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ciJioIatas. Forma variat. Alia obovato-rotundata 8 mm. longa; alia ohovata 

 versus basin angtistata, paullo longiora. Alia (et haec plurima) elliptica, 

 apice obtusiuscula, versus basin contracta, G mm. — 1 cent, longa, 3 — 6 mm. 

 lata, nervis vix conspicuis. Amenta axillaria opposita, tcrna et saepe 

 nnum terminale reliquis longius, pedunculis teretibus erecto-patentibus 

 hirtellis 4 — 1 cent, longis sustenla, filitbrmi-carnosa, cylindrica, obtusa, 

 glabra, 2—6 cent, lonjja, recta vel parnm flexuosa, rhacLi laevi. Flores 

 remoti. Bracteae peltatae centro afiixae, pelta orbiculari, in sicco fusee 

 glandulosa, pallide marginata, persistentcs. Ovarium ovatum glabnim 

 vix immersmn. Stigma in ejus apice pubcrulum. Stamina duo late- 

 ralia, filamentis sub bractea rcconditis, antheris globosis. Bacca 

 nigra, laeviuscula, globosa (sec. sjwc. Herb. Mus. Paris.) 

 An Peperomiae pubescenti Fl. Peruv. affinis? 



149. Peperomla rubella Hook. Fl. exotic. Tab. 58. 

 A. Dietr. Spec, Tom. I. Piper Hook, et alior. Pusilla , grega- 

 ria, erecta, raraosa, succnlenta, caulibus rnbellis patentissime 

 pilosis, foliis verlicillatis 2 — 5, plerumque 4, peliolalis (pe- 

 tiolis brevibus rubellis), succulento-carnosis ellipticis vel ellip- 

 lico-lanceolatis , supra Tiridibus punctulalis, subtus convexis 

 rubellis, glabriusculis , Irinerviis, amentis axillaribus et ter- 

 minalibus ereclis confertis, subdensifloris , ovarid apice stig- 

 matifero. 



Babitat in America meridionali, India occid. (Hook.) 



Herba carnosa, caespitoso-gregaria, palmaris, radice fibrosa. Caules 

 camosi, raniosissimi, rami que terni aut dichotomi , succulenti cvlin- 

 drici, rubelli, bic illic inprimis versus basin viridescentcs, pilosi pi- 

 ]is patentissimis , multi-articulatis, artieulis brevissimis. Caulis interne 



4 mm. crassus , rami multum tenuiores. Internodia recta 1 2 cent 



longa, nodi nulli, sed stricturae. Folia bina, terna, jderumque inprimis 

 superiora qnaterna, rarissime qnina, patentia vel paullo deflexa pe- 

 tiolata, petiolis brevibus 1 — 2 mm. longis ercctis subteretibus rubellis 

 \el rubello-varicgatis, brevi-pilosis. Laminae sub angulo ierc recto di- 

 vergentes, succulento-carnosae , subtus convexae, supra convexiusculae vel 

 planae, ellipticae vel elliptico-lanceolatae, infimae ovato-ovales, superiores 

 sensim raajores, maximae 1^ cent, longae, 6 — 8mm. latae, basi et apice 

 acutae vel subacutae; pagina superior lacte viridis tenuissime glanduloso- 

 punctulata, inferior rubella aut tota aut in medio saltem,raro pallescenti- 

 viridis, ut superior glabra, raro pilis sparsis pubcrula, inter nervos gri- 

 seo-panctulata , punctis sub lente quasi lepidotis radiatis, subtilissinu's 

 pilis stellatis appressis. Nervi tres: unus valid us in pagina superiore iiri- 

 prcssus, in inferiorc prominulus, duo lateralcs prope marginem , tCDoissimi 



