4 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Peperomia 



Leaves not decurrent. 

 Spikes about as long a& leaves. 



Spikes thick 5. P. hascllifolia. 



Spikes slender 6. P. talinifolia. 



Spikes 2 or 3 times as long as leaves, 

 slender. 



Leaves narrowly oblong 19. P. Harrisii. 



Leaves elliptical 24. P. gtiadaloupensis. 



II. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, 4 or 5. 



A. Leaves generally opposite, but sometimes 



whorled. 



1. Leaves large, more than 2-5 cm. 1., lan- 



ceolate. 

 Spikes thick and fleshy. Leaves 



7-5-nerved 35. P. septemnervis. 



Spikes thin. Leaves 8-nerved. 



Margin of leaves not ciliate 28. P. stellata. 



Margin of leaves ciliate 29. P. blanda. 



2. Leaves small, less than 2*5 cm. 1. 



Leaves round and, with stem, densely 



villose 30. P. harhata. 



Leaves linear or obovate-oblong 25. P. flliformis. 



B. Leaves 3 in' a whorl, elliptical. Stem 



hispidulous. Spike filiform, thin 37. P. discolor. 



C. Leaves 3-5 in a whorl. 



Leaves obovate, emarginate, glabrous. 



Spikes fleshy 34. P. qtiadrifolia. 



Leaves not emarginate. 

 Rhachis hirtellous. Leaves roundish or 



rhombeo-elliptical 33. P. rcflexa. 



Rhachis not hirtellous. 

 Spikes somewhat fleshy. 

 Leaves lanceolate, or elliptical-lan- 

 ceolate, indistinctly 3-nerved... 31. P. Myrtillus. 



Leaves obovate-subrhomboid 32. P. polystachya. 



Spikes thin. 

 Leaves '5-2 cm. 1. 



Leaves with brownish dots under- 

 neath 26. P. galioides. 



Leaves without brownish dots ... 27. P. verticillata. 

 Leaves 2-5 cm. 1. 

 Leaves opposite or 3-5 in a whorl. 



Margin of leaves not ciliate ... 28. P. stellata. 



Margin of leaves ciliate 29. P. blanda. 



Leaves 4 in a whorl 36. P. rhomboides. 



§ 1. Berries .stalked, setose, mucronate, with stigma terminal. 

 Leaves alternate. 



1. P. hispidula A. Dietr. Sp. PI. i. 165 (1831); leaves 

 roundish, with a few hairs above ; spikes filiform, not fleshy, 

 lax-flowered, bracts inconspicuous ; berries stalked, stalk nearly 

 as long as beny. — Grtscb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 165; C. DC. in Symh. 

 Ant. in. 223; var. Swartziana Daliht. Stud. 13, t. I. f. 3 (1900). 

 Piper hispidulum Svo. Prodr. 15 (1788), Fl. Ind. Occ. 63 & Icon. 



