152 cxiii. PiPERACE-E (bakei? AND wrigiit). [Pepevoinia. 



Mozamb. Bist. (ierman East Africa: South Uluguru, amongst moss on tree- 

 stems, 3500-5500 ft., Goetze, 183. 

 Native name " clinjidanrjago." 



12. P. fernandopoiana, C. DC. in. Journ. Bot. 18GG, 134, excL 

 var. a. Perennial. tStems trailing at the base, branching and rooting, 

 slender, glabrous, J-2 ft. long. Leaves alternat ■ distinctly petioled, 

 lanceolate, 1-2 in, long, acuminate, rounded towards but acute at the 

 base, moderately firm, obscurely 5-nerved from the base, glabrous. 

 Spikes axillary and terminal, shortly peduncled, very slender, 1-2 in. 

 long ; peduncle glabrous ; rhachis slightly pitted ; bracts round, peltate, 

 glabrous. Berry ovoid, J lin. long, shortly stipitate ; stigma terminal. 

 — P. fernandopoana, C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. o97. P. Staudt'd^ 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. oGl. 



Upper Guinea. Camcroons: Lolodorf, iS/at^-?^, 175 ! Fernando Po, 1300 ft., 

 Mann, 39-4 I 



13. P. vaccinifolia, C. DC. in En<jl. Jalirh. xix. 226. Stems 

 trailing and rooting in the lower part, then ascending, glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, shortly petioled, oblong-obovate, \-\\ in, long, obtuse, some- 

 times emarginate at the apex, narrowed gradually from the middle to 

 the base, membranous when dry, subpellucid, finely punctate, glabrous 

 on both surfaces, 5-nerved from near the base ; midrib distinct nearly 

 to the apex ; lateral veins fine, obscure. Spikes distinctly peduncled, 

 lateral and terminal, 1 in. or more long, dense ; bracts orbicular, 

 peltate, subsessile; rhachis glabrous, distinctly pitted. Berry globose, 

 obscurely stipitate, \ lin. long ; stigma terminal, oblique. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Sugarloaf Mountain, Barter ! Scott-Blliot, 

 5755 ! Cameroons : Buena, 5000-6000 ft., Preuss, 87oA ! 



14. P. goetzeana, Eugl. Jahrb. xxviii. 375. A lai-ge herb. Stems 

 decumbent; lower internodes 10 lin, long, 3 lin, in diam. ; branches 

 erect, thick, rather densely leafy. Leaves thick, coriaceous, alternate, 

 subspathulate-oblong or obovate-oblong, 1-H in. long, 7-9 lin. wide, 

 quite glabrous, slightly narrowed to the base ; midrib prominent ; 

 petiole about 3 lin. long. Spikes terminal on the primary and 

 secondary branches ; peduncles longer than the leaves, but shorter 

 than the spikes ; bracts suborbicular, peltate, subsessile. Ovary sub- 

 globose ; stigma terminal. 



Mozamb. Dlst. Cierman Kast Africa : CcntralUlugnru ; on the Lukwangula 

 Plateau, 8000 ft., Goefze, 296. 



Native name, " mAarasch." 



15. P. Stuhlmannii, C. DC. in En(/l. Jahrb. xix. 225. Stems 

 rooting from the nodes, glabrous, 1 lin. in diam. Leaves alternate, 

 shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, above 2 in. lon^, narrowed from the 

 middle to both ends, subpellucid, triplinerved, glabrous. Spikes 

 peduncled, dense, 2 in. long ; rhachis pitted ; bracts orbicular. Ovary 



