ANNOTATIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 549 



junioribus apice ciliolatis, uninerviis et obsolete venulosis 

 pellucido-punctatis, subtus pallidis, amentis longiuscule 

 pedunculatis axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus subaggre- 

 gatis filiformibus erectis remotifloris, baccis ovatis sub- 

 obliquis. 

 In Malabaria, legit Dr. Wight, an. 1837- 



Herba vix spithamea, ex affinitate Pep. Candida, Syst. 

 Piperac. p. 105, inde a basi ramosa, foliis inferioribus ^-1 

 cent, longis rotundatis vel plane obovatis, reliquis ellipticis 

 vel obovato-ellipticis, basi acutis, apice obtusis vel rotundatis, 

 quandoque subretusis, junioribus apice tenerrime ciliolatis, 

 supra saturate viridibus, subtus pallidis, cum nervo medio 

 percurrente parce venulosis vel venula utrinque e basi adscen- 

 dente tenuiter trinerviis, 1-2 cent, longis, 8-15 mm. latis, 

 petiolis £-§ cent, longis. Amenta plerumque terminalia ge- 

 mina vel terna, pedunculis \\ cent, longis suffulta, filiformia, 

 recta. Bractea et genitalia omnino congenerum. 



2. Peperomia Dindygulensis, 1. c. p. 122. Species in Penin- 

 sula Ind. Or. haud rara videtur, varias formas induens. 

 Minor forma in Herb. Wight, nomine P. blandts, aliae sub 

 P. polystachym titulo occurrunt. In Courtallum, Martio 

 mense, 1835 (Wight). Inter eas etiam occurrit forma ilia 

 luxurians alternifolia, in Syst. Pip. p. 123 descripta, quae 

 olim fortassis propriam speciem sistere posset. 



3. Peperomia Courtallensis ; erecta succulenta glabra opposite 

 vel alterne ramosa, foliis modice petiolatis oppositis vel 

 summis verticillatis plerumque majoribus, omnibus magni- 

 tudine et forma dissimilibus, ellipticis, oblongis vel obova- 

 tis basi acutis vel attenuatis, apice rotundatis vel attenuato- 

 obtusis aut emarginatis ibique junioribus ciliolatis, aequi- 

 lateris vel ineequilateris, pellucido-punctatis, subtus pallidis, 

 obsolete uninerviis et venulosis vel subtrinerviis, amentis 

 axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus solitariis vel aggregatis 

 erectis strictiusculis longiuscule pedunculatis subdensi- 

 noris, baccis subimmersis oblique ovatis. 



In Courtallam, legit Dr. Wight, an. 1836. 



