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dalis aut eniarginatis ^ obsolete trinerviis, aniento tenninali 

 solilario pedunculato densifloro pedunculura aequanle. 



Habitat in Mexico, ad Hunsteca (lierra calienle) Junio 

 mense (Berlandier! n. 933 in Herb. De Less, et reg. berol.) 



Peperomiae quadrifoliac affinis, caule re])ente, ramulis samniis 

 pctiolisque tenuissime pabcrulis, foliis rotundato- vel triangulari-ohovatis, 

 siccis hand adeo crasse coriaceis et glauco-pallidis , nervis pellucidis, sta- 

 tnra in nniversum minorc probe distincta. 



Herba sacculenta , in sicco subcoriacea , di- vel trichotome ramulosa 

 10 cent, in praesente circiter longa, glauco- lutescens, e nodis fere omni- 

 bus unain plurcsve longas radices breviter iibrillosas agens, rcpens, 

 caale lerctiuscalo in sicco filiJbrnii, ramulis summis ad lentem tbrtio- 

 rem pilis patentibus brevissimis puberulis, internodiis 1—2 cent, longis. 

 Folia verticillata , quaterna, patula, succulenta, in sicco tcnuiter coria- 

 cea, marginibus in quibusdam subrevoluta, obsolete pellucido-punctata 

 iitrinquo glabra, petiolis antice canaliculatis junioribus inprimis postice 

 subtilissime' puberulis 1—2 mm. longis subcrectis siislenta triangulari- 

 Tcl oblongo-obovata , versus basin pauUo cuneata vel acuta, apicc rotun- 

 data vel cmarginata , obsolete trinervia , ncrvo medio percurrentc in sicco 

 ■ subprominulo, lateralibus tenuissimis lente tantum disccrnendis, omnibus 

 pellucidis, 6—8 rare 10 mm. longa , 5—7 raro 8 lata. Amentum 

 terminale solitarium rectum cylindricnm 2 cent, longum, pedunculum 

 glabrum aequans. Bracteae glabrae breviter pedicellatac pelta orbiculari 

 iu sicco fusca, marginibus cxtcnuatis pallida. Rhachis tbveolata, tovco- 

 larum marginibus ciliato-liirtellis, fere nt in Peperomia reflexa. Stamina 

 duo lateralia. Ovarium ovatum (sec. sp. cit.) 



143. Peperomia quadrlfolla E. B. K.! Nov. Gen. 

 Tom. I. p. fi9. PL aequin. Tom. II. p. 57. Kunth Synops. 

 Tom. I, p. 121. Piper quadrifolium Linn. Saururus repens 

 tetraphyllus , folio crassiore Plumier H. Mss. Tom. V. p. 13, 

 Piper f. quaternis cuneiformibus emarginatis Plum. Icon. ed. 

 Burm. p. 238. Glabra , caule adscendenle basi radicante di- 

 chotome ramoso , foliis quaternis, bblongo-obovatis cunealis 

 emarginatis, coriaceo-carnosis, brevissime petiolatis, tenuissime 

 costulato-venosis , amentis terminalibus erectis, longiuscule 

 pedunculalis , cylindricis, obtusis, rectis, crassis, densifloris. 



Herb. Willd. n. 754? 



Icon. Plumier I. c. Tab. 242. fig. 3. — Hooker fl. ExoL TaK 22. — 

 Fl. Hum. I. Tab. 62 ? 



Habitat in insula Martinica (Plumier), in rupibus et nion- 



