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llbus Jamaicae (Wiles! in Herb. De Less.), in rupibus ad 3000 

 f alt. m. Cordillerorum Mexici (GaleoUi ! n. 6000 in Herb. De 

 Less.), in Iruncis arborum velustarum prope Jalapam (Schiede! 

 in Herb, berol. Linnaea V. p. 75.), in Nova Andalusia (Humb. 

 el Bonpl.! 1. 0. et in Hb. Willd.) 



Species a PIUMIERO primum detecta, cujus icon et descriptio adhuc 

 tanquam ejus basis habendae sunt. »Planta humilis, repens, ramosa, 

 dichotoma, ubi radices agit latcralcs, laxas, ramosas. Cauliculi erecti, 

 dicliotomi. Folia qualerna, cruciafa , cunciformia , emarginata, crassa, 

 nervosa. Spica terminalis , simplex , strigosa." Quae ut et icon in sp. 

 citata optime quadrant. 



Specimen jamaicense ab icone citata differt non nisi omnibus 

 partibus pauUo minoribus. Caulis succulentus teretiusculus, glaber, no- 

 dosus, basi decumbens et radicans, ramis subereclis dichotomc divaricate 

 ramosis, 10—15 cent, altis, intemodiis 2—4 cent, longis. Folia snc- 

 culenta in sicco coriacea obscura, subtus pallida, nervo medio vix promi- 

 nulo ad i alt. nnicostulato percurrentc et tenui ntrinquc laterali obsolete 

 subtrincrvia, ntrinque glabra, obovato-cuncata vcl oblongo-cuncata , 

 apice rotundata vel emarginata, 1^-lere 2 cent, longa, 6—8 mm. 

 lata, quatcrna raro bina, suberecta, petiolis antice canaliculatis 1—2, 

 rare 3 mm. longis glabris sustenta. Amentum terminale solitarium erec- 

 tnm subrectum, pedunculo 1^ cent, longo glabro sustentum, cylindri- 

 cam, obtusom 3^ cent, longum, nondum florens, carnosnm. Bractcae 

 pediccllatae peltatae pelta orbiculari glabra. Stamina duo. Antherac 

 albicantes biloculares, loculis oblongis appositis. Ovarium foveae subim- 

 mersum, ovato-acominatum. 



Specimen mexicanum a praecedenti non nisi foliis in sicco pallidiori- 

 *" bus ctjunioribus evidenter pcllucido-pnnctatis differt. Amentum juve- 

 nile nondum evolutum 1^ cent, longum. Specimen Humb. baud dit- 

 fcrt. Specimen a schiedeo lectum gracilius 30 cent, longum. 



144. Peperomla Dcppeana Schlechtend. ! in Linnaea 

 Tom. F. p. 75. Piper D. Dietr. Encycl d. Pfl. Tom. I. p. 124. 

 Adseendens, basi radicans, dicholome ramosa, caule ramisque 

 lelragonis, inferne glabriusculis, superne petiolis foliisque prae- 

 serlini supra -versus apicem et ad margines minulissime pu- 

 berulis, his petiolatis, palulis, ternis raro quaternis, rotundato- 

 obovalis, basi aculis, pellucido-p'onetatis uninervi-costulatis, 

 sublriplinerviis, amentis terrainalibus longe pedunculatis , pe- 

 dunculum circiter aequantibus, densifloris, bracleis orbiculalis 

 erosulo-marginatis, baccis subovatis breviler rostellatis. 



