180 Dr. J. D. Hooxer’s Enumeration of the Plants 
Rather a small state of a very common tropical weed. Stems 6-8 inches. 
Leaves elliptical-ovate, an inch long, the surface and margin minutely hispid. 
Sheaths of the leaves ciliated along the upper edge. 
Hyv»roxipE x. 
59. Hypoxis erecta, Willd. 
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I cannot distinguish these from United States Specimens: they also very 
closely resemble others from the Brazils. 
OncHIDE X. 
60. EPrpENDRUM spicatum, Hook. fil.; caule compresso simplici folioso, foliis 
alternis distichis lineari-lanceolatis acutis rigidis, floribus spicatis, spicá 
nutante terminali, sepalis obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 5-nerviis, petalis 
equilongis lineari-spathulatis; labello trilobo basi biauriculato disco in- 
crassato callis 2 prominentibus instructo: lobis lateralibus venosis rotun- 
datis marginibus eroso-crenatis intermedio bifido sinu quadrato. 
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Radix fibrosa. Caulis spithamzeus, basi vaginis foliorum tectus, superné foliosus; vaginis 
compressis, striatis, £ unc. longis, 1 latis. Folia erecta, patentia, 3 unc. longa, 1 lata, 
siccitate striata. Racemus 2-uncialis, terminalis, nutans, sub 10-florus ; floribus paten- 
tibus basi bracteatis; bracteis foliaceis, linearibus, acutis, infimis 1-2 unc. longis. Ova- 
rium å unc. longum, curvatum. Sepala patentia, obovato-oblonga, acuminata, 1 unc. 
longa. Petala angust? linearia, spathulata, medio l-nervia, sepalis zequilonga. Label- 
lum diam. $ unc. Columna cylindrica. 
DICOTYLEDONES. 
PiPERACE X. 
61. PEPEROMIA GaLaPAGENsis, Hook. fil.; caule elongato ramisque prostratis 
tetragonis puberulis basi nudis, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis parvis brevi- 
petiolatis oppositis 4—5nis elliptico-oblongis obtusis glabris ad apices 
obtusos subpilosis coriaceis punctulatis, amentis plurimis plerisque ter- 
minalibus erectis simplicibus pedunculatis foliis $ v. bis longioribus. 
P. Galapagensis, Miquel in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 
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