118 



iufima (|uae(Iam alterna, rcliqua omnia opposita, patula, inferiora niullo 

 minora oLovata vel elliptica, basi acuta, apice obtusa vel rotundata 

 1| — 2 J cent, longa 8 — 10 mm. lata, superiora sensim majora, oblonga , 

 elliptica vel ovato-eUiptica , utrinque acutiuscula, 5 cent, longa, 21 lata, 

 ilia utrinque dense hirta , haec glabriora , inprimis supra nervos utrinque 

 raarginibusque hirtella, subquinquenervia , vel nervis infimis valde tenai- 

 bus trincrvia, nervo medio percurrente subtus prominulo parce ramuloso, 

 lateralibus supra i alt. perductis; petiolis antice canaliculatis dense hir- 

 tis 2 — 8 mm. longis. Amenta adsnnt pauca aiillaria filiformia, pe- 

 dunculo hirtello 6 mm. longo, 1 — 3 cent, longa, juvenilia bracteis 

 densis subsessilibus peltatis oblongo-orbiculatis marginibus pallidis, demum 

 parumper remotioribus. Stamina duo lateralia. Ovarium ovatnm , 

 apice stigma pubcrulum gerens (sec. sp. Humb. Herb. Willd.) 



81. Peperomla rotundata H. B. K.! Nov. Gen. Tom. I. 

 p. 67. PL aequin. Tom. II. p. 55. Kunth Synops. Tom. I. 

 p. 119. Piper Herb. Willd.! Roem. et Schult. Syst. Tom. I. 

 (quibusdara aiictoribus P. rotundum , an lapsu calami?) Pro- 

 cumbens, herbaceo-succulenta , ramosa, villoso-hiria , foliis 

 opposilis peliolatis , inprimis supra glandulose nigro-punclatis 

 suborbiculato-ellipticis vel subrotundo-ovatis, basi truncato- 

 retusis, apice obtusis, subquinquenerviis, supra sparse pilosis 

 demum glabralis, subtus inprimis in nervis peliolisque dense 

 hirlis, amentis in raraulis axillaribus solilariis lel confertis 

 breviler pedunculatis , demum remotifloris. 



Icon. II. B. K. 1. c. Tab. 12. 

 Herb. Willd. n. 736! 



Habitat in excelsis Regni Novo-Granatensis inter Pansitara 

 el vallem Yacanalu all. 980 liexap. Nov. fl, (Humb. et HonpL! 

 1. c. el in Herb. Willd.) 



Ilabitu Acrocarpidiis quibusdam adeo similis , ut nisi genitalium 

 structura repugnaret, iis adscribcnda tuisset. 



Ilerba repens succulenta licrbacca, opposite ramulosa, caule dense birto, 

 internodiis 2 — 3 cent. longis. Ramuli apice florentcs 1 — 2 cent, lonpi. 

 Folia opposita patula, in sicco membranaceo-coriacca , opaca , utrinque 

 glandulose nigro-punctata , glaudulis supra magis clevatis nitidulis, supra 

 atro-viridia glabriusciila, juniora apprcsse pilosa, subtus inprimis in nervis 

 dense hirta , rotundato-ovata vel elliptica , aecjuilatcra , basi truncata vel 

 concavo-rctusa , apice aliquando levissime protracto-obtusa, 1^— tere 21 

 rent. longa, 1 — 1| lata, petiolis hirtis antice canaliculatis, 3-8 mm. 

 longis siistcnla, quinquenervia, nervis 2 inlerioribm lore obsolelis, 3 mctliis 



