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Pepcromiae tlistachyae similJima, characteribus indicatis, siquideni 

 constantiLus diversa. 



Caul is basi lignosus, caelerum succulentiis raraosus glabriusculus, 

 sursuin hirtellus, internodiis ramulornin 1 — 4 cent, longis. Folia patula 

 in sicco coriacea, hand perspicae punctata, opaca, subtus pallidiora, in- 

 primis juniora supra ad lentem pilis stellatis appressis exiguis instructa, 

 snbtus pilis long^is sparsis hirtella, aetate sensim glabrata, oTata, 8 cent, 

 longa, Icre 4 lata, clUptica 7 longa, 3 lata, superiora lanceolato-elliptica 

 5J— 7 longa, 1—2^ lata, longe acuminata acumine acuto, petiolis an- 

 tice canaliculatis pilosis vel glabratis 2—8 mm. longis sustenta; e nervo 

 medio crassiusculo supra canaliculato percurrente utrinque coslulae tenues 

 absconditae adscendentes plures oriuntur, quarum tres paullo supra basin 

 ortae folium septuplinerve sistunt. Amenta in apice ramorum conferta, 

 bina vel plura, filifomiia, 8—20 cent, longa, pedunculis patentim hir- 

 tellis J— 1 cent, longis sustenta, densiflora. Bracteae carnosae, breviter 

 pedicellatae peltatae, pelta suborbiculari lusca pallida marginata, persis- 

 tentes. Stamina duo lateralia antheris subglobosis, loculis appositis. 

 Ovarium oblongum obliqunm apice antico scuto glanduloso flavicante 

 medio stigmatilero instructum. Bacca patens exserta atrofusca oblongo- 

 cylindrica, apice scutata, 2 mm. circiter longa. Pericarpium tenue. 

 Semen contbrme, testa membranacea fusca nitidula, albumine candido 

 larinoso (sec, sp. cit.) 



172. Peperomia myosuroldes A. Dietr. Spec. Tom. 

 I. Piper Budge PI. rar. Gnian. Foliis ovatis acuminalis supra 

 pube stellala pruinosis enerviis, amentis filiformibus longissi- 

 inis laxis, bracteis peltatis erosulis. 



Icon Rudgc 1. c. Tab. 5. 



Habitat in Guiana anglica (Rudge). 



Caul is articulatus. — Praecedenti proxima vidclur, et comparalo sncci- 

 mine originali fortasse cum ca conjun^enda, 



173. Peperomia distachya A. Dietr. Spec. Tom. I. Piper 

 distachyum Linn. Spec, plant. Saururus caeter. Plumier Amer. 

 I. c? Ramosa, succulenta, pubescens, radicans, adscendens, 

 foliis alternis, longe peliolatis succulenlis pellucido-punclalis, 

 supra glabris, sublus pilosis niarginibusque ciliatis, demum 

 luagis glabratis, ovatis acumicatis submultiplinervi-costulatis, 

 amentis axillaribos et terminalibus plerumque conjugatis den- 

 sifloris, ovariis acuminato-seutatis, baccis cylindricis verlice 

 scuto acuniinato subpcltato instructis. 



