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2. reperomla monilcola, Foliis peltalis oTalo-orbicQ- 

 laribus vel fere orbicularibus oclo-novem-nerviis utrinque gla- 

 bris sublilissime pellucido-punctatis, amenlis crassiusculis sub- 

 confertifloris. 



Habitat in monlibus calcareis ad 7000 alt. Regni raexicani, 

 Augusto florens (Galeotti! n. 6023 in Herb. De Less.) 



Planta acanlis tuberosa. Folia erecta in sicco subcoriacea subti]iter 

 pc]Iacid(^punctata supra atro-Tiridia opaca, inFra glaucescentia, utnnqac 

 jrlabra, petiolis paullo infra medium affixis crassiusculis 5-6 cent, 

 longis in sicco anguste memhranaceo-alatis , viridibus glabris suffulta, 

 ^cto-novemnervia, nervis infra subprominulis, iteratim dichotomis, ra- 

 mulis nltimis usque ad margincs pertingentibus, juniora et minora sub- 

 OTato-orbicalaria apicc aliquando subacuta SJ cent, longa, 3 circiter lata, 

 maiora subrotunda 5| cent, in diam. Amenta erecta subn^cta, tol.a 

 superantia, pedunculis 8 cent, propemodum longis ui sicco angustc 

 alaVis et fusceseentibus ima basi attenuatis snffulta, filitormia, crassius- 

 cula, snbrecta, 9-10 cent, longa. Flores post ilorescentiam subconterU. 

 Bractea membranacea fusca glabra breviter pedicellata pcrsistens, pau 1« 

 infra medium p:\UiX^, peh^ ovata longe et anguste acuminata. Sta- 

 aiina duo lateralia patula, filamentis cylindricis crassis, antheris 

 basi sub angulo recto filamenti ap.ci inserlis sordide fuscis ovato-subrotun- 

 dis basi emarginatis, bilocularibus , secundum connectivum sulcatis, 

 lociis rima longitudinali laterali biantibus, effoetis supra concavis. Ova- 

 rium ovatum stylo brevi acuminatum, cui stigma capitellatum puberu- 

 lum insidct. Bacca immatura erectiuscula sessilis oblique ovata breviter 

 acuminata nigricans. (Sec. sp. cit.) 

 An a praecedenti satis distincta? 



3 Peperomia macro«hi«a //. B. K. Nov. Gen. Tom, I 

 p 12. PLaequin. Tom.ILp,29. Kunth Synops. Tom. I. p. 

 123 Piper Roem. et Schidt. Glabra, foliis orbiculatis, cen- 

 tre pellatis, subcucullalls,aveniis, amento radicah , floribus 



confertissimis. 



Habitat in devexis Andiura Peruvianorura, locis scopulosis 

 inter urbem Caxaraarcae et Cerro de Cunturcagua, alt. 900 

 hex.; Aug. fl. Incolis Umapu ma (caput Puinae) dicta (Humb. 

 et Bonpl.). — Differt teste kuntu a P. umbilicala, radice ma- 

 jore, floribus densissimis. 



4. Peperomia scatellaefoHa Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv- 



