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quando aggregatis densifloris, ovario apice stigraalilero, baccis 

 roetellatis. 



Habitat in America merid. (Jacq. 1. c), in rupibus ins. 

 Gouadaloupe (Perottel! in Herb. De Less.) 



Quoad habitum ad Sect. Rhynchophorum inter consimiles P. obtusifo- 

 ham , cuneiibliam , collocanda , ex stigmatis situ heic locum tenere 

 debuit. 



Fruticulus basi sublignescens, crasse carnosus, erectus, dichotoxne ra- 

 mosus, pede altior. Rami f-ierc 1 cent, crassi, teretes vcl subangulosi 

 virides succulcnti, aUquando roridi, parum nodosi, internodiis 1| — 4 cent, 

 longis. Folia alterna, decidua cicatricem amplam semicircularem relin- 

 quentia, erecto-patenlia , valde crassa, supra laete viridia nitida, subtus 

 pallida et ad lentem punctis stellatis (t'ossulis pilitcris microscopicis) in- 

 structa, obovata vel rhombeo-obovata, obtusissima aliquando emarginata, 

 6 — 9 cent, longa, 41 — 6§ supra medium lata, basi, aliquando subspa- 

 thulatim, in petiolum semiteretem prol'unde canali<"ulatum et canalis 

 marginibus inllexis subteretem succulentum viridem vcl fuscescentem 2—3 

 cent, longum, 4 — 5 mm. crassum, basi gemmulam acuminatam tbven- 

 tem contracta, lateribus sursum parumper elevata, subtus convexo-cari- 

 nata, nervo medio crasso supra versus basin subsulcato lutescente, subtus 

 pallido ad J alt. prominente, supra § alt. inagis impresso, utrincjue 4 — 5 

 costulas versus margines parallele adscendentes supra baud visibiles, subtus 

 impressas emittente (sec. sp, viv. cult.). Amentum in sp, sicco Hb. De 

 Less, terminale, ercctum, pedunoulo Sf cent, longo crasso tcreti sosten- 

 tum, 8 cent, longum, subrectum, 3 mm. crassum, in vivo certo crassius, 

 floribus dcnsissimis subannulatiui dispositis, rhaclieos carnosae Ibveolis 

 subimmcrsis. Bracteae breviter pcdicellatac , carnosae, glabrae, oblongo- 

 "rotnndatae, aliquando basi emarginatae, marginibus extenuatis suberosae, 

 persistentes. Filamenta compressa 2. Antberae biloculares lutescentes, 

 loculis appositis rima cxtrorse dehiscenlibus. Ovarium immersum , 

 appressum , ovatam, apice stigma pubescens subglobosum gerens. Baccac 

 ovatae brunneae , subspiculosac , apice stigmatis rudimento obtuse ros- 

 tellatae, emersae, patentes, 1 mm. longae. 



51. Peperomla cauUbarbls. Succulenta erecta dicbo- 

 tome ramosa , petiolis antice , ramis uno latere ciliatis , foliis 

 alternis succulenlis fusee glandulosis glabris obovato- vel ellip- 

 tico-rborabeis basi subcuneatis apice obtusiusculis subquintu< 

 plinerviis, amentis ad ramorura apices conferlis densifloris, 

 baccis ovatis acuminatis. 



Habitat in insula S«. Catbarinae (Gaudichaad ! n. 287 in 

 Herb. De Less.) 



