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I'lanta coiiaoco-canioso, in sicco oarlilaginca, supra muscos dccumbens 

 cl radicans, ramis erectis, di- ct trichotomc rainosa, caule ramisque 

 tetragonis sulcalis glabris, nodosis, internodiis (inferioribas) | — 5 cent, 

 longis. Folia vcrticillata 4 — 8 patula veJ subrefleXa , plerurnquc subcarinato- 

 compHcata, in sicco rigido-cartilaginea , nitidula, ad lentem utrinque im- 

 presso-glandulosa, aliquando nigro-punctata, marginibus incrassatis deflexis 

 subtilissime ciliolata, subinde etiam versus basin supra subtilissime pu- 

 berula, pibs omnibus actate deciduis, elliptica, rhombeo- vel lanceoJato- 

 elJiptica, utrinque attenuata, aequilatcra, basi acuta, apice obtusa, 6—9 

 mm. longa, 4 — 6 lata, trinervia, nervis crassis, medio percurrente subtus 

 carinato-promincnte, petiolis antice canaliculatis , subtilissime hirtelJis 

 vel plerumque glabratis, cum annulo nodi articulatis 1—3 mm. longis, 

 snstenta. Amenta terminalia solitaria, recta, cylindrica, erecta, pe- 

 duneulis glabris 1^ cent, longis sustenta , 1 ^ — 4ccnt.longa,2mrn.crassa, 

 densiflora, glabra. Flores immersi. Bracteae pedicellalae subrotundae 

 glabrae. Stamina duo latcralia. Antherae globosae biloculares loculis 

 appositis. Ovarium Ibveae immersum, apice subantice stigmatilernm. 

 Baccae oblongae breviter rostratae (sec. sp. cit.) 



161. Peperomia trichocarpa. Erectiuscula , succu- 

 lenta, puberula, dichotome ramosa, foliis ternis plerisqne 

 quaternis breviter peliolatis, carnosis, lanceolatoellipticis, 

 apice oblusis versus basin angustatis, obsolete uninerviis/canle 

 peliolis foliisque sublus palentira puberulis, araenlo terminali 

 solitario longe pedunculalo , densifloro , baccis eraersis ovalo- 

 acumiualis hirlellis. 



Habitat prope fiahia (Blanchel! n. 1444 in Herb. De Less.) 

 Hcrba spitbamea et altior, dichotome ramosa, decumbens et radicans 

 dein erecta, caulibus ramisque subtetragonis , subtilissime patcntim 

 puberulis, internodiis 1 — 2i cent, longis. Folia terna pleraque quaterna 

 subpatula , succulento carnosa , in sicco coriacea epunctata , supra opaca 

 glabra, subtas pilis brevibus instructa et in vivo ut videtur convexa pe- 

 tiolis antice canaliculatis j)atentim puberulis 1 — vix 2 mm. londs ercc- 

 tiusculis sustenta, elliptica pleraque lanceolato-ellijrtica , versus basin pa- 

 rumper latiora, alia I'erc obovato-lanceolata, marginibus subincnrva apice 

 obtusa vel obtusiuscula , versus basin angustata, acuta vel subcuneata 



nervo medio obsoleto instructa , 6 — 8 mm. raro fere 1 cent, longa , 3 4 



mm. lata. Amentum unicura terminale erectum , pedunculo subti- 

 lissime patentim puberulo 1| cent, longo sustentura, rectum, 1« cent, 

 longum, 1| mm. crassius, densiflorum. Flores subimmersi. Bracteae 

 peltatae, deciduae. Baccae ovatae apiculato-acuminatae, pilis patentius- 

 culis hirtellac. Reliqua in unico amento valdc corrugate distingui ne- 

 queunt (sec. sp. cit.) 



