Peperomia PIPERACE^ 13 



Stem very long, branching, hanging from trees in lengths of 3 ft. and 

 more with internodes 4 or 5 cm. 1., or growing in peat and rooting along 

 the main stem with erect branches with internodes 1 or 2 cm. 1. Leaves 

 thin-membranous (when dry), 5-plinerved, 3-6 cm. l.^l'S cm.br.; stalk 

 1-3 mm. 1. Spikes solitary, terminal and axillary ; rhachis somewhat lax- 

 flowered, 11-12 cm. 1.; bracts "5 mm. br., 2-4 about the same level on 

 one side ; peduncles 4-6 mm. 1. Berries '8 mm. 1., apical appendage round 

 and wiug-like, nearly as broad as berry. 



20. P. alata Buiz & Pav. torn. cit. 31, t. 48, fig. b. (1798); 

 plant glabrous, without black dots ; stem with three narrow 

 glabrous wings, of which two are decurrent fi'om the petioles ; 

 leaves elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate ; petiole glabrous. — 3Iiq. 

 op. cit. 87 ; Hensch. op. cit. 40, t. IV. f. 5 ; Dahlst. op. cit. 109 ; 

 C. DC. torn. cit. 241 &, iv. 189, P. pterocaulis Miq. op. cit. 86 

 (1843). P. dendrophila Griseb. op. cit. 105 (1859) (in part). 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



On rocks in woodland ; Purdie ! Wilson ; Wullschlaegel ; Kentucky 

 HiU, Bluefields, 2000-2500 ft.; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 10,203.— Cuba, His- 

 paniola, Porto Rico, St. Cruz, Grenada, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, 

 Brazil, Peru. 



Plant erect, 15-30 cm. high. Leaves 3-nerved with two accessory 

 nerves; blade 4-5-7 cm. 1., 2-2-5cm.br.; petioles -5 cm. 1. Spikes 1-2 

 terminal, solitary axillary ; rhachis slightly fleshy, dense - flowered, 

 6-14 cm. il., to 1*5 mm. br. ; bracts -5 mm. br., 3 on about same level on 

 one side ; peduncles 3-6 mm. 1. Berries bent upwards so as to appear to 

 be attached laterally, •5--6mm. 1. ; apical appendage projecting slightly 

 above berry. 



21. P. dendpophila Schlechtend. in Linnsea v. 74 (1830) ; plant 

 glabrous without black dots ; stem with two inconspicuous ribs 

 decurrent fi'ora the petioles ; leaves broadly elliptical ; petioles 

 glabrous. — Griseh. op. cit. 165 (in part). (Fig. 1, G.) 



On trees ; Wilson ! J.P. 1265, Hart I Latimer, Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8330. — Porto Rico, Mexico. 



Stem erect or decumbent, rooting at the modes, branching. Leaves 

 triplinerved with two accessory nerves, 3-7 cm. 1., 1-5-3-5 cm. br. ; petioles 

 5-8 mm. 1. Spikes 1-3 terminal, solitary axillary ; rhachis fleshy, dense- 

 flowered, 5-11 cm. 1., to 2 mm. br. ; bracts -4- -5 mm. br., 3-4 about same 

 level on one side; peduncles 1-2*5 cm. 1. Berries -6- -8 mm. 1., bent so 

 as to appear to be attached laterally. 



22. P. Hamiltoniana Miq. in Hooh. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 417 

 (1845); glabrous, without black dots; leaves elliptical, very 

 shortly stalked, 2-3*5 cm. 1.— 6\ DC. in Urb. Symb. Ant. 237. 

 Type in Herb. Kew. 



Macfadyenl (Miquel quotes Purdie in error). — St. Cruz, Colombia. 



About a foot high, erect, dichotomously branching. Leaves crowded at 

 apex of branches, cuneate at base, decurrent into the petiole and stem, 

 somewhat attenuated at the apex and rather obtuse, 3-nerved with two 

 accessory nerves, lower leaves rhomboid-elliptical or subovate-rhomboid, 

 with numerous pellucid dots, 13-16 mm. br. ; stalks 3 mm. Spikes ter- 

 minal, solitary, dense-flowered ; rhachis slightly fleshy, 4-7 cm. 1, ; bracts 



