KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAK. BAND. 33. X:o 2. L25 



Caulis succnlentus, erectus, + ramosus, basi radicans, foliia decurrentibüs 2-alato- 

 eostulatus, interne glaber, superne in costulis, prsesertiin ad nodos sparsim ciliatus. 

 Folia breve petiolata, alterna, plerumque opaca, rigid ula, supra obscure viridia, glabra, 

 subtus pallidiora et sajpe violascentüa, sparsim — erebrius et longinscule pilosa, mar- 

 ginibus praesertim ad apicem + ciliata, vulgo parva, inferiora + spathulata v. obovata, 

 intermedia obovato-oblonga — breviter lingulata v. elliptica, apice obtnsa — obtusiuscula 

 v. subrotundata, stepe emarginulata, summa magis elliptieo- v. ovato-lanceolata v. cum 

 intermediis eonformia, apice obtnsa — subrotundata v. vulgo in apicem obtusiusculum 

 levissime protracta, basi longe euneato-acuta, 3 — 5-nervia, nervis exterioribus subtilibus, 

 interioribus validioribus, fere ad apicem ductis, mediano percurrente, supra subimpressis, 

 subtus + prominulis, flavescentibus. Amenta solitaria, terminalia, folium 3 — 5-plo supe- 

 rantia, laxiflora, pallida, subgracilia, apice attenuata, rachi leviter puberula. Bractea 

 pallida, subrotundata. Baccce ovato-globoste, viscido-papillosae, apice scutello obliquo, 

 subplano, postice obtuse protracto, medio stigmatit'ero auctie. 



Distributio geographica: Cuba orientali pr. vilhun Monte Verde dictara (Wright. PI. cub. Wrightianse n:o 511 

 in Hb. Boias. et n:o 511 et 1088 in Hb. DG. 

 Costa Rica (Polakowsky n:o 20G p.p. in Hb. Berol.). 



in Hb. Boiss. et n:o 511 et 1088 in Hb. DG. nee non in Hb. Gris. et Hb. Krug & Urb.). 



Sectio ii. VerticillataB Dabist. 



Subsectio A. Leptophyllae Dabist. 



1. P. aiiformis (Sw.) A. Dietr. 



/'. füiformis A. Dietr. Sp. v. 1, p. 177 (non Kuiz & Pav.). — P. Swartziana Miq. 

 Syst, p. 155, 1843; Gris. Fl. West. Ind. occ, p. 167 (p.p. quoad syn. Sw.), 1864; C. DC. 

 Prodi-. 16: 1, p. 466, 186!). — P. linearis C. DC. in Seein. Journ. bot., p. 145; C. DC. 

 Prodr. 16: 1, p. 463, 1869; C. DC. in Mem. de la Soc. de Phys. T. 27, sec. partie, p. 310, 

 1881. — Piper filiforme Sw. Prodr. Fl. Ind. occ, p. 16, 17b8; Sw. Fl. Ind. occ, p. 73, 

 1797; Vahl, enum.' v. 1, p. 351, 1804; Willd., Sp. v. 1, p. 169. 



Fig.: Sw. Ic Fl. ind.; C. DC. Mem. etc. pl. V. 



Distributio geographica: Jamaica (Swartz in Uli. Stockholm., Purdie in IIb. Gris.). — Venezuela, prope 

 eoloniam Tovar (Moritz in Hb. Berol., Fendler n:o 1170 in Hb. G. DC.), Caracas (Gallnicr n:o 333 in 

 Hb. Berol.). — Ecuador in Andibus quitens. in silvis supra arbores et saxa alt. 8000 p. (Jameson, 

 PI. sequinoct. n:o 89 in Hb. G. DC.). 



Miquel hat in Syst, Pip. unnötigerweise diese Art umgetauft, denn Swartz' Name 

 Piper filiforme (Prodr. Fl. Ind. occ. 1788 und Fl. Ind. occ. 1797) ist älter als Ruiz' und 

 Pavon's Name Peperomia filiformis, welche Art also einen anderen und den nächst 



