94 A'. A' e c h i n g c r , 1 268J 



Herba erecta basi radicans, caules in sicco complanati inferne circitcr 2 nun crassi. Folia allcrna. 

 Limbi in sicco membranacei usque ad 7 cv» longi et 35 ;///» lati. Petioli circiter 7 /»;;/ pedunculi VI utin 

 longi. Spicae florentes 16 mm longae sub 1 min crassae. — Species P. Rcineclwi C. D. C, affinis. 



Upoiu: in silvis prope Tiavi in umbrosis, Maio, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 427; .Sa\aii in muris prope 

 pagum Asau in terra, circa 150 w alt., no. 1880. 



* P. umbvicola D. C. C. nov. spec. 



Foliis modice petioiatis ovatis basi ima subacutis apice acuminatis, 5-nerviis, primum apicem versus 

 margine ciliolatis dein omnino glabris; pedunculis in axilla folii binis-lernis petiolos aequantibus glabris, 

 spicis matiiris quam folioum limbi pauUo brevioribus densifloris, bractea orbiculari centro pedicellata, 

 antheris ellipticis, ovario emerso obovato pauilo sub apice stigmatifero, bacca globosa verruculoso- 

 glandulosa, stigmate glabro. 



Herba basi stnlonifera caulibus erectis glabris in sicco complanatis inferne usque ad 4 iiini crassis. 

 Folia alterna. Limbi in sicco membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati usque ad 40 tum longi et 24 mm 

 lati. Petioli circiter (3 ;;/»/ longi. Pedunculi bracteolis acutis fulti in folii axilla 2 — 3. .Spicae bacciferae 25 mm 

 longae 1 mm crassae, in sicco tlavicantes. Bacca sine pseudocupula rhachidis processu conico ea breviore 

 insidens. 



Upolu: in silvis primaevis partis superioris montis Lanutoo, Angusto, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 2510. 



*ß ylahi-ioi: 



Foliis ellipticis basi acutis apice acuminatis, omnino glabris. Limbi usque ad üO mm longi et 28 nun 

 lati. 



Upolu: in silvis prope Tiavi, in umbrosis lapides obtegens, planta erecta, Maio, K. et L. Rechinger. 



* Pcpcrouüa Eiullicheri. Mig. in Hook., Lond. Journ , Bot., V, 4, p. 418. 

 Savaii: in ripis prope Aopo, Julio, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 1894. 



Pepcromia Rcineckei C. D. C. in K. Schum. Schutzgeb. FL, p. 225. 



Savaii : in pelvi fluvii exsiccati prope Patamea, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 80; in silvis prope .-Xopo circa 

 500—600;« alt., Julio, no. 1895; Upolu: in silvis umbrosis prope Tiavi, in solo,, planta erecta, no. 364. 



B. Folia opposita. 



* Pepcromia leptostachya Hook, et Arn, in Beech., Bot., p. 96 



Savaii: Aopo-Maungaafi, circa 500— 1000 wz alt., Julio, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 73; supra pagum Aopo, 

 500 — 600 m alt., in terra, no. 703; prope Aopo in terra, no. 673; in silvis prope Sassina, in terra, no. 122; 

 in muris lapidibus constructis prope pagum Asau, no. 1896. 



C. Folia verticillata. 



* Pepcromia samoensis Warb, in Engl. Bot., Jahrb., V, 25, p. 611. 



Upolu: in monte Lanutoo in terra, circa 500—600 m alt., Augusto, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 1785; in 

 silvis primaevis montis Lanutoo, no. 251 1; silvis primaevis prope Tiavi ad rivulos, no. 362; Savaii in silvis 

 primaevis, in monte ignivomo Maungaafi circa 1300 ;// alt., Julio, no. 046. 



* Peperomla Mechimferlae C. D. C. nov. spec. 



Glabra foliis ternis modice petioiatis e basi cuneata obovatis in sicco utrinque nigropunctulatis, 

 5 nerviis nervuloque mai'ginali ab apice ultra medium decurrente; spicis 1 — 3 in eadem axilla, sub- 



