KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND. 33. N:0 2. 63 



jJistributio geographica: Jamaica (Wullschbegel n:o 1371 in Hb. Monac. et in Hb. Gris.). — Venezuela, 

 Caracas (Hb. Willd. n:o 715), ad Bananariver in rupestribus, 1700' (Eggers, Fl. Ind. occ. exs. n:o 3449 

 in Hb. Krug & Urb.). — America sine loco accur. edito (Herb. Willd. n:o 713). Spec. culta ex 

 Hort. Berol. & Monac. vidi. 



6. P. cuneifolia (Jacq.) Miq. 



Peperomia amplexifolia Link. Jahrb. T. I; A. Dietr. Sp. pl. v. 1, p. 145, 1831; 

 C. DC. Prodr. 16: 1, p. 426, 1869. — Peperomia amplexiacaulis tc Swartziana Gris. Fl. 

 West.-Ind. occ. p. 166, 1864. — Peperomia cuneifolia Miq. Syst. Pip. p. 194, 1843. — 

 Piper cuneifolium Jacq. coli. v. 4, p. 127; Vahl Enum. v. 1, p. 340, 1804. — Piper 

 amplexifolium Link. Enum. T. I, p. 89. 



Fig. Piper cuneifolium Jacq. Coli. IV, Tab. 214. — Fig. nostra: Tab. II, fig. 6. 



Folia longe spathulata — ovato-spathulata (v. etiam obovato-oblonga), basi longe 

 cuneata, sensim in petiolura brevissinium, late alatum v. profunde canaliculatum et basi 

 subauriculatum, vix v. leviter amplectentem decurrentia, apice late rotundata v. subacuta 

 breviter protracta, seque ac caulis + lsete viridia, numquain rubro-variegata, carnosa, 

 crassa. Amenta gracilia, elongata, apice caulis 2 — 3-jugata, lateralia bractea evoluta, mox 

 decidua suffulta. Bractea ut in P. magnoliwfolia f. genuina, diluta. Baccce ovato-globosa?. 

 Processus baccaä sat validus, curvatus, fere diraidiam partem bacca? sequans. 



Distributio geographica: Jamaica (Piper cuneifolium! Bonpl. dedit. in Hb. Berol.; Marcb. n:o 1400 s. n. 

 Peperomia amplexicaulis Dietr. ß augustifolia Jacq. in Hb. Gris.); Guava Ridge in rupestribus, 2000' 

 (Eggers, Fl. Ind. occ. exs. n:o 3731 in Hb. Krug & Urb. et n:o 3705 in Hb. Haf'n.); ad Flamstead in 

 saxis, 3000' (Eggers, Fl. Ind. occ. exs. n:o 3513 in Hb. Krug & Urb.); in rupibus ad Bananariver, 

 1200' (Eggers, Fl. Ind. occ. exs. n:o 3449 in Hb. Krug & Urb.). 



7. P. amplexicaulis (Sw.) A. Dietr. 



Peperomia amplexicaulis A. Dietr. Sp. pl. I: 1, p. 144, 1831; Miq. Syst. Pip. p. 196, 

 1843; Gris. Fl. West. Ind. p. 166 (excl. v. « & ß), 1864; C. DC. Prodr. 16: 1, p. 425 

 (excl. v. ß). — Piper amplexicaule Swartz, Prodr. Fl. Ind. occ. p. 16, 1788; Fl. Ind. occ. 

 T. I, p. 17; Vahl Enum. V. I, p. 338, 1804. 



Fig. nostra: Tab. II, flg. 7. 



Folia lanceolato-spathulata usque lineari-lanceolata, cito in apicem brevem — medio- 

 criter longum, obtusum attenuata, raro emarginata, basi in petiolum margine lato — 

 latissimo sensim decurrentia, srepius inferiore parte marginibus fere parallelis et ima basi 

 subito auriculato-contracta, petiolo brevissimo v. subnullo, plerumque amplexicaulia, costa 

 valida. Amenta apice caulis solitaria v. bijugata, lateralia bracteolis suffulta, gracilia, 

 elongata, pedunculo breviusculo gracili. Bractea rotundata, magnitudine ut in P. magnolice- 

 folia. Baccce obovato-cylindrica', duplo longiores quam lata?, apice scutulo depresso, postice 

 in processum subrectum, patentem, subtriangularem, acutum, quintam — sextam partem 

 baccie longitudinis fere «quantem protracto. 



