rium oblongo-ovatum , apice subantice stigma pubernlum t'crcns. Bac- 

 cac ovato-elobosae brcviter rostellatac fuscac. {see. sp. oil.) 



33. Peperomia dendrophila SlechtendJ in Linnaea 

 Tom. V. p. 74. Radicaiis, decumbens, stolonifera, glabra; 

 foliis alternis petiolalis succulentis glabris, junioribus apice 

 subtilissime ciliolatis oblongo-ovatis vel obovatis aubrhombeis, 

 basi attenuatis, apice subacutis vel obtusiusculis^ subquintu- 

 plinerviis, amentis axillaribus longe pedunculatis rectis obtu- 

 sis, bracteis oblongo-orbicularibus , baccis ovatis aculis nigris. 



Habitat in arboribus vetustis jirope Jalapam Mexici, in. 

 Aug. (Schiede ! in Hb. rag. ber.), in rupibus ad 3000 p. alt. in 

 monlibus Cordilleris ad Vera- Cruz (Galeotli ! in Hb. De Less, 

 n. 6002). 



Planta carnosa , basi radicans , decumbens , stolonifera , adscendens , 

 caule laevi dichotome ramoso, spithamco et longiore. Folia alterna 

 remoliuscula vel sursoin approximata , petiolata, inieriora elliptico-rhom- 

 bea vel obovato-rbombea , basi acuta vol cuneato-attenuata , apice ]iauIlo 

 protracto obtusiuscula , 2| — 1 — 5 cent, longa , Ij — 2| Jata , glabra, 

 janiora apice subtilissime ciliolata , supra atro-viridia , subtus pallida 

 glaucescentia , in sicco mcmbranacea, subquintuplincrvia, nerve medio 

 crassiusculo utrinque ad basin duas costulas fortiorcs tenuioresquc emit- 

 tente , anastomosibus vix conspicuis, petiolis 1 cent, circitcr Jon- 

 gis. Amenta longe pedunculata ad caulis apicem axillaria . pe- 

 dunculis 2—3 cent, longis sustenta , 3 — 7 cent, longa, recta, cylin- 

 dracca, obtusa. Florcs densi. Bracteae oblongo-orbiculares, {)eltatac, 

 margine membranaceae , medio glandulosae, glabrae. Stamina duo, 

 t'i la mentis crassiusculis, sub bractca occultatis, antbcris subglobosis , 

 bilocularibus , loculis discretis semiglobosis. Ovarium ovatum , rhachi 

 aliquatenns immersum, brevi-acutum , stigmate in ejus apice paullisper 

 antico. Baccae nigrae, ovatae, acutae (sec. sp. Galeotti.) 



Sp. Schiedeanum, a CI. DE SCBIECHTEKDAL descriptum statura vegc- 

 tiore, caule magis diiluso, amentis longioribus paullo diversum. Sed 

 et haec, ut aliae hujus sectionis species, pro varia stationis indole, habi- 

 tum diversum prae sc ferre videtur. 



34. Peperomia Hilariana. Repens radicans^ stoloni- 

 fera , ramis erectis , succulenta , glabriuscula , raiuis nasceuti- 

 bus sparsissiine pilo.is. foliis alternis peliolatis pellucido-punc- 

 tatis, margiuibus et pagiua superiore versus apicem sparse 

 hirtellis caelerum glabris, ovatis basi rotundalis quinquener- 



