IX. PeperomiM Pernumbucensis Miq. 



Caulis Simplex vel subranwsus, hnmilis teres crassus fuscus, 

 sninutissime pufjescens. Folia tnojora 6 — 7 poUicaria , succu/enta 

 fdterna, elliptica acuta, glabra, penninervia , nervis secundatiis 

 supra prominulis. Racemus lerminalis polystachyus, rhachi ebrac- 

 teata, amentis 6 — 15 lin. longis, pterisgiie 2 — 3 — 5 remotinscitle 

 subverticillatis, incttrviuscuHs, dctnum patentissmis. Orarium aplcc 

 truncatum opercuto persistente medio stigmatifero fectum et liiitc 

 turbinatiim, 



Var. K procera; Cavle cum racemo pedali , basi '/j -poll. 

 crassiore, amentis plerisque 3 — 5 subvevticillatis inferioribvs poUi- 

 cnribus ac longioribus — Culta in kort. Schönbr. 



Var. ß humilis: Caule cum racemo ^/2 pedali, basi alternis 

 3'" crasso, amentis plerisque semipoUicaribus, suboppositis ac 

 remotiusculis. 



Peperomia pernambncensis Miq. (JLond. Juurn. of. 

 bot. IV. 420) 



In syltis primaems prope llheos i\ vin. 



Caulis simplex valde sncculentus, spithameus vel pedalis, ban 

 6'" crassus, basi radicans ibique fotiornm basi amplectente obscure 

 annulatus, pube microscopica simplicissima , chlorophylli granula 

 sub lente fortissima inclndente dense velatus, epideimide tenaci 

 fuscescente restitus, fasciculis vasorum crassis copiosis rubris farclus. 

 Folia succulenta, alterna inferiora 2 — 3'" ab itiricem remota, petio- 

 lata, eorum maxima mediam catilis partim occupantia adjecto pctiolo 

 8 — JO" longa et 2 — I^A" lata, inferiora ac in caule superiora 

 minora. Petiohis i" longiis, crassitie pennae anserinae, tercs, 

 supra canaliculalus , bad brunescens, superne punctulis rubris 

 st-nsim rarioribus adspersus, in laminae nervum medionum laete 

 t'iridem excurrens. Lamina elliptica , in petiolum ottenitata, apice 

 crispatulo acuta mucronviata , integerrima praecipue margine 

 rotundato diaphana , supra saturate viridia nervo mediana supra 

 depresso canaliculala, subtus incroisato valido in vivo tnicante per- 

 cursa, caeteriim paliida opaca penninervia, nei vis secundariisutrinque 

 5 — 6, duobus infimis npproximatis , alternis ac oppositis , propc 

 tnarginem arcuaiim eonfluentibus, svpra prominulis, subtus depressis, 

 eorum pare itifimo, in media laminae altiludine deliquesccntc. Folium 

 supremum reliquis duplo minus, caeterum Iwmomorphum. Injlore. - 

 cenlia icrminalis, simpliciter racemifurniis, rhachi ebrarteata crassa 

 subangulata digitali ; amentis infimis remotis alternis, reliquis con- 

 fertioribus 3 — 5 subverticillafis, verticillis 3 — 1'" ab invicem remo- 

 tis ; amenia cylindrica, obtusa, sursum arcuata defnum pateiitissima, 

 pollice longiora ac breviora , lineam fere crassa , breve stipilata, 

 stipite 2 — 1'" longo, roseo, rhachis margine cicatriciformi (c?e 

 lapsu bracteae?) ba.n einet o. Flores in amentis auctissime con- 

 ferti, mintiti. Bracteae pedicellalo-pcltatae rhachis denticulo afflxae, 

 orbiculares, glaberrimae, virides, in sicco fuscae, subtus reticulatae, 



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