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atrinque versus margincs, inpimis supra, pilis albis pro plaula craaaus- 

 oulis instructa et juniora subc.iliala, pilis scnsim tlecicluis, ovato-rotundata, 

 rotiindala vcl renitbrmi-rotundata, hasi rotundata, truncata vcl obiter rc- 

 nilbrmi-concava, apicc rotundata, obtusa vel Icvitcr protracta olitusiuscula , 

 minora 7 mm. longa et fere lata, maxima 1§ cent, longa ct lata, tri-vcl 

 plcrumque quinquenervia, nervo medio percurrente, lateralibus patulis 

 adscendentibus, omnibus elegantcr reticulatis, in pgina inf. albidis eras- 

 siusculis. Am«nta axillaria vcl terminalia solitaria filiformia, in sicco 

 flaccida, pedunculis 4—5 cent, longis tenuibus glabris sustenta, 3 cent- 

 longa, dcmum valde remotiflora. Flores juniorcs ma^is approximati, 

 antberis amplis nudi« adparentibus. Bractea laxe cellulosa, bicvissimc 

 pediccllata, oblonga , fere transparens, marginibus deflexa, pcrsistens. 

 Stamina 2 latcralia pistillum aequantia, filamentis teretibus, basi imo 

 ovario adnatis caeterum liberis, antberis dilute luteis amplis biloculan- 

 bus, loculis subglobosis appositis connective in sicco atro-fusco dircmtis. 

 Ovarium oblongum glabrum basi contractum, stigmatibus quatuor 

 verrucaeformibus conicis, in sicco atro-fuscis, pilis erectis succosis longius- 

 pulis irregularitcr penicillatis, Bacca ovalo-globosa , bractea suffulta, gla- 

 bra, laevis, apice stigmatum 4 rudimentis coronata. Semen immatu- 

 nim subgloTiQsam, (sec. sp. Herb. reg. berol.), 



3. Verliiiellia serpens. Acrocarpidiwn Miq. in Diar. 

 inst. Nederl. 1843. Piper Swarf z Prod. p. 16. Fl. Ind. occ. Tom. I. 

 p. 69. Peperomia Loudon Encycl. Caule repeute filiformi 

 fiubdiviso, glabro, foliis allernis petiolalis subrolundis subsuccu- 

 leutis, aveniis, glabris, amcntis longe j)eduneulatis axillaribus. 



Habitat in petrosis sylvalicia niuscosis Jamaicae frigidioris 

 (Swai'tz 1. (x). 



wHCTbacea. Caul is repens, Tadicnlas undique cxscrcns, capillarcs; fili- 

 formis, subdivisus, angulatus, glaber, folialus. Folia alterna, pctiolata^ 

 5ubrotunda, scd magis lata, basi quasi retusa, latitudinc scmipollicari, 

 Integra, plana, subsucculenta, avenia, utrinquo glabra, sublus pallidiora. 

 Petioli foliis breviores, patentes, tcretes glabri. Spicae pcdunculatat; 

 terctes, J pollicis longitudine, erectac. I'edunculi axillarcs, foliis longiorcs, 

 terclcs, glabri, solitarii. Flores minutissimi, ut nudis oculis non discerni 

 queant , squamis ovatis distincti. Filaxnenta vis ulla. Antherae 

 daae ad latcra gcrminis. Germen ovatum, aculum. Stylus nullas, 

 stigmata tria. Fructus minutissimi, ovati, acuti, sessile.s" Swartz. 



Species inccrtae. 



«. PePEROMlA LCNARIS Hnmilt. Prod. pi. Ind. occ. p. 2. Piper B, 

 Dietr. Eftci/el. d. Pfl. Tom. f. p. 123. Glabra rc\)cm filiformis, foliiv 



