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oUusiusculo vel acuto, marginibus revolula, ulrinque dense pubesccntia , 1 J 

 cent, longa et iei-e lata, superiora distantiora majora plernnKjue brevissinie 

 pedioellata obovato-rhonibea , basi cuneata vcl acuta, apicc rolundata vel 

 paullo protracto obtusa raro acutiuscula 2 — 2 J cent, longa, 1| — 1| lata, 

 utrinque inprimis sahtus.in ncrvis pubescentia, supra demum glabrata. . 

 Amenta axillaria et terminalia, ex axillis ibliorum vel supra rainulos 

 cymosc conferta, basi foliis I'loralibils bracteactbrmibus sessilibiis oblon- 

 gis ellipticis stipata, subsessilia aut pedunculis appresse hirlcllis brevis- 

 simis sustenta, tetragono-teretia fililbrmia recta vel Icviter curvata, J- — 1^ 

 cent, longa; nondum florentia. Bracteae imbricatae infra medium pel- 

 tatim sessiles , apice patulae marginibus griseo-marginatae. Ovarium 

 apicc stigmatiierum (sec. sp. cit.) 



118. Peperomta Klotzschiana. £recta succulenla in- 

 cano-hirsuta , foliis vertlcillalis quaternis-senis breviler petio- 

 latis succulentis, subtus incano-hirsutis, supra inprimis supra 

 nervos birsulis sensim glabratis, crasse trinerviis, inferioribus 

 obovalo-spathulalis, apice rotundalis vel Jruncatis, superioribus 

 lanceolato-spathulatis obtusis vel acutiusculis, ainentis supra 

 ramulos axillares congestis cymose unibellatis, pedunculis par- 

 tialibus brevissimis, bracteis glabris albo-marginatis. 



Habitat in Peruvia subandina ad Maynas, in praeruplis 

 argillosis (Poeppig ! in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Statura fere P. inacqnalifoliae, sed hirsutie densa foliisqtie crassis 

 inter congeneres valde insignis. Caulis 35 cent, circiter altus erectus 

 simplex versus apiccm ramulos axillares cxsercns amcntifcros, teretius- 

 culus crassus sncculentus pilis appressis longis mollibus incano-hirsutns, 

 inlemodiis 2—5 cent, longis. Folia succulenta, in sicco coriacea baud 

 pcUucido-punctata, supra atroviridia opaca supra nervos pilis longis, caete- 

 rum brevibus instructa scnsimquc glabrata, subtus dense incano-tomen- 

 tosa, vcrticillata , crcctiuscula , inlcriora quatcrna, supriora quina, scna, 

 ilia '(aliquando rccurva) obovato-spathulata apice lato-rotundata vel trun- 

 cata, basi cuneata, l§-2! cent, longa, l-U lata, sequentia elliptico- 

 spathulata, 2—3 cent, longa, 1—1 J lata, superiora lanceolato-spatbulata, 

 versus basin valde angustata, versus apicem parumpcr contracta, apice 

 obtuso vcl acuto, IJ— 2^ longa, |— 1 lata, trinervia, nervo medio crasso 

 percurrente subtus prominente, reliquis parumpcr tcnuioribus inprimis in 

 junioribns prominentibus fere ad apiccm ductis. Petioli saepe fere nulU 

 vcl 1—2 mm. longi birsnti cam lamina confluentcs. Amenta snpra 

 ramulos axiUares vertidillatos breves congesta, subcymosa vel umbellata, 

 2—4, nostra valde juvenilia f— If cent, longa crecta filiformia pedun- 

 culis brevissimis basi bracteis lanceolatis hirsutiusculis stipatis. Brao- 



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