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griseo-viridescentcs. Flores nondum bene cfforniati (sec. sp. Herb. De 

 Less.) 



76. Peperomla Berteroana. Piper Fernandezium 

 Bertero MssJ Erecta, sirapliciuscula, carnosa, inferne aphyl- 

 la, sursum dense foliosa. foliis alternis sessilibus carnosis sub- 

 tilissime pellueido-punctatis spalhulalo cuneatis , basi in petio- 

 lum fere contractis, apice lato paullo contracto acutiuscuHs, 

 supra glabris, subtus sparse longe patentirn hirtis, subtiliter 

 quinquenerviis, amentis brevibus supra ramulos exiles axiUares 

 hirtos confertis, singulis ex axilla folii fere normalis vel brae 

 teaeformis rainuti dense hirti, floribus confertis. 



Habitat ad rupes inque sylvis umbrosis raontiura editiorum 

 ins. St. Juan Fernandez, Martio et Aprili 1830 (Bertero ! n. 

 1492 in Herb. De Less.) 



Radix fibroso-fasciculata , fibriUis tenuibus tomcntosis, caulem exse. 

 rens 30 cent, allum succulcntum tcretcm baud nodosum, mternodus m- 

 terioribus 5-7 cent, longis, glabrura , striatum, 1 cent, propemodum 

 crassum ad ^ alt. aphyllum , caeterum foliis minoribus ct sparsis, sed 

 ad verticem majoribus densisquc instructum. Folia alterna , sessiha, 

 erecta, succulenta, in sicco fere membranacea, subtilissime pellucido- 

 punctulata, spatbalato-cuneata, inde ab apice versus basin regulanter 

 contracta, prope basin linearia pctiolum Icre fingcntia, prope apicem 

 rotundata, apice ipso paullo contracto acutiusculo vel subacuminato , ipso 

 acuraine obtusiusculo, majora 8-ll| cent, longa, prope apicem 3 a;nt. 

 lata vel paullo latiora, supra laete viridia et glabra, ad basin palles- 

 centia, subtus pilis sparsis longis albis patentibus instructa ct pallida, ad 

 lentem'nigro-ponctata, nervis 5 ex ima inde basi percursa (minoribus qui- 

 bustlam lente tantum distinctis baud computatis), quorum medius paullo 

 fortior ad apicem ductus, latcrales tenuiores parallelc cum margine adscen- 

 denlts, ad apicis margines finiti, omnes tenerrime ramulosi, anastomosi- 

 bus elcganter reticulatis tctra- vel pcntagonis minimis ocnlo armato tantum 

 distinctis conjunct!. Marginem lolii totum nervulus ambit , citra quern 

 compages extenuata, ad apicem paullisper reflexa, in sicco ahquando 

 subrubescens. Folia inferiora summis duplo minora. Ad verticem 

 caulis ex axillis tbliorum majorum ramuli exeunt brevissimi vel 5 terc 

 cent. longi , apice folia spatbulata confcrta 2-2^ cent, longa normalibus 

 similia, vel ct omnino bracteaeformia 1—1 J cent., oblongo-concava deco- 

 lora, p'osticc longissime hirta gerentes, e quorum axillis amenta exeunt 

 solitlria, bine cymose ronlerta, 3-6, pedunculis patenti-hirtis |— 1 

 cent, longis erectis sustenta, crccta, recta, florcscentia incuntc 1—2 cent, 

 longa, 1 mm. circitcr crassa, versus apicem paullo altenuata , adspcctu 



