﻿BerteroancE. N. O. Piperace^t 



TAB. XCI. 



Peperomia margaritifera. 



Simplex erecta, caule incrassato, foliis obovato-lanceolatis petio- 

 latis venosis subtus praecipue pubescentibus, spiels axillaribus 

 fasciculatis pedunculatis bracteatis folio 3-plo brevioribus. 

 Peperomia margaritifera. Bert. 3ISS. i?i Herb. Hook. 

 Hab. In rocky shadj places on the more elevated mountains 

 of Juan Fernandez. Beriero. 



A most distinct and entirely new species of Peperomia; for 

 which I have thought it my duty to preserve the name given by 

 the excellent discoverer; although it may be difficult, in die 

 dried state of the plant, to guess at the meaning of the specific 

 appellation. Perhaps the curious little clusters of spikes, sup- 

 ported on their delicate and slender stalks, may, in the living 

 state, resemble small bunches of pearls. 



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