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Habitat in Regno mexicano (Deppef in Iferb. re<j. beroK), 

 in Brasilia (SelJow! ibid.) 



Planta palmaris, basi decuinbens, radicans, erecta, dicliotoinc vage ra- 

 mosa, SHCcuIcnta?. Caalis ramique subtctragoni , an teretes, iulcrne 

 glabri, juniores ad lentem pib's minutissimis conspersi, internodiis 1 — 2f 

 cent, longis. Folia plerunique terna, rarius quaterna , patentia, in sicco 

 membranacea , glandulosc j)ellucido-punctata, marginata ultraque ncrvu- 

 l«m inarginalein late extcnsa , supra saturate viridia , opaca , inprirais 

 juniora versus margincm et apicem pilis minutissimis instruita margini- 

 bnsque subciliolata , subtus pallida, glabra vcl Subglabra, rotundato-obo- 

 Tata, versus basin cuneatira acuta, apice rotundata, nei'vulo medio per- 

 currente costulato instructa, costulis duabus non procnl a basi ortis sub- 

 triplinervia, 4 — 7 mm. longa, 4 — 6 lata, petiolis 1 — tj mm. longis, 

 antice canaliculatis , glabriusculis vel junioribus minutissime puberulis 

 sustenta. Amenta terminalia, solitaria, erecta, IJ- — 2 cent, longa, 1 — 2 

 mm. crassa, densiflora, pedunculos patentius subpuberulos aequantia. 

 Rhachis subtbveolata. Bracteae breviter pedicellatae , pelta orbiculari 

 concaviuscula glabra marginibus extenuatis undulatis subcrenulata. Sta- 

 mina duo lateralia. Ovarium Ibveae oblongae scmi-immersum, ovatunj, 

 parumper obliqunm, apice paullo antice stigma tiferura. Baccae erecto- 

 patentes semi-immersae, ovatae vcl ellipticae, luscae, nitidulae , apice 

 breviter rostcllatae. Pcricarpium lenuc. Semen ovatum (sec. sp. Depp.) 

 Sp. Selloviana baud dilFcrunt. In scbedula: »Folia plauoconvi'xa 

 .subnitida, 005 ' crassa." 



145. Peperoniia §clloTlana. Erecta, conlracla, pu- 

 silla, dichotoiua , sublilissime puberula, carnosa, foliis oppo- 

 sitis teriiisque, obovalis basi acutis, glandaloso-punctatis et 

 pellucidis, glabriusculis versus et ad niargines minutissime pu- 

 berulis vel glabratis, subuninerviis vel enerviis, amentis ter- 

 niinalibus solitariis densifloris, longe pedunculalis, pedunculis 

 sublilissime puberulis breviorilms, bracteis orbiculatis crenu- 

 I<»tis, baccis subrostellatis. 



Habitat in Brasilia inter muscos (Sellovv ! in Herb. reg. ber.) 



A praecedcnti habitu distinctissima, sod cbaracteribus aegre discernenda. 

 Planta succulenta 2 — G cent, alta, coarctata, stricta, erecta, basi subd«»- 

 cumbcns, radicans, didiotome ramosa. Caulis ramique juniores pilis 

 subtilissimis sensim dcciduis instructa. Intcrnodia 2 — 10 cent, longa. 

 Folia opposita et Icrna, in sicco coriaceo-mcmbranacea decolora, glan- 

 dulose perforata, adulta glabriuscula, juniora versus et ad margines sub- 

 tilissimis pilis deciduis instructa, subencrvia vcl quaedam ad lentem sub- 

 unincrvia, baud ncrvuloso-marginata , obovata, basi acuta ncccuncala. 



