Piperaceae. '^<j" 



nigro-punctulatis, 7-nerviis; pedunculo petioliim paullo superante, spicis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque densifloris filiformibus, limbos paullo supe- 

 rantibus, bractea rotundata centro peltata; ovario impresso oblonge - 

 obovato. 



Peperomia Rupertiana C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 (1869) p. 413; 

 Dahlst! Sind. p. 124. 



Peperomia acuminata Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. IV (1845) 

 p. 416; Oriseb. Flor. W. Ind. p. 165 (p. p); Dahlst! Skid. p. 123 

 (p. p), non R. et Pav. 



Ca Ulis fere tetragonus, glaber, superne circiter 2'/2 mm. crassus. 

 Folia alterna, vel terminalia opposita; limbi membranacei subpellucidi , cir- 

 citer 5 cm. longi et 3 cm. lati; petioli 7 mm. longi. Spicae florentes 

 6 10 cm. longae et 2 mm. crassae. Stigma mimitum. 



Hab. in Antigua: Wullschlaegel n.537; Dominica super Princip. 

 Rupert Caput: hb. Kew, Jardin (in h. Lenorm.); Martinique, sparsa in 

 nemoribus: Duss n. 49S?, locis saxosis de la Plaine (Trois Ilets): Duss 

 n. 447_9; Barbados in Forster Hall wood in rupibus calcareis: Eggers 

 n. 7202, ad Bathoteba under tbe cliffs: Waby n. 81. 



103. Peperomia giiadaloiipeiisis C. DC. glabra, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice obtusiusculis et prae- 

 sertim subtus nigro-punctatis, 5-nerviis; spicis axillaribus terminalibus- 

 que subdensifloris pedunculatis, folia fere triplo pedunculisque petiolos 

 fere duplo superantibus; bractea orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario 

 emerso ovato; bacca ovato-globosa, glanduiis conspersa, apice oblique 

 mucronulata. 



Peperomia guadaloupensis C. DC. in Seem. Journ. of Bot. IV 

 (1866) p. 139 et Prodr. XVI, 1 p. 416 (einend, et excliiso spec. Frser 

 ac varietate pubescens) . 



Piper acumijiatiim West! Fl. St. Croix (1793) p. 268 (non L.). 



Peperomia acuminata Oriseb.! Fl. W. Ind. (1859) p. 165 (p-p), 

 et PI. Wr. p. 175 et Cat. pl. Cub. p. 63, non R et Pav. 



Peperomia cubana C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 (1869) p. 413 (exclus. 

 sp. Richard); Sauv. Fl. Cub. n. 2259 p. 145. 



Peperomia myrtifolia Dahlst.! Stiid. p. 124 (excl. sp. Pflug)- 



Herba ramulosa, ramulis in sicco 2V2 mm. crassis. Limbi in sicco 

 membranacei, pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 4V2 cm. longi et ad 2 cm. lati; 

 petioli vix ad 5 mm. longi. Spicae fructiferae fere usque ad 11 cm. longae 

 et ad 2 mm. crassae. Ovarium sub apice oblique stigmatiferum. Stigma 

 puberulum. Bacca giobosa sine pseudocupula et apice oblique mucronulata. 



Hab. in Cuba orientali: Wright n. 504; Jamaica: AVilsonn. 467 



(iu h. Gtting.); St. Croix ad Springard: West (in h. DC); Guadeloupe: 



Jardin (in h. Lenorm. et h. DC); praeterea Guatemala (vide C DC 



in Denn. Smith Enum. part IV p. 134). 



