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protninulis, medio ad apicem ducto. Amenta in ramulis axillaribus 

 subterminalia conterta tbiiis floralibus hractcaeibrmibus subsessilibus sti- 

 pata, vel in summo caule simpliciter axillaria, pedunculis hirtis 2 — 5 

 mm. longis sustenta, rectiuscula 1 — 1| cent, longa subdensiflora. Brac- 

 teae primum imbricatae , dein remotiasculae rbachin glabram parum 

 nudantes , brevissime pedicellatae , subrotundae fascae glabrae pallide 

 marginatae. Stamina 2, antheris subglobosis. Ovarium ovatum 

 rectum, stigmate paberulo in apice (sec. sp. Hurab. cit.) 



82. Peperomla clllata IL B. K.f Tom. I. p. 68. PI. 

 aequin. Tom. II. p. 56. Kunth Synops. Tom. I. p. 120. Piper 

 Herb. Willd. ! Roem. et Schult. Syst. Tom. I. Erecta subra- * 

 mosa succulenta hirtello-pubescens , foliis oppositis suminis 

 ternis, succulentis, elliplico-oblongis utrinque aculis, majori- 

 bus inaequilateris , tri- vel quinquenerviis raarginibus ciliatis, 

 caule petiolis nervisque tribus raediis utrinque sparse hirtellis, ' 

 amentis pedunculatis solitariis axillaribus el terniirialibus , fili- 

 formibus reraotifloris, ovario ovali apice subantice stigmatifero. 



Herb. Willd. n. 744! 



Habitat supra arborum truncos, in convalli temperata, 

 juxta coenobiura Caripense, alt. 430 hexap., sept. fl. (Humb. 

 et Bonpl.! in Herb, cit.) 



P. fernandexianae, dissimili cognaia. 



Herba succulenta basi radicans, crccta, 25 cent, vix alta, simpliciuscula. 

 Caulis teretiusculas succulentus interne sparse, superne et ad nodos paullo 

 densins hirtellus, internodiis 1 — 3 cent, longis. Folia succulenta, sicca 

 mcmbranacea ad lentcm glandulose fusee punctata, superne saturate vi- 

 ridia, subtus muUo pallidiora, utrinque opaca, in nervis 3 mediis pilis 

 sparsis sensim deciduis instructa, marginibus dense et molliter ciliata, in- 

 teriora multo minora opposita, superiora multo raajora tema, omnia cl- 

 liptica, plerumqueinaequilatera, utrinque attenuata, basi acuta, apice acuta 

 vel obtusa, infima 1—1^ cent, longa, 6—10 mm. lata, summa 5| 

 cent, longa, 2 — 2| lata, quinqiienervia , rarius trinervia, nervis tcnui- 

 bus, medio percurrenle paullo ibrtiore, duobus mediis supra \ alt. evani- 

 dis, infimis subtilissimis submarginalibus , omnibus ramnlosis; juxta 

 marginem totum nervulus decurrit. Petioli birtelli 1 mm. — 1 cent, 

 longi antice canaliculati. Amenta solitaria, axillaria et terminalia, 

 pedunculis birtellis 1 — 15 cent, longis sustenta filiformia rectiuscula 



glabriuscula 4 9 cent, longa rcmotiflora. Bracteae subscssiles peltalac 



subrotundae glabrae in sicco atro-fuscac pallidius marginatae. Stamina 

 dno lateralia filaracntis brcvibus, antheris globosis bilocularibus locu- 



