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caulc bas. simplio. calamo scriptorlo paullo cassiorc, Icreliusculo, nodoSO, 

 intemocliis 2-3§ cent, longis , sui^orne in paucos ramos partito, et 

 ramulos ad vcrticem axillarcs amentlieros exserente, in apicera polysta- 

 chyum fmito. Caulis ramique incano-villosi, viUis crispulis supernc 

 erecto-appressis, interne aliqnando patulo-recurvatis. Folia petiolata, 

 Tcrticillata, erecto-patala , dissimilia (in eodem ctiam verticilio), m sicco 

 coriacea, utrinque pills longis apprcssis dense hirsuto-villosa , infima mi- 

 nuta obovala, sequcntia obovata vel obovato-cuneata , 2—3 cent, longa, 

 1- lata vel parurapcr latiora, superlora elliptica, plerumquc aliquid in- 

 a^quilatera, basi acuta, apice obtusa, 2f-3 cent, longa, 1| circ.ter lata, 

 summa minora apice aliquando acutiuscula, omnia tnnervia, nervo medio 

 percarrente, omnibus subtus disccrncndis, (an duo adbuc latcrales? scd 

 distingui ncqueunt) petiolis antice canaliculatis, dense villosis J-t cent, 

 longis sustenta. Amenta in apice caulis nnmcrosa , axillana solitma , 

 terminalia bina, terna, stricta, erecta, 3-7 cent, longa, lortasse^dei n- 

 ceps longiora etiam , 1^ mm. crassa, pedunculis glabnuscubs -,-U 

 cent, longis sustenta, glabra, remotiflora. Bracteae juniores imbricatae, 

 florentes"rhacbIn multum denudantcs, brevissimc pediccllatac subrotundae 

 glabrae nigro-glandulosae, marginibus pallidac. Stamina duo laleralia, 

 antheris lutescentibas globosis, loculis appositis. Ovarium scmnmmer- 

 sum erectnm ovatum breviter acuminatum, antice paullo infra acumen 

 . stigmatiferum. Baccae immaturae ovatae acuminatac (sec. sp. cit.) 



117. Peperomla camptotricha. Erecla , simplicius- 

 cula , succulenta , caule pilis fuscis retrorsis inferne tIIIoso , 

 superne pubescente, foliis Terticillatis qualernis subsessilibus , 

 inferioribus oboyato-rotundatis , superioribus obovalo-rhombeis, 

 trinerviis, ilUs utrinque dense, his inprirais supra nervos pu- 

 bescenlibus, glanduloso-punctalis , amentis axillaribus et ter- 

 minalibus, supra ramulos breves subcymose congeslis tenuibus 

 brevissime'pedunculatis denslfloris, bracleis infra medium pel- 

 talis oblongo-rotundalis griseo-marginatis , ovario apice sligma- 



tifero. 



Habitat in Mexico (Schiede! in Herb. reg. berol.) 

 Planta succulenta, erecta, inferne simplex, superne ex ramulis axillari- 

 bns amentifera, 25 cent, alta, radice lasciculata crassiusculc fibrosa, 

 caulc teretiusculo? inferne pilis anreo-fuscis longis nitidis recurvatis 

 dense villoso, superne rarioribus brevioribus subrecurvatis pubescente, 

 internodiis 2— 5| cent, longis. Folia succulenta, inferiora in sicco co- 

 riacea, snperiora membranacca, subtus glanduloso-punctata , sessilia vel 

 petiolis brcvissimis hirtellis sustenta, quatema, patula vel subrecurva , 

 trinervia, inferiora obovalo-rotandata , apice rotundato vel obtuse, basi 



