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punctata, spcciininuin ininoruia ct javeniliuiu lotuiidala quinquencr- 

 via, sicca coriacca, marginiljiis rcvoluta, 2 — 2^ cent, lonjja ct lata, supra 

 glabra, subtus sordidc flava I'uscavc Jiirta , peliolis 1 — 2 cent, longis 

 ramulisque dense longequc hirtis. Spcciniinuin adaltioruin folia com- 

 pagis paullo tenaioris, rotundata, 3|— 4 cent, longa lataque, alia etiam 

 latiora quam longa, vel oblongo- aut obovato- rotundata, basi acutiuscula, 

 vel rotundata, apice lato-rolundato raro paullo protracto, 3 J — 4 cent, 

 longa 2§ — 3^ lata, quinque- vel seplcmnervia vel septaplinervia, nervis 

 tenuibas, medio ad apiccm sequentibus i'ere ad cum pertingcntibus, reJi- 

 quis brevioribus ac tenuioribus, omnibus ramulosis, medio costulato (aJi- 

 quando fortiter), inlira subpro/ninulo, snpra glabriuscula in sicco nijjricantia 

 ct sparse glandulosa, subtus olivaceo-flavicantia, petiolisque 1§ — 2 cent, 

 longis hirtella. Amenta super ramulos tcrminales dicholomos conferta, 

 Ibliorura florali um aborlu ct casu dichotome cymosa, pcdunculis hirtis 

 » — 1^ cent, longis suslenta, cylindrica, 2 — 2|— 5 cent, longa, obtusa 

 1| into, crassa, recta vel Icviter curvata, succulenta, apice aliquando 

 liirtella. Flores densissimi, subimmersi. Bracteac subsessiles carnosae 

 in sicco fuscae, oblongo-rotundatae, apice patentiusculac. Stamina duo. 

 Ovarium ovatum apice contracto stigmatiternm. Baccae atrae, ovato- 

 globosac, acuminatae, sabobliquae. Fericarpium tenue. Semen sub- 

 globosura fuscum nitidulum, testa leviter areol.ita (sec. sp. Hb. Dc Less.) 



95. Peperomla marglnata. Succulenta glabra , basi 

 repens, ramis erectis, foliis oppositis vel ternis, niodicc pc- 

 tiolatis oboTatis vel rolundalis, succulenlis, in sicco pellu- 

 cido-membranaceis , lenuissirae uninerviis venuloso-costulatis , 

 el costulis duabus fere e basi subtrinerviis , laevissimis, apice 

 aliquando paucis exiguis pilis ciliolatis , glanduloso-punctatis 

 vel epunclatis, nervulo tenui juxta raarginem extenuatum per- 

 currente', amenlis terminalibus axillaribus, pedunculis petioles 

 superanti bus. 



Habitat in insula Bourbon (Herb. Mus. Paris! n. 686) in 

 elevatioribns S^ Paul ibid. (Herb. De Less.!) 



Hcrba in vivo valde succulenta, liinc omnes partes siccae transparentes, 

 membranaceae, nitentes. Caul is basi repens, succulentus, in sicco vio- 

 laceo-fuscus, internodiis 4 cent, propcmodum longis, terctibus, notlis baud 

 tnmidis radicellas siraplices parcas emittentibus. Rami erecti Ib- 

 liati, 8 cent, circiter alti, opposite vel alterne ranmlosi, internodiis 3 — 4 

 cent, longis, in sicco sordide luscis. Folia raro tcrna, plerumque op- 

 posita, petiolis 6 — 8 mm. longis, semitcrcti-canaliculatis, glabris, lae- 

 vibus , in sicco subtransparentibus , erecto-patenlibus sustenta , obovata 

 basi acuta, vel rotundato-oblonga vel omnino rotundata, ilia 2 J cent. 



