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pallidis bilocularibus. Ovarium ellipticum apice stigmati- 
ferum. Bacce ovate vel subglobose ima basi constricte, 
punctate, fuscæ. 
6. P. dendrophila, p. 89; forma minor pollicem vel digitum 
longa, foliis obovato-vel spathulato-ellipticis 2-3 cent. 
longis.—Ad Xalapa Mexici, (Galeotti). | 
7. P. melanostigma, p. 437. Foliis paullo latioribus.—Suri- 
nam (Hostmann, n. 437). 
8. P. heterophylla, repens et erecta, ramosa, herbacea, 
ramulis junioribus petiolisque tenerrime puberulis cito 
glabratis, foliis alternis breviter petiolatis, inferioribus 
minoribus rotundatis vel ovato-aut obcordato-rotundatis, 
mediis ellipticis utrinque obtusis, summis confertis quan- 
doque suboppositis elliptico-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis 
quam reliqua multo majoribus apice attenuato-obtusius- 
culis, omnibus uninerviis et immerse venulosis glabris 
apice hinc tenere ciliolatis, amentis terminalibus solitariis 
breviter pedunculatis elongatis annulato-subremotifloris, 
Crescit ad Casapi Peruvie, (Mathews, n. 1686). 
Ex affinitate P. myrtifolie. Caulis inter muscos repens, 
ramosus, filiformis. Petioli antice profunde canaliculati 1-2 
mm. longi. Folia in sicco coriacea, inferiora 4-6 mm. longa 
et lata, media 1-13 cent. longa, 6 mm. lata, suprema 1-2 
cent. longa, 5-7 mm. latatenuiora. Pedunculi 4-fere 1 cent. 
longi, amenta 3-7 cent. Bracteæ pedicellato-peltate orbi- 
culares. Stamina 2. Ovarium apice stigmatiferum. 
9. P. Vincentiana; succulenta filiformis vage ramosa repens, 
.. ramis erectis petiolisque tenerrime puberulis, foliis alternis 
breviter petiolatis, inferioribus lato-ellipticis rotundatis vel 
Obovatis, superioribus ellipticis obtusis, basi plerumque 
acutis, carnosis utrinque tenerrime puberulis cito glabratis, 
‘Supra lete viridibus, subtus pallidissimis fusco-punctatis 
. Uninerviis, amentis terminalibus solitariis breviter pedun- 
. culatis teretibus strictis remotifloris. 
Crescit in ins. St. Vincent, (Guilding). ; 
= Precedenti proxima, forma foliorum distincta. Rami ra- 
Mulique filiformes dichotome vel opposite ramosi. Petioli 
