Piperaceae. 263 



Peperomia pulchella A. Dietr. I. c. (1831) p.177; Miq. Syst. p. 165; 

 Griseb. I. c; C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 p. 462; Sauv. FL Cub. n. 2283 

 p. 147. 



Sumnis n. 8 erectus minor fol. orb. vert. P.Browne Jam, (1756) 

 p. 204. 



Herba ad 20 cm. alta, succulenta, verticillatim ramulosa, ramulis 

 1 mm. crassis pube minuta pilis longioribus intermixta vestitis, caiibus 

 sterilibus longe hirsutis. Limbi ramiilomm fertilium 15 20 mm. longi, 

 8 10 mm. lati, caulium sterilium limbi rotundati vel elliptici quam fer- 

 tilium multo minores; petioli 1 mm. longi. Spicae florentes usque ad 6 cm. 

 longae; rhacliis glabra. Filamenta antheris rotundis paullo longiora. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 2265; Jamaica: Swartz (in h. Stockh. 

 f. Dabist.), PMarch n. 1884, ad Banana River alt. 400 in., ad Hope 

 River alt. 400 m.: Eggers n. 3449 b , 3471; praeterea in Mexico, 

 ins. Sandwich (vid. C. DC. 1. c). 



135. Peperomia reflexa A. Dietr. foliis ternis quaternis, brevis- 

 sime petiolatis, rhonibeo-ellipticis ellipticisve vel raro ovatis, basi acutis 

 vel raro obtusis, apice obtusis et raro retusis, utrinque glabris vel sub- 

 tus parce pilosulis, obsolete 3-nerviis, petiolo hirtello; spicis terminali- 

 bus sat longe pedunculatis pedunculos fere aequantibus vel superanti- 

 bus, folia 2 8-plo superantibus, pedunculo glabro vel hirtello, rhachi 

 dense hirtella, bractea orbiculari centro longe pedicellata pedicello cum 

 llore rhachi profunde iramerso; ovario ovato acuto, summo apice stigma 

 capitellatum et puberulum gerente; bacca ovato -cylindrica subpatente, 

 basi pseudo-cupulifera cum filamentis rhachis processu pedicellata. 



Peperomia reflexa A. Dietr. Sp. I (1831) p. 180; Miq.! Syst. p.169 

 et in Marl Flor. Bras. IV, 1 p. 17 et in Hook, Lond, Journ. Bot. IV 

 p. 426; Wight Icon. t. 1933 g. 1; Miq. Flor. Ind. bat. I, 2 p. 436; 

 Griseb./ Fl, W. Lid. p. 168; C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 p. 451 (excl. specim. 

 Macnab.); Henschen Et. p. 26; Sodiro Mon. Pip. p. 133; Sauv. Fl. 

 Cub. n. 2281 p. 147; Dahlst.f Stud. p. 174. 



Piper reflexum L. f. Suppl. (1781) p 91; Lam, III. p. 83; Thunb. 

 Flor. Cap. p. 443; Vahl Enum. I p. 353; Sw. Obs. p. 23. 



Piper tetraphyUum Forst. Prodr. (1786) n.25; Willd. Sp. I p. 168. 



Piper pusillum Bl. in Verh. Bat. Genoots. XI (1826) p. 382 

 fig. 37. 



Piper aemulnm Endl, Prodr. Fl. Norf. (1833) p. 36; Bauer III. 

 Nor f. ined. t. 127 (teste Endl. I. e.) . 



Peperomia tetraphylla Hook, et Arn. in Beech. Bot. (1841) p. 97. 



Herba spithamea inferne e nodis radicans, di trickotome ramulosa, 

 ramulis in sicco circiter IV2 mm. crassis sulcatis hirtellis glabrisve. Limbi 

 in sicco rigidi vel subcoriacei, subtus impresso -punctati, 8 15 mm. longi, 

 5 9 mm. lati ; petioli 1 3 mm. longi. 



