Dioicum, in 



rupibus scandens. Ramuli in sicco nigri, spicifei 



,.'•.;.- • : 





lis lysigenus u 



nicus centralis. Limbi in sicco membranacei nigri 



" 



i, 7,5 cm. longi, 2,4 cm. lati. Petioli 1,2 cm., 



longi. Spicse fl 



orentes 1,5 cm. long*, 1 mm. crass*, in sicco n 



Chine : prov. Kouy-Tcheou, environs de San-pin, rocailles au- 

 dessus de la grande grotte [L. Martin et Ed. Bodinier n. 2298; 

 Cavalerie n. 2387, in Herb. Mus. Par.] 



2. P. laetispicum C. DC, n.sp. 



Ramulis glabris ; foliis breviter petiolatis, limbo oblongo-ovato basi inasquila- 

 tera cordato apice acute attenuato, supra glabro subtus haud dense piloso, 8-9-ni- 

 nervio, nervo centrali nervos 2 adscendentes mittente quorum supremus fere a 

 5 cm. supra basin infimus paullo supra basin solutus, nervis lateralibus altero 



cuati a petiob divaricantes, petiolo subtus parce hirtello paullo ultra basin vagi- 

 nante ; pedunculo glabro petiolum superante, spica quam limbus paullo longiore, 

 rachi fern, itefl fera, bractece pelta subobovato-oblonga 



utrinque obtusa glabra subtus adnata et marginibus late libera, ovario libero 

 ovato glabro, st cutis, bacca subglobosa stipitem suum fere 



Dioicum, scandens. Ramuli in sicco tuscescentes, spiciferi 1,5 mm. crassi, col- 

 lenchyma continuum libriforme, fasciculi intramedullares i-seriati, canales lysi- 

 geni peripherici plures, centr ! a 1 (irme mcmbranacei creber- 



rime pellucido-punctulati, fere is,s cm. longi et 7,5 cm. lati. PetioK usque ad 

 limbi latus longius 4 mm. inter limbi latera 8 mm., pedunculi 17 mm. longi. 

 l 16 cm. longse, bractea fere 5 mm. longa et usque ad 1,5 mm. 



Chine : Hainan; Lo-Tai [chin. coll. : hort. Hong-Kong n. 469; 

 in Herb. Mus. Par.J 



III. — Species americame. 



PeperomiaR. et Pav. 



1. P. FournieriC DC, n. sp. 



Caule ramulisque dense hirtellis ; foliis ternis modice petiolatis, limbo subovato- 

 Lmceolato basi et apice acute attenuato utrinque haud dense hirtello, 5-nervio, 

 petiolo dense hirtello ; pedu lalibusque hirtellis petiolos 



multo superantil oibus limbos usque ad triplo inperantibus, 



bractea; pelta obovato-rotunda supra centrum pedicellata, antheris ellipticis 

 filamenta superantibus, ovario emerso obovato paulo infra apicem obtusum 



