Peperomia PIPER ACE^ 11 



elliptical, long-stalked, younger leaves puberulous underneath, 

 especially at base and apex and along median nerve ; spikes 

 2 terminal. — Griseb. op. clt. 166 ; C. DC. in JJrh. Symb. Ant. in. 

 251 & iv. 190, non Dahlst. P. producta Griseb. op. cit. 166 

 (1859); Dahlst. op. cit. 72, t. II. 16. Saururus hederaceus &c. 

 Plum. op. cit. 51, t. 67. Piper distachyon L. Sp. PI. 30 (1753) ; 

 Sw. Obs. Bot. 21. 



On trees and rocks ; Sivartz 1 Macfadyen ! Nock ! J.P. 1251, Morris ! 

 Colthirst River ; Whitfield Hall woodland, 4000 ft. ; Cinchona ; Harris I 

 Fl. Jam. 5635, 8346 ; Union Hill, near Moneague, Britton d Hollich, 2727 ! 

 Mabess River, 2000 ft., G. Nichols 1 



Stem climbing or creeping and rooting at nodes, glabrous or sparingly 

 puberulous. Leaves roundish or obtuse and sometimes emarginate at 

 base, apex acuminate, acute, 3-5 cm. br. ; stalk puberulous towards apex, 

 3-9 cm. 1. Spikes, rhachis fleshy, dense-flowered, 3-4 cm. 1., l*2-l"5mm. 

 br. ; bracts small, "3- -4 mm. br., 4 about same level on one side; spike- 

 bearing branches 1*5-3 cm. 1. ; peduncles '5-2 cm. 1. Berries -8 mm. 1., 

 narrowly ellipsoidal; beak subulate, slightly curved, nearly as long as 

 berry. 



Dahlstedt identifies P. distachyon L. with a Brazilian species, but as 

 Plumier states that he collected his plant in S. Domingo, we agree with 

 C. de CandoUe that Linnseus's species, which was founded on Plumier's, 

 is the West Indian one. 



C. Leaves icith petiole attached at margin. 



16. P. serpens Loud. Hort. Brit. 13 (1830), (non C. DC.) ; 

 leaves deltoid-roundish, puberulous ; spikes fleshy, somewhat dense- 

 flowered. — Griseb. op. cit. 164. P. scandens Buiz & Pav. Fl. 

 Per. i. 32, t. 51, b. (1798) ; C. DC. torn. cit. 248 k iv. 190. 

 P. repens Kunth torn. cit. 65 (1816) ; Griseb. op. cit. 165 ; Dahlst. 

 op. cit. 79, t. II. 18-20. P. reniformis Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 164 (1825). 

 Piper longum minimum &c. Sloane Cat. 45 & Hist. i. 137. Piper 

 serpens Sw. Prodr. 16 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 69, P. bracteatum 

 Thomps. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 203, t. 21, /. 2 (1808). 



On trees, rocks and walls ; " between Guanaboa and Col. Bourden's 

 plantation " Sloane Herb. ii. 90 1 Sivartz ! near Louisburg, St. IMary, 

 McNab ! J.P. 957, 1294 Morris ! Brandon Hill, 700 ft., TJunnpson ! Ramble 

 and Belvedere, Hanover, 500 ft., Fawcett ! Golden Valley, St. Thomas, 

 600 ft. ; Newmarket, 1150 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5455, 8100, 8361, 9954, 

 10,077 ; Hansen ; near Moneague, Britton, 2635 ! — Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto 

 Rico, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Nicaragua, Colombia, Guiana, 

 Brazil, Peru. 



Stem climbing or creeping indefinitely and rooting, puberulous. 

 Leaves 9-17 mm. 1., 9-20 mm. br. ; stalk -5-2 cm. 1. Spikes terminal or 

 at tips of very short branches opposite leaves or sometimes axillary ; 

 rhachis 8-15 cm. 1., 1-1-5 mm.br.; bracts 2-3 about same level on one 

 side, •3-'4 mm. br. ; peduncle with one scale at base, 5-10 mm. 1., 

 puberulous. Berries cylindrical-oblong, minutely punctulate, attached 

 horizontally, very shortly stalked, -7- '8 mm. 1.; beak awl-shaped, f to f 

 length of berry. 



