115 



nigro-fasca, floribus dcnsissimis, demum parnmper remotis, rliacliin 

 iKjrce nudantes. Bractcae hrcvitcr pediccllalac, sal)rolundac , cenlro 

 peltatac , glanduloso-tuscac , inargine pallido extenuate , demum albicantc 

 fere erosulo. Stamina 2 lateralia, I'jiamcntis brevibus, anthcris 

 sordide luteis oblongo-jjlobosis , bilocularibus, loculis appositis oblongis, 

 efFoetis pcltalim confluentibus. Ovarium semi-immcrsum ovatum gla- 

 brum , apice stigma exiguam puberaJum gerens. Baccac immatnrac 

 nigrae nitidae, verruculosae, ovatae , subpatulae , bractea sufFuItae (sec. 

 sp. cit.) 



77. Peperomla blanda H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Tom. 1. 

 p. 67. PI' aequtn. Tom. II. p. 56. Kunth Synops. Tom. I. 

 p. 120. Piper Jacquin Collect. III. p. 210. f^ahl Enum. I. 

 p. 353. SuflFruticuloso-herbacea, erecta, ramosa, caule viridi 

 vel purpurascente foliisque pubescentibus, his ternis qualernis- 

 que raro oppositis , oblongis vel rhombeo-oblongis , basi acutis 

 vel cuneatis, apice protracto oblusiusculis , quinquenerviis , 

 succulento-carnosis , amentis solitariis, terminalibus el axilla- 

 ribus, filiformi-elongatis , tandem longissirais remotifloris , ova- 

 rio ovali apice stigmatifero. 



Herb. Willd. n. 747! 



Icon. Jacq. Icon. rar. II. Tab. 218, 



Habitat ad Caracas (Hb. Willd.! Jacq.), adarborum truncos, 

 locis humidis et incultis , inter Caracas el Rio Guayre , alt. 

 460 hex. Jan. fl. (Humb. et Bonpl. 1. c.) 



Caules erecti succulenti semipetlales teretes, virides, rubrntcs vol 

 fusco-maculati patcntim pilosi , alterne vel dicbotome ramosi , inlernodiis 



4 10 cent, longls. Folia opposita (int'eriora) terna vel quaterna jx;tio- 



lata, patula \el patnlo-pendula, succulento-coriacea , supra laete viridia , 

 nascentia subtus rubentia demum pallide viridia, convexa , pelhicido- 

 punctata , utrinquc inprimis in nervis pilosa , marginibus dense ciliata, 

 oblonga, rbombeo- vel lauceolato-oblonga , aequilatcra vel inaequilalera, 

 versus basin cuneatim contracta aut acuta , apice paullo protracto vel acu- 

 minato obtusiuscula, 3— 5J cent, longa, 1^—2^ lata, quinquencrvia et 

 anastomosanti-reticulata (in sicco), n. medio validiore percurrontc subtus 

 prominente , adstantibus supra J alt. distinctis , infimis subtilissimis in 

 sicco Icntis ope saltern discernendis. Petioli semiteretes antice canalicu- 

 lati hirti * — 1 cent, longi. Amenta solitaria axillaria et terminah'a , 

 hinc in caulium vertice conlerta pedunculis 1 — 3 cent, longis hirto-pu- 

 bescentibus sastenta, filiformia, glabra, sensim valde elongata ct rcmo- 

 tiflora, 5— 20 cent, longa demum poidala. Bractcae herbaceac virides- 



