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Habitat in insulae Jaraaicae sumniis Alpibus (Swarlz! I.e.), 

 in montibus mediae allitudinis (Wiles! in Herb. De Less.) FI. 

 Febr, Martio, Sw. 1. c. 



SufFruticulus carnosus suberectus, basi subligncsccns ct radicans, (radi- 

 cibus filiformibus, dcscendenlibus , simplicibus Sw.), dichotome ramosus 

 nodosus, caule ramisque angulosis? (teretibus Sw.) glabris, intcrnodiis 

 1 — 4 cent, longis. Folia inleriora opposita, superiora, ubi amenta gig- 

 nuntur, alterna, erccta, carnosa, in sicoo coriacea, supra viridia, glabra 

 nervo luscescente instructa, subtus pallide cinerea, ct juniora ad imam 

 basin puberula, petiolis basi dilatatis antice prolunde canaliculatis et 

 ob margincs utrinque convergentes teretiusculis in sicco fuscis subglabris 

 2 — 4 cent, longis sustenta, obovata vcl obovato-elliptica , basi acuta vel 

 subcaneata in petiolum subdecurrente, apice acutiuscula, marginibus rigidis 

 revoluta, majora 5i— 6J cent, longa, 31—4 supra medium lata, nervo 

 medio crassiusculo infra prorainulo utrinque circiter 5 costulas ramulosas 

 parallelas versus margincs adsccndentes eraittente. Amenta axillaria erecta, 

 juniora inter folia fere occultata, pedunculis succulentis glabris 3 — 4 

 cent, longis et uno alterove folio florali bracteaeformi sessili oblongo 

 appresso glaltro instructis sustenta, subrecta veJ apice incurva, 3 — 4 cent, 

 longa, succulenta, sicca sordide fusca, 2 mm. crassa. Flores densi Ib- 

 veolis immersi, Bracteae breviter pedicellatae peltatae, persistentcs , 

 pelta orbiculari (ob margincs deflexos aliquando aspectu acuminata) fnsca 

 glabra. Stamina duo lateralia, antberis fuscis vix emersis, filamentis 

 complanatis persistentibus. Ovarium immcrsum rbachi appressum oblique 

 ovatum longe rostratum (stylus Sw.), infra rostrum stigma panctiforme 

 puberulum impressum gerens. Bacca immatura subovata (sec. sp. Herb. 

 De Less.) 



Nostra spccimina Swartziano (in Herb. AVilld.) multo ibrtiora altiora, 

 foliis potius obovatis, sed alioquin omnino congruentia. 



179. Peperomla Martiana. Erecta, basi decurabens 

 radicans, pauciramosa, coriaceo-succulenla , glabra, foliis spar- 

 sis, ramnlorum densis longe petiolatis epunctalis , obovatis, 

 versus basin cuneatim angustalis, apice rotundalis aliquando 

 subemarginalis, crasse uninerviis, amentls lerminalibus soli- 

 tariis ereclis, longe pedunculatis, pedunculos circiter aequan- 

 tibus densifloris, bracteis breviter pedicellatis orbiculato-pel- 

 tatis, ovariis ovatis brevi-roslratis , infra apicem stigma glan- 

 duloso-punctiforme gerenlibus. 



Habitat in Brasilia (Sellow! in Herb. reg. berol.) 



llerba inter muscos cresccns, succulenta, glabcrrima, sicca ngide c4 



