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amentia axillaribus solitariis , terminalibus plerumque gemina- 

 lis, floribus remotis, stlgraate in apice ovarii niinuto. 



Herb. Willd. n. 721! 



Icon. Ruiz et Pav. 1. c Tab. 51. fig. a. 



Habitat in Peruvia (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c), Ind. occid. (Pon- 

 thier!), ins. S^ Domingo (Poiteau! in Hb. De Less.) 



Planta sunculenta semipedalis, erecta^ caule subtereli succoso viridi, 

 glabro, flexuoso, intcrnodiis 2 — 3 cent, longis, dichotome ramoso, ra-mis 

 subFastigiatis tenuioribus. Folia altema patentia, succulenta sed hand 

 crassa, pellucido-punctata (sicca submembranacea) , petiolis prot'undc 

 canaliculatis marginibus submembranosis , glabris § — 1 cent, longis sus- 

 tenta, ovato-elliptica , elliptica, basi rotundata aequali in petiolom sabde- 

 currente, inaeqnilatera, latere exteriore in plurimis valde, in quibusdam 

 vix latiore, apice breviter aliquando vix acuminata, acunjine obtnso, mi- 

 nora 4 cent, longa, 2| lata, majora 6 — 6j longa, 3§— 4 lata, glabra, 

 supra laete viridia nitida, subtus pallescentia, in sicco inprimis nigro- 

 punctata, qiiinqne- vel subquintuplinervia, nervo medio ad apicem dacto, 

 lateralibus fere usque ad apicem discernendis, infimis subtilissimis ac 

 brevibns, omnibus ad lentem reticulate- anastomosantibus; praeter bos juxta 

 margines nervulus decurrit ad apicem usque, ita ut acumen trinerve sit 

 (sec. sp. viv. Hort. Berol.) — Sp. sicca in Ind. occ. a cl. pokthier lecta 

 a cultis non nisi foliis paollo minoribas differunt. Amenta e foliis su- 

 ixn-ioribus axillaria solitaria, bine conterta, erecta, peduncnlis | — If cent, 

 longis glabris suslenta, 9—10 cent, longa, tereti-fililbrmia obtusa carnosa 

 IJ ram. crassa. Flo res primo densi, dcin parumper remotiores et rha- 

 cbin in sicco pallidam nigro-punctatam hie illic nudantes, annulatim 

 dispositi. Bracteae succulcntae breviter pedicellatae, peltatae, suborbi- 

 culares vel orbiculari-obiongae, in sicco atro-f'usco-glandulosae, marginibus 

 angustissimis tenuibus pallidis. Stamina 2, t'ilamentis brevibus, an- 

 theris pallide aurantiacis sahglobosis, bilocularibus , locubs subsemiluna- 

 ribus. Ovarium ovale sub bractea latcns, stigmate exiguo in ejus 

 apice. — Piper nitcns Riedl. 1. c (an ex Brasib'a?) nullo modo differt. 



47. Peperomia obllqua Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. Tom. L 

 I. c. Piper Pers. Synops. Tom. I. p. 35. P. acuminatum Linn. 

 {teste Persoon) Vahl Enum. Tom. I. p. 342. P. herbaceum 

 Bot. Magaz. 1822, Caule erectiusculo , foliivS alternis ovato- 

 lanceolatis quinquenerviis, acutis, amentis terminalibus binatis 

 vel ternatis. 



Icon. Roil et Pav. 1. c. Tab. 51. fig. c. Bot. Mag. 1. r. — ? Plumicr 

 Americ. Tab. 71. 



