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solitary axillary, rhachis somewhat lax-flowered, 6-11 cm. 1. ; bracts 

 5-"6 mmi. br., romid or elliptical, 1-3 about same level on one side; 

 peduncles '5-1 cm. 1. Berries '7- '8 mm. 1., apical appendage somewhat 

 acute. 



B. Leaves opposite or ichorled. 



25. P. filiformis A. Bietr. Sp. PL 177 (1831) (non Buiz d- 

 Pav.) ; leaves opposite, 3-4 in a whorl at apex of branches, 

 small, linear or obovate-oblong ; spikes fleshy. D aid st. Stud. 125 

 (excl. syn. P. linearis C. DC.) ; C. DC. in TJrh. Sijmh. Ant. Hi. 261. 

 iP. Swartziana Miq. Syst. Pip. 155 (1843); Griseh. op. cit. 167 

 (excl. habitat Porto Rico). Piper filiforine Siv. Prodr. 16 (1788), 

 Icon. t. 5 &, Fl. Ind. Oce. 73. Type in Herb. Stockholm. 



Amongst mosses on decaying logs ; Broughton ! Catherine Peak, 

 Siuartz ! Purdie ; Green Hill Wood ; Morse's Gap, 4900-5000 ft. ; near 

 Vinegar Hill, 4200 ft. ; Hardware Gap ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7781, 7969, 8319, 

 8833, 10,126 ; Hardware Gap, 4000 ft. ; G. Nichols ! 



Stem filiform, creeping, glabrous. Leaves 5-12 mm. 1., 1*5-3 mm. br., 

 pellucid (when dry), apex obtuse, base acute, apex with a few scattered 

 hairs on the upper surface ; stalk 2-3 mm. 1. Spikes terminal, rhachis 

 with shallow depressions, dense-flowered, 1-1*5 cm. 1. ; bracts 5-6 mm. br., 

 1-2 visible about same level ; peduncles glabrous, 4-5 mm. 1. Berries 

 6 mm. 1., bent upwards so as to appear to be attached laterally; apical 

 appendage small, ovate-roundish. 



26. P. galioides Kuntli in H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 71 

 (1816) ; stem erect, piiberulous on younger branches; leaves 6-4 

 in a whorl, subsessile, obovate-oblong or oblong, at length 

 glabrous, with brownish pellucid dots underneath ; spikes thin. 

 Miq. Blustr. 22, /. 20; Griseh. op. cit. 167; Hensch. JEtiid. 36, 

 /. 4,/. 3; Baldst. Stud. 126, t. XL 7; C. DC. loc. cit. Piper 

 galioides Boem. & Scliidt. Syst. i. 335 (1817). 



Near Portland Gap, McNab ! Wilsoyi ! March ; Portland Gap, 5400 ft. ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5498. Hispaniola, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, 

 Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia. 



Steyn erect, branched. Leaves 5-8 mm. 1,, 2-4 mm. br. (much longer 

 in continental specimens), apex obtuse and minutely puberulous. Sjnhes 

 1-3 terminal, solitary axillary ; rhachis somewhat lax-flowered (very long 

 in continental specimens), shortly stalked ; bracts 5 mm. br., 1-2 visible 

 about same level. Berries 7-* 8 mm. 1., globose-ellipsoidal; apical appen- 

 dage with a short point. 



27. P. verticillata A. Dietr. Sp. PL i. 179 (1831); leaves 

 3-5 in a whorl, very variable, obovate, obovate-oval, oblong- 

 obovate or roundish, apex rounded or obtuse ; indumentum of 

 stem and leaves very variable even on the same plant, pilose 

 densely or sparingly; spikes thin. Griseh. op. cit. 167; Daldst. 

 Stud. 128; C. DC. in Urh. Symh. Ant. Hi. 262. P. rubella HooJc. 

 Exot. FL t. 58 (1823). P. pulchella A. Dietr. torn. cit. 177; 

 Griseh. loc. cit. Saururus erectus minor foliis Szc. Broione Hist. 

 Jam. 204. Piper verticillata X. Syst. ed. 10, S'^G (1759), 



