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177. Peperoniia nlgro-punctata. Erecla,succuleuta, 

 glaberrima, ubique glaiidulis nigris adspersa, foliis alternis 

 petiolalis succulenlis crebro nigro-glandulosis ovato-elliplicis 

 ellipticisve , basi subinaequali aculiusculis, acuminalis, obso- 

 lete quintupli- vel subseptuplinerviis , amentis axillaribus et 

 terrainalibus, solilariis Tel conjugalis, pedunculalis filiformibus 

 pendulis remotifloris, bracleis peltatis rotundis nigro-glandulo- 

 sis, ovario ovato apice obliquo scutulato, antice stigmatifero. 



Habitat in ins. Martinica (Sieber! n. 6. in Herb. reg. berol., 

 nomine Piper distachyon.) 



A P. clistachya omniam partium glabritie diversa, P. pterocaali, 

 acuminatae rel. qaodammodo similis. Tota glaberrima et glandulis nigris 

 punctata , in sicco membranacea , viva verisimilitcr snccnlenta , erccta , 

 canle subflcxaoso pauciramoso teretiusculo. Folia altcrna, membranacea, 

 creberrime glandulose nigro-punctata, ovato-elliptica ellipticave, basi leviter 

 inaequali acutiuscula, apice parumper oblique et acute acuminata, 5^ — 7 

 cent, longa, 2 — 3 lata, obsolete quintupli- vel septnplinervia, ncrvo medio 

 percurrente subtus prominente , scquentibiis paullo supra basin ortis ad 

 apicem fere ductis, reliquis subtilissimis, iniimis saepe obsolctis, omnibus 

 simpliciasculis; juxta marginem nervulas decurrit, Petioli antice canali- 

 culati, 1 cent, circiter longi. Amenta axillaria et terminalia, solitaria 

 vel bina, erectiuscula vcl pendula, pedunculis 1 — 2 cent, longis sustenta 

 filiformia tenuia glabra 6 — 9 cent, longa. Flores remoti subannulatim 

 dispositi. Bractcae peltatae orbiculares glandulis iere totae nigrac, mar- 

 ginibus lateo-pallidae. Stamina duo lateralia, antheris sordide luteis 

 sabglobosis bilooularibus, loculis appositis. Ovarium subobliquum ova- 

 tum, apice obJiquo incrassato?, infra apicem stigma pnberulura gerens 

 (sec. sp. cit.) 



178. Peperomla alplna ^. Dietr. Spec. Tom. I. I. c. 

 Piper Swartz! Prodr. p. 15. Fl. Ind. occ. Tom. I. p. 62. 

 Suffruticulosa, carnosa, dichetome ramosa suberecta subglabra, 

 foliis opposilis vel (ramulorura floreulium) alternis longe petio- 

 lalis erectis oarnosis supra viridibus glabris, subtus pallidis et 

 junioribus versus basin subtilissinie puberulis, obovatis vel el- 

 liptico-obovatis, apice aculiusculis, basi acutis vel subcuneatis, 

 in petiolum subdecurrentibus, nmlti-costulalis, amentis axilla- 

 ribus longe pedunculalis adultis folium subaequanlibus densi- 

 floris, ovariis rostratis. 



Herb. Willd n. 716? 



