14 FLORA OF JAMAICA Peperomia 



elliptical and roundish, 2-3 about same level on one side, '6 mm. br. ; 

 ovaries obtuse with stigma below the apex ; peduncles 2-5 mm. 1. 



23. P. glabella A. Dietr. torn. cit. 156 (1831); plant covered 

 with black dots ; stem with two inconspicuous ribs decurrent 

 from the petioles and sometimes ciliate ; apex of leaves and 

 petioles sometimes ciliate. — Miq. Syst. Pip. 97 ; Griseb. op. cit. 

 165 ; Daliht. op. cit. 121 ; G. DC. torn. cit. 235 & iv. 188. Piper 

 glabellum Sw. Prodr. 16 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 68. P. scandens 

 Sw. Prodr. 16 (1788). 



In stony places and on walls ; Wright ! Swartz 1 Moneague, Prwr ; 

 March I Mount Dakin ; near Browns Town, 1200 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 5685, 7173. — Cuba, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Antigua, Martinique, Dominica, 

 Grenada, Trinidad. 



Stem creeping and rooting, slender, terete, flowering branches ascend- 

 ing. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, indistinctly 

 triplinerved, sometimes with two accessory nerves, blade generally 

 2*5-4 cm. 1., 1*3-1 "8 cm. br. ; petiole '5-1 cm. 1. Spikes filiform, some- 

 what dense-flowered, 1-3 together terminal, and solitary axillary, slightly 

 fleshy with shallow elliptical depressions, 5-7 cm. 1. ; bracts * 4- • 7 mm. br. 

 Berries -5- '7 mm. 1., slightly curved upwards and attached somewhat 

 laterally at the base ; apical appendage projecting above berry about *2 mm. 



Var. caulibarbis var. nmj. ; leaves broader than in the species 

 and often broadly ovate to ovate-elliptical, apex blunt to acute, 

 7-nerved, the upper nerves starting from above the base, blade 

 generally 3-5 cm. 1., 1*5-2 '5 cm. br., petiole relatively shorter 

 than in the species ; stem stouter, spike a little thicker than in 

 the species.— P. caulibarbis Miq. Syst. 98 (1843) ; C. DC. in DC. 

 Prodr. xvi.pt. 1, 409 ; Dahht. Stud. 117. 



On walls and trees ; near Mabess River, 4000 ft. ; road. Black River to 

 Newmarket, 150 ft. ; edge of Great Morass, Negril ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 8386, 9940, 10,246.— Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Vincent, Brazil. 



Var. jimenesana C. DC. in TJrh. Symb. Ant. Hi. 236 ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 5-plinerved, 3-5 cm. 1., 1-1 • 7 cm. br. ; 

 petiole "4- '8 cm. 1. 



Bog Walk, Fawcctt ! Fl. Jam. 8133. — Hispaniola, Trinidad, Costa Rica 

 (fide C. DC). 



24. P. guadaloupensis C. DC. in Seem. Journ. Bot. iv. 139 

 (1866) ; glabrous ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate to obovate-elliptical, 

 at base cuneate, apex obtuse, with black dots especially under- 

 neath ; spikes slender, two or three times as long as leaves. — 

 C. DC. in Urb. Symb. Ant. Hi. 239 & DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 416. 

 P. acuminata Griseb. op. cit. 165 (in part). P. myrtifolia 

 Dahht. Stud. 124 (in part). Piper tenuiflorum Vahl in West 

 Bidr. Ste. Croix, 286 (1793) (specimen in Herb. Banks). 



Wilson. — Cuba, St. Cruz, Guadeloupe, Guatemala. 



Leaves 3-plinerved with an indistinct accessory nerve on each side, 

 3*5-5 cm. 1., 1*8-2*3 cm.br.; stalks 2-5 mm. 1. Spikes 2-3 terminal, 



