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Suifruticulus hcrbaoeus, carnosas, succulcntus, glaher, an erectus, di- 

 cljotome et divaricate ramosus, siccus coriaceus. Caulis ramique gla- 

 bri, in sicco tctragoni, internodia 2—4 cent, longa, S mra. circiter ciassa. 

 Folia (sicca) coriacea subepunclulata, utrinqnc glabra, marginibus exte- 

 nuatis subrevoluta, supra saturate viridia, suOtus fusco-glaucescentia, ju- 

 niora glauca, opposita, summa tantum quaterna, subpatnla , petiolis 

 antice proFunde canaliculatis, 2 mm. — fere 1 cent, longis sustenta, minora 

 oborata basi acuta et in petiolum contracta, 2 cent, circiter longa, 12 — 15 

 mm. ad apicem lata, majora triangulari-obovata subcuneata, apice sub- 

 trilncata vel trancato-retusa, 2-tere 3| cent, longa, 2 ad apicem lata vel 

 paallo latiora, subtrinervia , ncrvo medio Crassiusculo prominnlo infra 

 apicem evanescente, lateralibus mullo tenuioribus brevioribus fere obsoletis. 

 Amenta terminalia, solitaria, crecta, pedunculis 2 —3 cent, longis 

 glabris sustenta, recta cylindracca versus apicem attenuata carnosa glabra, 

 reraotiflora. Flores annulatim dispositi, semi-immersi. Bracteae car- 

 nosae, peltatae sessiles persistentcs, pelta snbrotunda, margine pallida, apice 

 recurva subinde emarginata. Stamina duo lateralia, filamentis brevi- 

 bus, antheris bilocularibus. Ovarium ovatum glabrum apice stigma 

 exigaum poberulum gerens. (sec. sp. cit.) 



122. Peperomla trlfolla A, Dietr. I. c. Piper Linn. 

 Syst. ed. X. p. 856. n. 17. Saururus hederaceus Plumier Jmenc, 

 Tab. 68. Caule repente foliis ternis petiolatis subrotundis basi 

 altenuatis obscure Irinerviis, undulatis, glabris, amentis axil-- 

 laribus el oppositi foliis. 



Habitat in India occidentali, Guiana. /fll^^ 



sCanles nodosi albcscentes bipedales. Folia succalenta aspera, subtus 

 satnriora.'* 



123. r*eperoinla ob versa A. Dietr. Spec. Tom. I. Piper 

 Vahl Enumer. Tom. I. I. c. P. obovatum ejusd. Eclog. Caule 

 repente, foliis lernis petiolatis obovatis emarginalis glabris ob- 

 scure trinerviis, amentis axillaribus solilariis rectis. 



Habitat in insula Monlserrat (Vahl 1. c.) 

 Anne recta hie coUocata? 



124. Peperomla inaequallfolla Ruiz et Pav.I Flor. 

 Peruv. Tom. I. p. 30. Piper Vahl. Enum. I. p. 355. Pipef 

 aromaticum ffilld.! Enum. Hort. berol. suppl. p. 4. Adscen- 

 denS; erecta , basi radicaus, dichotorae ramosa, succulenta, 

 glabra, Terlicillis remotis, foliis petiolatis verticiJIatis, quater- 



