Piperaceae. 239 



nigro-punctulatis, 7-nerriis; peduncio petiolum paullo superante, spicis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque densifloris filiformibus, limbos paullo supe- 

 rantibus, bractea rotundata centro peltata; ovario impresso oblongo- 

 obovato. 



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

 Dahlst! Stitd. p. 124. 



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

 p. 416; Griseb. Flor. W. Ind. p. 165 (p. p.J; Dahlst! Sind. p. 123 



(P- V')> non R- t ~P av - 



Ca ulis fere tetragonus, glaber, superne circiter 27* 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 miuutum. 



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

 Rupert caput: hb. Kew, Jardin (in b. Lenorm.); Martinique, sparsa in 

 nemoribus: Duss n. 498?, locis saxosis de la Plaine (Trois Ilets): Duss 

 n. 4479; Barbados in Forster Hall wood in rupibus calcareis: Eggers 

 n. 7202, ad Bathoteba ir der tbe cliffs: Waby n. 81. 



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

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

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

 que subdensifloris pedimeulatis, folia fere triplo peduneulisque petiolos 

 fere duplo superantibus; bractea orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario 

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

 mucronulata, 



Peperomia giiadaloupensis C. DC. in Seem. Joum. of Bot. IV 

 (1866) p. 139 et Prodr. XVI, 1 p. 416 (emend. et excluso spec. Frser 

 ac varietate ^ubescens). 



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



Peperomia acuminata Griseb.! 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 myrti 'folia Dahlst.! Stud. p. 124 (excl. sp. Pflug). 



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

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

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

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

 puberuluin. Bacca globosa sine pseudocupula et apice oblique mucronulata. 



Hab. in Cuba orientali: Wrigbt n. 504; Jamaica: Wilson n. 467 

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

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

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



