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85. Peperomia sul)Tillosa van Heurck et Mll. Arg. foliis modice 

 petiolatis, ovatis, basi rotundato-obtusis, apice breviter et obtuse pro- 

 tracto-acuminatis, utrinque laxe villoso-pubescentibus, supra fusco- 

 subtus nigro-punctulatis, 5-nerviis, petiolo pedunculoque aeqiiilongo 

 patentim pilosis; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque densifloris, folia sub- 

 aequantibus, bractea orbiculari obsolete acuminulata subexcentrice pel- 

 tata; ovario rhachi impresso cylindrico-ellipsoideo apice obtuso. 



Peperomia subvillosa van Heurck et Mll. Arg. in Heurck Obs. Bot. 

 fasc. I (1876) p. 113. 



Gaules procumbentes , irregulariter ramosi , ramis adscendentibus, 

 superne patentim hirsutis, ramulis spiciferis fere 1 mm. crassis. Limbi in 

 sicco raerabranacei, 2^2 3 cm. longi, IY2 2 cm. lati; petioli 4 7 mm. 

 long]. Spicae 2 cm. longae et 2 mm. crassae. Ovarium paullo sub apice 

 Stigma minutum gerens. 



Hab. in Martinique: Sieber (in h. van Heurck et specimen sterile 

 in h. Cand.), in montibus altis: Duss n. 15. 



86. Peperomia Dussii C. DC. (n. sp.), foliis breviter petiolatis, 

 ovatis, basi obtusis rotundatisve, apice acuminatis acumine obtusiusculo, 

 utrinque cum petiolis appresse setoso- pilosis et subtus fusco-punctulatis, 

 5-nerviis; spicis apice ramulorum oppositifoliis terminalibusque, breviter 

 pedunculatis, ipsis florentibus quam limbi brevioribus sublaxifloris, brac- 

 tea orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario emerso obovato apice obliquo, 

 stigmate inconspicuo. 



Herba infeme e nodis radicans. Eamuli in sicco subcoriacei, fere 

 3 mm. crassi, sat longo setoso -pilosi. Folia caulina inferiora limbis ovato- 

 rotundatis, apice breviter acuminatis, usque ad 3 cm. longis et 2^1 ^ cm. latis, 

 superiora limbis ut in diagnosi, in sicco membranaceis usque ad 6 cm. longis 

 et ad 3V2 cm. latis; petioli pedunculique fere 6 mm. longi. Spicae florentes 

 circiter 2V2 cm. longae et 2 mm. crassae. 



Hab. in Martinique, in silvis humidis montium: Duss n. 14 (pro 

 majore parte). 



87. Peperomia Casimiri van Heurck et Mll. Arg. foliis modice 

 petiolatis, lanceolatis, utrinque acutis, supra subtusque appresse pilosis 

 ciliatisque, 5-nerviis, petiolis pedunculisque fere aequilongis et oppo- 

 sitifoliis appresse pilosis; spicis florentibus limbos fere aequantibus sub- 

 densifloris, bractea orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario emerso ellipsoideo, 

 apice oblique deplanato; stigmate inconspicuo. 



Peperomia' Casimiri van Heurck et Mll. Arg.! in Heurck Obs. 



Bot. fasc. I (1876) p. 661. 



Herba basi procumbens, inferne longe radicans et superne e nodis 

 radices filiformes eniittens. Eamuli appresse et sat longe pilosi, spiciferi 

 1 mm. crassi. Limbi in sicco membranacei, fere usque ad 4V2 cm. longi 



