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trUld. Sp. Tom. I. p. 166. P. pruinosum 11. B. K.! Nov. Gen. 



Tom. I. p. 59. PI. aequin. Tom. II. p. 49. Peperomia Kunth 

 Synops. Tom. I. p. 124. Peperomia peltata Dietr. Spec. I. p. 

 142. Piper umbellatum Sieber! Herb. Martin, n. 5 et Fl. mixt. 

 n. 442. Heckeria peltata Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. p. 565. 



Saururus arboresc. fol. amplis Plumier Americ. p. 56. Foliis 



membranaceis utrinqiie glabriusculis , supra versus raargines 

 appresse pilosiusculis, subtus in venularum rete subtililer hir- 

 tellis, subovato-rotundatis protracto-aculis, ad \ — § all. supra 

 basin repando-cordatara peltatis, 11— 13-nerviis, omnibus con- 

 forraibus, pedunculis duobus inaequalibus tri-polyslachyis. 

 Icon. Plumier 1. c. Tab. 74. 

 Herb. Willd. n. 705! 



Habitat locis umbrosis humidis in Jfovi Orbis orientalis re- 

 gionibus calidis, in Nova Granada, inter Mompox et Mincliiqueo 

 (Humb. et Bonpl.! in Herb. Willd.), Surinarai (Focke! in 

 Hb. proprio, Hering] in Hb. Vries.), in Guiana gaUica (Gabriel! 

 in Hb. De less,), in G. anglica (Schomburgk ! n. 954 ad Hio 

 Negro, in Hb. reg, berol.), in India occidentali, Jamaica 

 (Plum.), Domingo, Marlinica (Sieber! in Hb. Meisn. 1. c), in 

 Portorico (Riedley! in Hb. De Less.) 



Obscrv. Spccimina vcgetiora glabriora subtus glauccscentia el subprui- 

 nosa sistant P. pruinosum H. B. K. Willd. Herb.! 



Frutex 4 — 6 pedes altus. Caales infernc lignescenles superne herbacei 

 meduUosi , nodosi , nodis parum tumidis , cicatrice circulari pctiolari lata 

 cinctis; teretes striati glaberrimi, viridescentes, infernc hie illic verrucosi 

 dichotome parce ramosi. Internodia variae lonjjitudinis 2 — 8 cent. Folia 

 membranacea, utrinquo {jlandulis crebcrrimis minutissimis atrot'uscis in 

 ncrvis etiam conspcrsa (unde luci obversa folia fusee pellucido-punctata) 

 supra saturate viridia nitida versus marg^ines sparsissime appresse hirtella 

 adulta saepe omnino glabra, subtus glauccscentia et vegetiora inprimis 

 prope nerves adspectu pruinosa, inquc venulis subtilitcr hirtella vcl sub- 

 glabrata; rotundato-cordata , breviter acuminata, marginibus extenuatis 

 planis quasi suberosnla, panllo supra basin(ad§— fait.) peltata, subtrede- 

 cimnervia, nervo medio scil. trifido, nervis reliqnis latere exteriore ter qua- 

 terve dicholomis, eiceptis plerumquc 2 inferioribus, anastomosibus trans- 

 vcrsis subtus prominentibus supraque subprominulis reticulatisjunctis, 25 

 cent. longa ct fere lata vel et majora. Pctioli ioliorum superiorum la- 

 mina f vcl I brcviorcs, vaginantes, ad J alt. ulrinque mcmbranacco-alati 

 demum glabri, 12 cent. longi. Pcdunculi plerumquc duo ex cadcm 



