550 ANNOTATIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 



Prsecedenti affinis ; herba fere semipedalis, foliosa ; folia 

 inferiora 2-2\ cent, longa ; summa pleraque fere elliptica, basi 

 acuta, apice protracto, obtusa saape emarginata, 3-4 cent, 

 longa, l|-2 lata, in sicco membranacea, vix punctata. Amenta 

 3-5 cent, longa recta strictiuscula, pedunculis 1-2 cent, longis 

 sustenta. 



4. Peperomia portulacoides, A. Dietr. — Miq. Syst. p. 130. 

 Courtallam, (Dr. Wight). Specimina hsec a Mauritianis 

 nullo pacto diversa, nisi fortassis compage paullo cras- 

 siore. 



5. Peperomia Ceylanica ; herbacea pusilla erecta basi radi- 

 cans di-vel trichotomo-ramosa, ramulis appresse pubes- 

 centibus, foliis oppositis vel verticillatis 3-4 nis, breviter 

 petiolatis, adultis cum petiolis fere omnino glabris, ellipticis 

 vel obovatis obtusis vel apice rotundatis, basi plerumque 

 acutis, obsolete uninerviis et parce venulosis, nervo medio 

 infra apicem in anastomoses dissoluto, amentis axillaribus 

 et terminalibus, solitariis vel geminis, pedunculis subgla- 

 bris, floribus densis, baccis ovatis. 



In ins. Ceylon, legit Walker, an. 1837. (n. 1904). 



A P. Reinwardtiana et P. recurvata, Syst. Pip. 141, differt 

 foliorum forma, glabritie et florum situ. 



Herba digito parum altior, basi inter muscos radicans, 

 nuda, sursum magis ramosa et foliosa, caule ramisque pubes- 

 centibus cito glabrescentibus, ramulis appresse pubescentibus. 

 Folia infima minima, reliqua diversse magnitudinis, in sicco 

 membranacea tenuia haud pellucido-punctata, supra atro- 

 viridia glabra, subtus pallida, nervulo medio ad apicem haud 

 pertingente pertensa, venulis paucis obsoletis nascentia, ver- 

 sus basin puberula, ad apicem baud raro tenere ciliolata, 

 petiolis antice canaliculatis ad lentem puberulis 1-2 mm- 

 longis sustenta, majora elliptica vel obovata, 8-15 mm. longa, 

 8 circiter lata, alia multo minora plus minusve rotundata. 

 Pedunculi tenere puberuli glabrescentes 1-5 mm. longi- 

 Amenta teretia, superne aliquid incrassata in sicco nigricantia 

 glabra recta vel leviter curvata, florentia 1-2 cent, longa, sub- 



