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semiteretibus 4-5 mm. longis antice canaliculatis, pubesccnt.bus mstructa, 

 ""^tia, succulenta sicca sub^embranacea , ad lentcm pellac.da 

 r^ToLuris glandulosis notata, utnnciue a^olHuscule pubesccnUa, 

 ZIL elliptica,'^ cent, lon.a, 1 cent. 8 :nn, lata, utnn^ue obtus.u - 

 cala rcliqua inaequaliter rhomboidea, S^-i^ cent. Tonga 2-2^ lata, 

 ba^'an^ust^ata, apice obtusiuscula, angulis lateralibus rotundatjs, margi- 

 ne ne";ulo instructi, ciliolati. Nervi quinque e basi, quorum bn. uArn. 

 tenuisslmi infra medmo. deUtescunt, sequentes supra medium percurrente 

 parumper tortiorcs, medius in sicco ob plicas epidermxdis e tnbus tenuibus 

 Zs parallelis ad apicem percurrentibus quasi conflatus; omnes ram^osx 

 t n -to tenue anastomosantes. Pagina superior atrovmd., mtenor pal- 

 Lens Amenta in apice caubs axillaria et termmalia, opposita, pe- 

 dTnculis puberulis subteretibus in sicco fibtbrmibus 1~U cent, longis 

 irnta, camosula, glabra, in sicco fililbrmia, flc^nUa 4 bacat^^ 

 12 cent longa, teretia, subrecta. Flores remoti subannulatim d s- 

 posit Bractele supra medium peltatae, brevissime pedicellatae pelta 

 ^ mbranacea, subrotundo-oblonga, iusca, margine "^.^rni>r^^;^J^^2 

 subundulato, persistentes, subreilexo-concavae, margmibus kterahbu^ sub- 

 ilxis Ovfrium ovatum, glabrum, stigmate m apce puberulo. 

 stm 'na duo, filamentis brevibus, antberis globes, bdoculanbus 

 XiL Baccae nigrae, globosae, granulosae. Pericarpium tepue 

 e^uccum. Semen globosum, testa mgra, areolat., mt.dula, duriuscula. 

 Albumen tarinosum. (sec. sp. Herb. Mus. Pans). 



Specimen capense parum completum statura paullo mmus est; tolia 

 infiina magis elUptica et omnia ad Icntem punctis glandulosis magis m- 

 cresccntibus instructa; alioquin baud diversum. 



^ar floribunda. Foliis anguste rhombeo-ellipticis, amentis conjun- 

 patis numerosis. - Hab. circa Fananarivo insulae Madagascar supra rupes 

 pa aquam pn,pe Dilimponte, ad lacum prope Itas; m. Febr. llorens. 



rCoudot! Hb. Do Less.) ■ » • r ;<, 



Differt a ibrma arabica loliis pauUo minoribus, summis et mfirais 

 an^ruste rhombeo-ellipticis, saepc nonnisi 3-nerviis, mediis rhombe.s obtusis 

 5 Liis. Amenta plura conjugata, initio 2-5 cent.longa. Bracteae 

 oblongae utrinque obtusae, late pallido-marginalae. Cauhs e basi sub- 

 terranea ad nodos radicante, erectus. 



86. Peperomla dlndygulensls. P. polystachya Herb. 

 Wighi. Piper ovalifolium Heyne! in Wallich! PI exs. n. 

 6663 B. Erecla, opposite vamulosa, succulenta, puberula 

 vel rare glaberrima , foliis modice peliolatis oppositis, termi- 

 nalibus ternis (infirais raro alternis), elliplicis, obovatis vel 

 (niajoribus) rhombeo-obovalis , basi acutis, apice rotundalis, 

 obtusis, vel breviter acuminato-protractis quinqucnerviis, utriu- 



