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156. Peperomia orblculala ^. Dietr. Spec. Tom. I. 

 Piper Poir. Encycl. melh. Tom. V. p. 476. Caule hispido m- 

 dicante, foliis subsessilibus, subqualernis, orbiculariljus mitiiinis 

 hirsutis. 



Habitat in Garolioa (Poir. I. c.) 



Anne recte hie collocata ? 



157. Peperomia reflcxa A. Dietr. Sp. pi. Tom. I. 

 Piper reflexum Linn. fil. Siippl, p. 91, Drege ! pi. cap. ex- 

 sicc. Piper tetraphyllum Thunb. Piper quaternatum Herb. 

 De Less.! P. hrachystachyum Jlerb. JFilld. n. 731!'). Pepe- 

 romia quadrifolia Hb. Jflus. Par. I Succulento-coriacea basi 

 radicans adscendens, erecta, di- vel Irichotome ramosa, sparse 

 puberula vel subglabrala , foliis ternis quaternisve (raro ad 

 dichotomias senis) petiolatis, succulentis pellucido-punclatis, 

 rhombeo-ellipticis obtusis vel rotundalis raro retusis, basi 

 aeutiusculis in peliolum brevem subtilissirne puberulum de- 

 mum glabratum contractis, obsolete trinerviis, glabris, subtus 

 fusee irapresso-punclatis , peliolorum basibus in annuluin con- 

 nalis, pedunculo terminali longo obsolete puberulo vel glabro 

 amentum circiler aequanle, araenlis cylindricis profunde fo- 

 Teolatis hirtis. 



Species late per orbem terrarum dispersa , vere ampliigaea , pro va- 

 ria coeli temperie et loci natalis indole Icviter saltein varians, adeo ut 

 nullo sufficiente vel constante cliaracterc variae liae formae qucant distiu- 

 gui et omnes inter se sensira transeant , quod comparatis harum adani- 

 brationibus spero lore ut concedas. 



A. Forma capensis. — Foliis, petiolis pedunculisque adul- 

 tis plerumque glabris, amentis pedunculura vix aequan- 

 tibus. 



Habitat in Promontorio Bonae Spei (Thunb. 1. c. Drege! 

 pi. exsicc.) , prope TJiteuhage florens ra. Novembris (Jules 

 Verreaux! in Herb. De Less.), in ueinoribus ad Hangklip 

 (Mundt et Maire! in Herb, berol.) , in ins. Bourbon (Hb. 

 Mus. Paris ! n. 707), in ins. Maurilii (Aub. du Pelil Tbouars! 

 in Herb. Willd.) 



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