149^ 



nis — senis iiiaequalibus, herbaceis pellucido-punctatis, infe- 

 rioribus obovatis, saperioribus longioribus subspathulatis , Iri- 

 nerviis, glal>ris, apioe ciliolatis, amentis termiualibus biaa- 

 tis — quinis. 



Icon. Ruiz ct Pav. 1. c. Tab. 46. fig. a. 



Herb. Willd. n. 759! 760! 



Habitat in Peruvia; locis saxosis et supra arbores frequensj 

 prope Lima, Santa et Huaraango (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. Humb. at 

 Bonpl.l in Herb. Willd.) 



Snlfruticulus hcrbaceus, pedalis, e basi radicante gregarie ereclus, cau- 

 libus valde succulentis tcretiiisculis angulosis, 8 mm. interne circiter 

 crassis (exsiccatis fere filitbrmibus), viridibus vel hie illic dilate rubellis, 

 internodiis 2 — 5 cent, longis, vetustis ad imam basin sublignescentibus. 

 Folia in singulo verticillo 4 — G, patentia aut reflexa, herbacea, hand 

 crassa, pellucido-punctata, sicca membranacea, petiolis brevibus viridi- 

 bus glabris vel sparse tenerrime hirtellis 2 — 4 mm. longis profnnde cana- 

 liculatis marginibus submembranaceis sustenta, supra laete, subtus pallide 

 viridia, glabra, apice subciliolata , inferiora brevia obovata 2 cent, longa, 



1 lata, basi coarctata, superiora sensim angustiora et longiora, spathulata 

 vel lineari-spatbulata, apice obtuso subretusa vel leviter emarginata, basi 

 contracta, 3§ — 5 cent. longa, 8 mm. — 1| cent, supra medium lata, mar- 

 ginibus extenuata hie illic fibrillose soluta, trinervia, nervo medio sub- 

 prominulo ad apicem ducto fere excnrrente, lateralibus tcnuissimis visum 

 fugientibus baud ad apicem ductis, sed prope basin saejx! bilidis folium 

 subquinque- vel quintuplinerve sistcntibus (sec. sp. viv. sler. Hort, Bcrol.) — . 

 Specimina Humboldtiana sylvestria statura magis contracta, inter- 

 nodiis J — 15 cent, longis difFerunt, Amentum adest 7 cent, longum, 



2 mm. crassum, subdensillorum , pcdunculo 1 cent, fere longo susten- 

 tum. Bractcae subscssiles orbiculares, paullo pallidius marginatac. Sta- 

 mina 2, fllamentis brevibus, antheris suboblongo-globosis, biJocuJari- 

 bus, loculis apjwsitis ob.'ongis rima scparatis sordide luteis. Ovarium 

 oblongo-ovalum , apice stigmatiferum. 



125. Pepcronila rubricauUs A. Dietr. S^ec. Tom. I. 

 I. c. Piper Nees ah Esenb. Jlor. phys. bcrol. Peperomia lon- 

 gtftora Link! in Herb, berol. Piper D. Dietr. Encyclop. d. Pfl. 

 p. 124. Fruliculosa , coriaceo-carnosa , glabra, erecla, ranio- . 

 sa , oaiile lelragoiio-sulcato vel teretiusculo , rubescente, foliis 

 vorlieillatis 3 — 5, plerumque 4, subsessilibus, coriaceis, lan- 

 crolalo-obloiigis, basieonlractis, apice obtusis^ marginibus ex le- 



