifloris, bractea elliptica paulo 

 supra medium peltata subsessili, ovario rhachi impresso 

 obovato apice oblique stigmatifero, bacca globosa glabra. — 

 Herba erecta circiter 12'™ alta inter muscos crescens, caulibus 

 pilosulis inferne radicantibus. ^ Folia inferiora opposita 

 superiora alterna. Limbi in sicco membranacei subopaci pel- 

 lucido-punctulati 3-5^°^ longi 1,5-2'" lati. Petioli ad 4"^"* 

 longi. Pedunculi ad 8™™ longi. Amenta glabra ipsa matura 

 circiter lo^^longainsicco l. 5""^crassa.— Species P. Baneriance 

 Miq. proxima.— Acatepeque, alt. 4,300^ March 1892, J. D. 



S., no. 2,587. 



Foliis quaternis brev- 



\ 



romia 



issime petiolatis e basi cuneata obovatis apice emargina- 

 tis utrinque glabris 5-nerviis, amentis terminalibus peduncu- 

 latis ipsis adultis folia pluries superantibus glabris, bractea 

 orbiculari subsessili, ovarlo emerso In apice obtuso oblique 

 stigmatifero, stigmate minuto. — Herba erecta glabra. Caules 

 in sicco complanati, amentiferi circiter 2'""' crassi, steriles ad 

 6""° craasi. Limbi caulium fertilium 2™ longi 13""" lati, ster- 

 ilium ad 3'» longi et ad 1 5""» lati. Petioli 2-3"" longi. Ped- 

 u^culi ad 2""Iongi. Amenta florentia ad 13™ longa ct ad 

 2™ lata. — /^. obcordatce Presl verlsimiliter proxima sed foliis 

 majoribus et mlnus profunde emarginatis ab ea discrepans. 

 S. Rosa, alt. 3,000", June 1892, Heyde 8: Lux, no. 3,454. 



Pilea Pansamalana Suffrutescent (1.5-2"); branches 



several from base, decumbent, simple, terete: stipules min- 

 utely triangular; leaves glabrous, punctate and lineolate above, 

 venose beneath, subopposite nerves remote from base and 

 vanishmg below apex, crenate-serrate except at base, dimor- 



