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tterbala decnmbens, caule glabro laevi terelipcnnampasserinamcrasso, 

 ad nodos parum tumido, internodiis 2 — 2| cent, longis. Rami oppositi, 

 erecti, apice ramalis brevihus araentiferis ioliisque instracti, alioquin sim- 

 plices, 3 cent, longi. Folia opposita, petiolata , patentia , caulina ra- 

 meis majora, ilia I5 cent, vix longa latague rotundata \cl subrotun- 

 data, petiolis 5 — 6 mm. longis, h a ec rotundata vel ovali-rotundata 

 5 — 1 cent, longa, petiolis 3—4 mm. longis. Omnia carnosa in sicco 

 coriacea, glandulis obscaris punctata , submarginata margine in sicco 

 subrevoluto, tcnuiter uninervia, costnlis venosis tenuissimis simplicibus 

 utrinque 1 — 2 quaram nna aliquando fere e basi egressa foliiim subtri- 

 nerve elllcit. Pagina interior pallida nervo medio panctisque nigris notata, 

 Vix unus alterve pilus bic illic in apice; caelerum omnes partes glaberri- 

 mae. Amenta opposita ex axillis foliorum ramcoram supremorum, et 

 internodiis ilJoram valde contractis ramulisquc etiam amentigcris fere 

 cymose cont'erta, crecta, longiusculc pedunculata (pedunculis fililormi- 

 bas 1 — 15 cent, longis laevibus in sicco fusee nitentibus) filiform ia, pe- 

 danculo paullo crassiora, camosula 1| — 2^ cent, longa , utrinque paullo 

 attenuata. Bracteae primo confcrtae imbricatae , demnm magis remotae 

 ct angusta spatia rbacheos nuda relinquentes, carnosae , peltatac , pclta 

 siibrotnndn vel subangnlosa, in sicco nigricanle, margine fuscula et lutes- 

 cente (in florc florente marginibus ab utroqoc latere deflexis convcxa. 

 demum plana), persistcntes , basin baccae pro parte obtcgcntes et tunc 

 subreflcxo-concavae. Ovarium ovatnm. Stamina duo lateralia, fila- 

 mentis brevibus, antheris subglobosis luteolis bilocularibus , loculis 

 mtimc junctis. Baccae majuscolac | mm. longae, ovato-globosae, nigri- 

 cantes tcI fuscae, snbverruculosae, profundac ct laevi fossulac mcmbrana- 

 ceo-marginatae semiimmcrsac. Semen fuscum , globosum, nitidulum, 

 testa areolala, umbilico impresso. Albumen farinosum album, (sec. 

 spec. Herb. Mus. Paris.) 



101. Pcperomia alsinoldes A. Bietr. I. c. Piper Lam. 

 Encycl. Caule filiformi repente, foliis oppositis peliolalis 

 lanceato-oblongis, sublus quinque-nerviis, amenlis globosis. 



Habitat in Carolina. — Admoduin dubia. 



102. Peperomia Vahlil Dietr. I. c. Piper D. Dtetr. 

 Encycl d. PJl. I. p. 123. P. pubesccns Vahl Enum. Tom. I. 

 I. c. Caule erecto pubescenle, foliis oppositis oblongis, obtu- 

 siusculis enerviis glabris, costa utrinque Tillosis, amentis axil 

 laribus solitariis. 



Palria et rcliqna omnia ignorantur. 



103. Peperomia liuiniU<i» //. Piclr. I. r. Piper f ahi 



