12 FLORA OF JAMAICA Peperomia 



6. Berries verruculose, subglobose, apical appendage con- 

 sisting of an oblique "shield "' very shortly produced, with 

 the stigma subcentral. 



A. Leaves alternate. 



17. P. rotundifolia Kunth torn. cit. 65 (1816); leaves round 

 or oval-roundish, rarely obovate, hispid on both sides, occasionally 

 opposite; spikes fleshy, bracts '5- '6 ram. 1. ; Griseh. op. cit. 164; 

 Hensch. op. cit. 46, t. VII. 2 ; Dahht. op. cit. 99, t. XL 9 ; C. DC. 

 in TJrh. Syrnh. Ant. Hi. 228 k. iv. 188. P. nummularifolia Kunth 

 torn. cit. 66 (1816) ; Griseh. op. cit. 164. Saururus repens folio 

 etc. Plum. Descr. PL Amer. 52, /, 69. Piper rotundifolium L. Sp. 

 PI. 30 (1753). P. nummularifolium Sw. Prodr. 16 (1788) & Fl. 

 Lnd. Occ. 72. Type in Herb. Stockholm. 



Browne in Herb. Linn. ! Brougliton ! Swartz ! Bancroft ! Claverty 

 Cottage, J.P. 972, Morris \ Castleton, Harris \ Fl. Jam. 8363. Cuba, 

 Hispaniola, Porto Kico, Guadeloupe, Dominica, INIartinique, Antigua, 

 St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, 

 Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador. 



Stem creeping indefinitely amongst mosses on trees, and rooting at the 

 nodes, puberulous. Leaves '5-1 cm. 1. ; stalks 2-5 mm. 1. Spikes ter- 

 minal, dense-flowered, later somewhat lax, 1*5-2 cm. 1,, 6--8 mm. br. ; 

 bracts 2-3 about same level all round, '5- '6 mm. br. ; xaeduncles 2-5 mm. 1, 

 Berries -6- "7 mm. 1., -5- '6 mm. br. ; globose-ellipsoidal, apical appendage 

 elliptical-deltoid projecting upwards, about J length of berry with stigma 

 basal. 



18. P. eordifolia A. Dietr. torn. cit. 154 (1831) ; leaves obovate, 

 obcordate, rarely elliptical-roundish, more or less puberulous on 

 upper surface; spikes not fleshy. Griseh. op. cit. 164; Dalilst. 

 op. cit. 103; C. DC. in TJrh. Si/mh. Ant. Hi. 228. Piper cordi- 

 folium Sw. Prodr. 16 (1788), Fl. Lnd. Occ. 71 & Lc. ined. t. 30. 

 P. obcordatum StoTces Bot. Comm. 176 (1830). Acrocarpidium 

 cordifolium 3Iiq. op. cit. 56 (1843). Type in Herb. Stockholm. 



In moist woods amongst moss on trees and rocks ; Brougliton ! Sivartz ! 

 Bertero ; Macfadyen ! Purdie {a form with leaves not obcordate) ! Wilson ! 

 March; Fairfield, Wullschlaegel ; ]Moneague, Lady Blake \ near Mabess 

 River, 4000 ft. ; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 3000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 8340, 9011 ; Mabess River, 2500 ft., G. Niclwls ! St. Thomas, Dominica. 



Stem creeping indefinitely and rooting, puberulous when young. 

 Leaves 1-2 cm. 1., 7-16 mm. br. ; stalk 2-10 mm. 1. Spikes terminal on 

 stem or branches, somewhat lax-flowered, 1-2 cm. 1., "6- '8 mm. br, ; bracts 

 4 mm. br., 1-2 about same level on one side ; peduncles '5 cm. 1. 



19. P. Harrisii C. DC. torn. cit. 243 (1902); glabrous; leaves 

 narrowly oblong, tapering to base and apex, acuminate, without 

 black dots ; spikes slender, two or three times as long as leaves. 



On trees or amongst peaty soil on rocks ; Belvedere, Hanover, 500 ft. ; 

 Harris ! Faivcett ! Morse's Gap, 5000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7630, 8322, 

 8481. 



