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ianceolalo-ellipticis ^ saramisque lanceolatis^ basi obtusa vel 

 acuta, apice acuminalis acumine obtusiusculo, crassius uniner- 

 viis obsoleteque costulalis, petiolis cilialis, araentis terminali- 

 bus longe pedunculalis elongatis densifloris, ovariis rostratis 

 infra rostrum siigmatiferis , baccis densissiinis eraersis obovatis 

 apice obsolete rostrato-scutulatis. 



Habitat in Brasiliae Provincia Minas Geraes (P. Claussen! 

 in Herb. De Less.) 



Hcrba succnlenta, P. distachyae qaodammodo aifinis, sicca tota co- 

 riacea, erecta? ramis glabris in sicco utrinque anguste alatis. Folia 

 altcrna , succulenta , longe petiolata , sicca tenuius coriacea pellucido- 

 punctata, utrinque glabra petiolis t'oliorumque basi ciliolatis, int'eriora 

 latiora et majora lanceolato-elliptica , basi acuta, parum inacquilatera, 

 apice longiuscule acuminata acumine obtuso, 9 — 10 cent, longa, 3 — 3f 

 lata, petiolis 2 cent, longis sustcnta, summa lanceolata basi acuta 

 vel obtusa 6 — 6^ cent, longa, vix 2 lata, petiolis 1 — 1 J cent, longis an- 

 tice canaliculatis: c ncrvo medio crassiuscalo percurrenlc utrinque 4 et 

 plures tenuissimae costnlae fere obsoletae, lente distinguendae (quarum 

 duae ad basin approximatae hinc folium fere quinquenerve) adscendentcs 

 quarum summa ad apicem percurrit. Amenta lerminalia, solitaria vel 

 in ramulo laterali binata (ramuli monophylli folio dcciduo vel alwrtivo 

 pcdunculo communi quasi inserta) pedunculis glabris 3 — 5f cent, 

 longis sustenta, cylindrica succulenta rectiuscula (vel pendula?) florentia 

 7 — 13 cent, longa, 2 mm, crassa, baccilera duplo crassiora. Flores densi 

 et fere immersi. Bractea breviter pedicellata peltala, pella glabra sub- 

 orbicniari. Stamina 2, filaraentis brevibus, antheris bilocularibus 

 subglobosis, pallidc flavis, loculis appositis. Ovarium ovatum rostra- 

 tum, obliquum ercctum, infra rostrum scutatum stigmatiferum. Baccae 

 densissimae horizontaliter patulaeovatae, apice scuto subacuminato subtrian- 

 galari anctae. Semen ellipticum testa coriacea fusca nitidula subreti- 

 culata (sec. sp, cit.) 



175. Peperomla Ponthicul. Succulenta^ glabra, ad- 

 scendens, basi radicans, foliis alternis, longe peliolalis, ro- 

 lundato-ovatis vel ovalis, aculis vel breviter acuminatis, ad 

 ^ vel I alt. peltatis, septera-novemnerviis, nerve medio cras- 

 siore prominente, glabris, amentis axillaribus longe peduncu< 

 latis, brevibus, carnosis, ovariis iraniersis acuniinatis infra 

 acumen siigmatiferis. 



Habitat in India occidcntali (Ponthieu! in Herb, De Less.) 

 Herba carnosa, succnlenta, sicca coriacea, basi decumbon;? et c nodis 



