760 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vou. III, Arr. 
cliffs, in dense woods along the Baracatan creek at 1500 feet; 
stems succulent, terete, watery green, numerously branched, . 
taking root at the nodes; petioles similar in color and texture, 
ascending; leaves flat, parallel with the surface of the rocks 
or boulders, much paler green beneath, succulent; tips of 
the branches or stems suberect, terminated into spikes, yel- 
lowish at first and brown when old. Local Bagobo name 
is ''Sigbat-ta-pang-pang." (Elmer ms.) 
Peperomia pellucidopunctulata C. DC. sp. nov. 
Omnino glabra, foliis modice petiolatis elliptico-lanceo- 
latis basi et apice acutis, 5-nerviis; pedunculis terminalibus, 
petiolos paullo superantibus; spicis folii limbum paullo sup- 
erantibus subdensifloris; bractea orbiculari centro pedicellata, 
antheris parvis ellipticis; ovario emerso turbinato summo 
apice stigmatifero stigmate globoso, bacca subglobosa basi 
breviter attenuata. | 
Caulis inferne e nodis radicans, ramosus. Rami ut vid- 
etur erecti, circiter 25 cm. longi, in sicco 2.5 mm. crassi. 
Folia alterna. Limbi in sicco membranacei creberrime pel- 
lucido-punctulati, superi usque ad 42 mm. longi et 22 mm. 
lati. Petioli 9 mm., pedunculi 12 mm. longi. Spicae mat- 
urae 5 cm. longae, 1 mm. crassae. Rhachis sub bacca tarde in 
processum conicum producta. Bacca glandulis asperulata, fere 
0.75 mm. longa. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, A. D. E. Elmer,. 
n. 8436. 
Negros, Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete (Cuer- 
nos Mts.), A. D. E. Elmer, n. 9970. 
Succulent herb, upon moist densely shaded rocky cliffs 
or upon moss covered tree trunks near the ground. (Elmer ms.) 
Peperomia negrosensis C. DC. sp. nov. 
Foliis breviter petiolatis, superis elliptico-lanceolatis basi 
et apice acutis, utrinque glabris et margine ciliolatis, 3-ner- 
viis nervuloque margiuali ab apice fere usque ad medium 
decurrente; petiolo puberulo; pedunculis oppositifoliis glabris 
petiolos pluries superantibus; spicis maturis quam folii limbus 
