Feperomia.] cxiii. piperace.e (baker and wright). 153 



ovoid, obtuse, dotted with yellowish glands; stigma minute, fleshy, 

 oblique. 



xTlle l^and. Uganda : Ruwenzori, at the edge of woods, 6000-7000 ft., StuhU 

 mann, 2485. 



IG. P. abyssinick, J/i^'. in Hook. Lond.Jomni.Bot.iv. (1845), 419. 

 Stems trailing widely, rooting and leafless at the base, succulent, 

 glabrous ; lowest internodes 1-2 J in. long ; nodes thickened. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, alternate, oblong, 1-2 in. long by half as broad, 

 narrowed to an obtuse point, cuneate at the base, firm, opaque, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, triplinerved ; midrib distinct ; side nerves 

 obscure. Spikes terminal and lateral, shortly peduncled, 1-1 J in. long ; 

 rhachis glabrous, not pitted ; bracts orbicular, peltate, glabrous. 

 Stamens 2 ; filaments very short ; anthers globose. Ovary ellipsoid, 

 sessile ; style terminal.— A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 274 ; C. DC. 

 in DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 405 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 188 ; 

 Schweini'. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, ii. 115. 



ITile I.an(l. Eritrea : :\rount Bizcn, 6200 ft., Schiveinftirth Sf Riva, 2074 ! 

 2075 ! Abyssinia : Dsolian (Jan) Medn, 8000-9000 ft., Schimper, 1189 ! Mascliila 

 Valley, between Debra Dsclioa and Abu Mekanna, Schimper, 1319 ! 



17. P. bueana, C. DC. in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 227. Stems trailing, 

 rooting from the nodes ; branches slightly hairy, | lin. in diam. Leaves 

 alternate, distinctly petioled, the upper ovate-oblong, under 1 in. long 

 and J in. wide, lower smaller, suborbicular, obtuse and cuspidate at the 

 apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces, triplinerved ; 

 lateral nerves faint. Spikes terminal, apparently monoecious, as long 

 as the leaves ; bracts orbicular, peltate. Ovary ovoid-oblong, very 

 shortly stalked ; stigma terminal, pilose. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: -woods between Buena and Mamis fountain, 

 l^reuss, 603. 



18. 'P.'ifL2inxi\\yHook.f.exC.DC.inDC.Prodr.xv\.iA^2. Annual. 

 Stems creeping and rooting at the base, then ascending to a height of 

 8-4 in., very slender, glabrous. Leaves alternate, distinctly petioled, 

 orbicular or oblong, ^-J in. long, obtuse, acute at the base, thin, mem- 

 branous, glabrous, triplinerved from the base ; midrib distinct ; side 

 nerves obscure ; petiole glabrous. Spikes terminal and lateral, shortly 

 peduncled, very slender, 1-2 in. long; rhachis pitted, glabrous; bracts 

 orbicular, peltate, glabrous. Ovary sessile, globose ; stigma punctiform, 

 oblique. 



Upper Cuinea. Cameroons : Cair.eroon Mountain, on trees, 7000 ft., Manila 

 2016! 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Masuka Plateau, 650O— 

 7000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 (t., Whyte! 



Yav. fernandoj)oana , CDC. I.e. Upper leaves elliptic-orbicular. 

 Upper Guinea. Feruaudo Po, 1600 ft., Mann, 291 ! 



