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 2° Pedunculi terminales vel in axillis foliorum perfectoruiru 



Folia verticillata vel opposita. 



Peperomia rejlexa A. Dietr., forma tenui.pes, n. sp. 



Herba arboricola, ramulis minute puberulis, limbis ellipticis vel sub- 

 ovato-ellipticis, n mm. longis, 7 mm. latis, supra glabris, subtus minute 

 puberulis; pedunculis i5 mm. longis, fere o,2.î mm. crassis, minute 

 puberulis; spicis 22 mm. longis, i,25 mm. crassis. 



Madagascar, in Betsiléo meridionali, ad arborum truncos, 

 n' 395o [Hildebrandt]. 



Peperomia rotundilimba C. DC, n. sp. 



Herba repens, caule dense et breviter hirsuto, in sicco 1 mm. crasso. 

 Folia opposita vel terna, breviter petiolata, limbis subovato-rotundis, su- 

 pra glabris, subtus dense et breviter hirsutis, in sicco rigidis, usque ad 

 12 mm. longis.; petiolis usque ad 2 mm. longis, dense et breviter hirsu- 

 tis. Pedunculi terminales, i5 mm. longi, dense et breviter hirsuti. Spicœ 

 foliis pluries longiores, haud densiflorrc, 1 mm. crassoe. Bractea orbicu- 

 laris paullo supra centrum subsessilis. Anthera; rotundato-ellipticœ, fila- 

 mentis adultis breviores. Ovarium emersum, obovatum, apice oblique 

 stigmatiferum; stigma globosum, glabrum. 



Madagascar : n° 6062 [Baron], 



Peperomia pubipetiola C DC, n. sp. 



Herba repens, caule glabro, in sicco complanato coriaceo 3 mm. cras,. , 

 ramulis glabris, spiciferis 3-4 cm. longis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, 

 limbis in sicco rigido-membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi acutis, apice 

 obtusis, utrinque glabris, 5-nerviis, usque ad 5,5 cm. longis et 2 cm. latis ; 

 petiolis 5 mm. longis, margine parce puberulis. Pedunculi axillares termi- 

 nalesque,glabri,fere i5 mm. longi. Spicœ 55 cm. longre, 2, 5 mm. crassae, 

 densiflorte. Bractea orbicularis, in sicco nigro-punctulata, centro sat longe 

 pedicellata. Antherae elliptica;. Ovarium emersum, ellipticum, summo 

 apice stigmatiferum; stigma papillosulum. Bacca globosa, glandulis aspe- 

 rulata. 



Madagascar, in silva Ivohimanika, novembri, n" 108 pro 

 parte [Forsyth Major]. 



Peperomia estaminea C. DC, n. sp. 



Herba repens, ramulis pilosis in sicco complanatis, spiciferis fere 



