22 H. DAHLSTEDT. STUDIEN ÜBBB SÜD- UXI) CENTKAI.AMERIKANISCHE PEl'EKOMIEN. 



versus setulis albis, crassis + obsita, subtus seraper glabra, infima vulgo omnino glabra. 

 Apex sivpe emarginulatus et hoc loco densius et brevius hispidulus. Folia stolonum 

 minuta, orbicularia, apice eruarginulata, basi saepe cordulata. Bacccv nigricantes, anguste 

 obovata-, longe pedicellatse pedicello baccam fere aequante (v. superante), in utraque latere 

 costulis binis conspiouis notatse, stylo crasso basi discoideo, apice conico-curvato stigma 

 papillosum ferente- 



Distributio geographica: Cuba (Wright n:o 523 in Hb. DO.)- — Jamaica inter muscos collium editorum 

 (Ilalbis 11:0 2659 ex. Hb. Spreng, in Hb. Krug & Urb.); supra truncos prsecipue putridos in muscos 

 dependens, in montibus frigidis (Sw. 1. c, spec. auth. in Hb. Stockbolm. asservata!; W. Wilson n:o 466 

 in IIb. Gris.); Catbarines peak ad 4000' (Eggers Fl. Ind. occ. exs. n:o 3652 in Hb. Krug & Urb.). — 

 Guadeloupe, ubi interduni epifytica in arbusculis prati raontis sulpburigeri (Richard in Herb. Francov. 

 sec. C. DC); inter muscos ad arbores in Silvia bumidis ad Cbeniin du Malonba a la savane aux Ananas 

 alt. 890—950 m. (P. Duss, Herb de la Guadeloupe et depend. n:o 3248 in Hb. Krug & Urb.) — 

 Venezuela pr. col. Tovar (Fendler n:o 1818 p. p. in Hb. Gris.). 



fi glabra C. DC. 1. c. 



A preeedente foliis longioribus, ovato-lanceolatis, sensim attenuatis, apice lato, obtuso, 

 emarginulato excepto, glabris distineta. Ceterum ubiqne glabra v. caule interdum rarissime 

 et vix conspicue hispidula. Speciminibus venezuelanis parcius pilosis cum f. primaria 

 connexa. 



Distributio geographica: Venezuela prope Tovar (Fendler n:o 1818 p. p. in Hb. Gris.), inter Maracai et 

 Choroni (Fendler n:o 1818 in Hb. DC). — Brasilia, Mautiquira (Sellow n:o 5921 et 5978 p. p. in 

 Hb. Berol., cum P. distante mixta). — Cuba orientalis (Wright n:o 523 in Hb. Gris. et in Hb. Krug 



& Urb.). 



2. P. tovariaua C. DC 

 Prodr. 16: 1, p. 404, 1869- 

 Distributio geographica: Venezuela prope coloniam Tovar (Fendler n:o 1168 in Hb. DC). 



Verosimile praecedente valde affinis et fortasse solum ejusdem varietas. Foliis 

 latioribus, amentis tenuibus, valde remotifloris ramisque sp&rsis a P. tenella praeeipue 

 diversa. 



3. P. emargiuella (Sav.) C. DC 



Prodr. 16: 1, p. 437, 1869; Hensch. Etudes Pep. p. 23, 1873; Peperomia exilis, 

 Gris. Fl. W. Ind. p. 164, 1864; C, DC. Prodr. 16: 1, p. 397, 1869. — Piper ematgindlum 

 Sw. in Wikström, Fl. Cuadeloupensis p. 56, 1827; Sw. Adnot. bot. p. 2, 1829. — Acro- 

 carpuJiniii t.nb: Miq. Syst. Pip. p. 56, 1843. 



Fig. Henschen 1. c. T. I, fig. 6 (flos). — Fig. nostra: Tab. I, fig. 4; Tab. IV, fig. 4. 



Folia omnia alterna, orbicularia v. obverse subreniformia, apice truncata v. eraar- 

 ginulata, basi late rotimdato-subcuneata v. interdum levissime cordulata, marginibus pilis 

 hyalinis, basi crassis, rigidiusculis remote et sat longe ciliata, supra parce et sat longe 



