14 FLOE A OF JAMAICA Peperomia 



elliptical aud roundish, 2-3 about same level on one side, "6 mm. br. ; 

 ovaries obtuse with stigma below the apex ; peduncles 2-5 mm. 1. 



23. P. glabella^. Bietr. fom. cit. 156 (1831); plant covered 

 with black dots ; stem witli two inconspicuous ribs decurrent 

 from the petioles and sometimes ciliate ; apex of leaves and 

 petioles sometimes ciliate. Miq. Sfjst. Pip. 97 ; Griseh. op. cit. 

 165 : DaliJ^t. op. cit. 121 : C. DC. torn. cit. 235 <fe iv. 188. Piper 

 glabellum Sw. Prodr. 16 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 68. P. scandens 

 Sn: Prodr. 16 (1788). 



In stony places and on walls; Wriglitl Swart z\ Moneague, Prior; 

 Marchl Blount Dakin ; near Browns Town, 1200 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 

 5685, 7173. Cuba, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Antigua, Martinique, Dominica, 

 Grenada, Trinidad. 



Stevi creeping and rooting, slender, terete, flowering branches ascend- 

 ing. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, indistinctly 

 triplinerved, sometimes with two accessory nerves, blade generally 

 2 "5-4 cm. 1., 1*3-1 '8 cm. br. ; petiole '5-1 cm. 1. Spikes filiform, some- 

 what dense-flowered, 1-3 together terminal, and solitary axillary, slightly 

 fleshy with shallow elliptical depressions, 5-7 cm. 1. ; bracts '4- '7 mm. br. 

 Berries -5-* 7 mm. 1., slightly curved upwards and attached somewhat 

 laterally at the base ; apical appendage projecting above berry about 2 mm. 



Yar. eaulibarbis var. nov. ; leaves broader than in the species 

 and often broadly ovate to ovate-elliptical, apex blunfc to acute, 

 7-nerved, the upper nerves starting from above the base, blade 

 generally 3-5 cm. 1., 1*5-2 '5 cm. br., petiole relatively shorter 

 than in the species ; stem stouter, spike a little thicker than in 

 the species. P. eaulibarbis Miq. Syst. 98 (1843); C. DC. in DC. 

 Prodr. xci.pt. 1, 409 ; DaUst. Stud. 117. 



On walls and trees ; near Mabess River, 4000 ft. ; road, Black River to 

 Newmarket, 150 ft. ; edge of Great Morass, Negril ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 8836, 9940, 10,246. Cuba, Hispauiola, Porto Rico, St. Vincent, Brazil. 



Tar. jimenesana C. DC. in TJrh. Syrah. Ant. Hi. 236 ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 5-i3linerved, 35 cm. 1., 1-1 7 cm. br. ; 

 jDetiole -4- '8 cm. 1. v 



Bog Walk, Fawcett I Fl. Jam. 8133. Hispaniola, Trinidad, Costa Rica 

 (fide C. DC). 



24. P. guadaloupensis C. DC. in Seem. Journ. Dot. iv. 139 

 (1866) ; glabrous ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate to obovate-elliptical, 

 at base cuneate, apex obtuse, with black dots especially under- 

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

 C. DC. in TJrh. Si/mh. Ant. Hi. 239 & DC. Prodr. xvi. pi. 1, 416. 

 P. acuminata Griseh. op. cit. 165 (in part). P. myrtifolia 

 Daldsi. Stud. 124 (in part). Piper tenuiflorum Vald in West 

 Bidr. Ste. Croix, 286 (1793) (specimen in Herb. Banks). 



Wilson. Cuba, St. Cruz, Guadeloupe, Guatemala. 



Leaves 3-plinerved with an indistinct accessory nerve on each side, 

 3-5-5 cm. 1., l-S-2-3 cm.br.; stalks 2-5 mm. 1. Spikes 2-3 terminal, 



