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91. Peperomla elliptica A. Dietr. Spec. Tom. I. I. c. 

 Piper Lamarck lllustr. Herb. Willd.! Decurabens, apicibus 

 adscendens, sacculenta glanduloso-punctata , glabriuscula, fo- 

 liis oppositis , breviter peliolatis , glandulesis , glabris , nascen- 

 tibus apice subtilissime ciliolatis obovatis vel subrotundis uni- 

 nerviis utrinque 3 — 4-costulato-venosis , amentis terniinalibus 

 solitariis pedunculatis ereclis subdensifloris, bracteis orbiculato- 

 peltatis, ovario ovalo apice stigraatico longius penicillato. 



Herb. Willd. ii. 750! 



Habitat in insula Bourbon (Lam.), Mauritii (Heyne ! in 

 Herb. Willd., Sieber! n. 377. in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Planta pusilla, digitalis vel subpalmaris, succulenta, sicca coriacea, 

 basi decumbens radicans, parce raniosa, ramis erectis, caule glabra, 

 teretiusculo, internodiis |— 3 cent, longis. Folia opposita, in sicco coria- 

 cea, vel surama membranacea, utrinque glabra, glandulis atro-fuscis (at 

 tota fere planta) conspersa, obovata, obovato-rotundata , vel (inprimis ma- 

 jora) onanino rotunda, § — If cent, longa et circiter lata, petiolis anlice 

 caiialiculatis 1 — 3 mm. longis sustenta, nervuloso-marginata , citra nervam 

 marpinalem extenuata, nascentia apice subtilissime ciJioIata, nerve medio 

 tenai percurrente utrinque 3 — 4 costulas adscendenlcs ramnlosas exserente. 

 Amenta terminalia, solitaria, erecta, recta, peduncuHs glabris 8 — 10 

 mm. longis sulFulta, I3 cent, circiter longa, stricta, 1 mm. crassa, sub- 

 densiflora. Bracteae subscssilcs, orbiculares , pcrsistentes , mai^finibus 

 pallidae. Stamina 2 lateralia. Ovarium ovatum, apice stigma lon- 

 gius penicillatum gerens (sec. sp. Heyne in Herb. AVilld.) 



Plantam baud qnaquam omnino glabram cum omnibm auctoribus dice- 

 dam esse, e praecedcntibus patet. 



92. Peperomla mauritiana J. Dietr. Spec. Tom. 1. 1, c. 

 Piper Eoem. et Schult. Syst. Peperomia elliptica Link Jahrb. 

 Tom. 1. p. 64 ? Caule repente , foliis oppositis orbicularibas , 

 venosis, glabris, amentis terminalibus solitariis. 



Habitat in insula Mauritii. Caulis 4 poll, alius ramosus. 

 Anne eadem ac praecedens? Anne link idem ac ego sp. Herb. Willd. 

 descripsit? 



93. Peperomla Catharinae. Adscendens, dichotome 

 ramosa, puberula , foliis breviter peliolatis oppositis vel ter- 

 nis, succulentis, pcllucido-punctatis, utrinque puberulis, mar- 

 ginibus ciliolatis, obovatis vel subellipticis basi acutis, obsolete 



