Mr. Thompson's Account of some new Species of Piper. 203 

 Habitat in insula Trinitatis. 



I observed this plant nowhere but on the trunk of an old tree, 

 on the road between St. Joseph's and the Caroni River. 



Piper bracteatum. 

 Tab. XXI. Fig. 2. 



Piper herbaceum, caule nliformi radicante, foliis cordato-orbi- 

 culatis acuminatis obtusiusculis, pedunculis axillaribus so- 

 litariis bracteatis, spicis brevibus. 



Habitat in insula St. Vincentii. 



Found in some abundance on the rocks and trees on the 

 eastern side of Morne Suffrier, about 2000 feet above the level 

 of the sea. It approaches most near to the P. scandens of Vahl, 

 but is sufficiently distinct. 



Piper hernandifolium. 

 Vahl. Enum. Plant. 



Piper herbaceum, caule radicante, foliis ovato-acuminatis pel- 

 tatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis solitariis articulatis. 

 Habitat in insulis Caribbaeis. 



I first discovered this plant in the mountainous woods of St. 

 Vincents, in 1800, and subsequently in the woods of Trinidad 

 and Granada. 



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