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28. Peperomla monostachya Ruiz et Pav. Ji. Peruv. 

 I. c. p. 33. Piper Vahl I. c. p. 343. Foliis ovatis vel obovatis 

 obtusis enerviis subtus purpureis, amento terminali solilario. 



Habitat in Peruviae montibus ad Chinchao supra truncos 

 arborum (Ruiz et Pav. L c.) 



Caulis simplicissiraus , radicans , parasiticus , bipalmaris. An hue fl. 

 fiuminens. Tom. I. Tab. 63 ? — IVum potius ad sect. Rhynchophorum 

 referenda. 



29. Peperomla pterocaulis. Erecta, glabra, succu- 

 lenia pauciraniosa , oaule tetraptero, foliis alternis, petiolatis 

 (in sicco) submeinbranaceis pellucido-punclatis,glabris, summo 

 apice ciliolatis, oblongis, aciiminatis, subquinquenerviis, amen- 

 tis a^Lillaribus et terminalibus filiformibus, subdensifloris , bac- 

 cis globosis. 



Habitat, verisimiliter in ins. S'. Domingo (Poileau! in lib. 

 Venlenat nunc De Less, nomine P. alatum) in Brasilia ? (cult, 

 in H. Petropolit. et Berolin.! nomine proposito). 



Specimina Poitcana ad onguem cum cultis quadrant. 



E radice dense iibrosa fasciculata caulis erectas succulentus dicliotome 

 ramolosus parum llexuosus exsurgit , glabcr , viridis vel I'uscescens , basi 

 § cent, crassus , baud nodosus, intcrnodiis 3 — 5 cent, longis, ramorum 

 subflcxuosis, caule ramisque tetragonis vel tetragono-compressis, (quan- 

 tum e sicco crui potest) anguste tetrapteris. Folia alterna, patcntia, 

 pctiolis membranaceo-canaliculatis 1 — IJ cent, longis sustenta, mcmbra- 

 nacca , pcllucido-punctata , supra viridula subnitidula , subtus pallida 

 nervisquc notata , elJiptica vel clliptico-Ianceolata aut ovato-lanceolata , 

 basi acuta, apice acuminata, acumine angusto lincari acutiusculo ciliolato, 

 ciliolis demuni dcciduis, marginibus hie iUic erosulis undulatis , 8 cent, 

 circilcr longa, 2^ — 3 infra medium lata, nervis tribus perspicuis instruc- 

 ta , quorum mcdius ad apicem pereurrit , reliqui lenuiores proxime ad 

 apicem, ulrinquc insuper unus tenuior vix conspicuus , brevis, et in la- 

 mina lentis ope aucta librae nervulosae e basi adhuc plures. Amenta 

 axillaria et terminalia, erecta , pcdunculis tenuibus glabris 1 cent, cir- 

 citer longis sustenta, filitbrmia, subrecta, florentia 8 — 10 cent, longa. 

 Bractcae virginalcs imbricatac, demura panllo remotiores el rhachin 

 nudantcs. Organa floralia subimmersa. Bractea peltata subsessilis gla- 

 bra subrolundo-oblonga , glandulosa, viridi-iusca , margine extenuata, 

 ])crsistens. Stamina 2 lateralia, filamentis brevibus, anther is sub- 

 fjiobosis lusculis bilocularibus , minutis. Ovarium ovatum pyramidato- 

 acuminalum , apice stigma subcapitcl latum luscnoi albo-pubcrulum gc- 

 rrns. Baccac immaturac subglobosac (sec. sp. cit.) 



