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Species admodum singularis, cum nullo congenerum com- 
paranda, foliorum forma ad P. cuneifoliam, obtusifoliam cet. 
accedens, sed ad Micropiperis sectionem referenda, ab inflo- 
rescentiam P. Berteroane, margaritifere aliquatenus affinis. 
Caulis radicans aphyllus. Folia duo ad ejus apicem, unum 
majus 18 cent. longum, 73 latum, venis circiter 8 utrinque e 
nervo medio adscendentibus, petiolo 23 cent. longo antice 
canaliculato ; alterum 13 cent. longum, 4 latum. Inflores- 
centia infra amenta (pedunculus) 2 cent., cæterum 41 cent. 
longa, amentis alternis vel raro binatis onusta, quorum in- 
feriora 1 cent. longa, summa vix 2 mm. ; pedicelli basi bractea 
decidua stipati. Bracteæ peltatæ orbiculares fusce.  Fila- 
menta brevia, anther biloculares aurantiacæ demum flaves- 
centes. 
21. Peperomiæ species ; dissimili vel blande proxima, e speci- 
mine manco haud tuto determinanda, e Columbia, (Hart- 
weg, n. 1395.) 
22. P. Quitensis; succulenta erecta ramosa, ramis praesertim 
ad nodos, petiolis foliisque utrinque in nervis marginibusque 
setuloso-hirtis, his oppositis petiolatis rhombeo-ovatis el- 
lipticisve utrinque acutiusculis, apice ipso obtusiusculo, 
subtus punctatis, trinerviis nervo medio ad apicem ducto, 
amentis longiuscule pedunculatis (pedunculo petiolum ter 
quaterve superante) axillaribus oppositis et terminalibus 
subpaniculato-congestis subconfertifloris. : 
Crescit prope Quito, supra truncos in vallibus, cæt., (Jameson, 
n, 59.) 5 
P. polystachye et dissimili cognata, haud dubia tamen spe- 
cies. Planta pedalis succulenta, internodiis 2-5 cent. longis. 
Caules inferne glabriusculi, superne ramulique hirti, nodis 
setuloso-barbatis. Folia opposita decussata, petiolis antice 
lato-canaliculatis et glabriusculis,cæterum dense hirtis 2-5 cent. 
longis sustenta, inferiora lato-elliptico-rhombea, utrinque 
 &eutiuscula, supra in nervis sparse hirta, subtus glandulis 
fuscis punctata, in nervis densius ceterum sparse hirtella, 
33-4 cent. longa, 23 lata, trinervia, nervo medio subtus pro- 
minulo. Superiora minora et magis elliptica 2-24 cent. longa 
