Pe2)eromia PIPER ACEiE 15 



solitary axillary, rhachis somewhat lax-flowered, 6-11 cm. 1. ; bracts 

 •5- "6 mm. br., round or elliptical, 1-3 about same level on one side; 

 peduncles '5-1 cm. 1. Berries 'l-'S mm. 1., apical appendage somewhat 

 acute. 



B. Leaves opposite or ichorled. 



25. P. flliformis A. Dietr. Sp. PL 177 (1831) (non Buiz & 

 Pav.) ; leaves opposite, 3-4 in a whorl at apex of branches, 

 small, linear or obovate-oblong ; spikes fleshy. — DaJilst. Stud. 125 

 (excl. syii. P. linearis C. DC.) ; C. DC. in Vrh. Symh. Ant. Hi. 261. 

 P. Swartziana Miq. Syst. Pip. 155 (1843); Griseb. op. cit. 167 

 (excl. habitat Porto Rico). Piper filiforme Siv. Prodr. 16 (1788), 

 Icon. t. 5 &, Fl. Ind. Occ. 73. Type in Herb. Stockholm. 



Amongst mosses on decaying logs; Brmcghtonl Catherine Peak, 

 Swartz ! Purdie ; Green Hill Wood ; Morse's Gap, 4900-5000 ft. ; near 

 Vinegar Hill, 4200 ft. ; Hardware Gap ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7781, 7969, 8319, 

 8333, 10,126 ; Hardware Gap, 4000 ft. ; G. Nichols ! 



Stem filiform, creeping, glabrous. Leaves 5-12 mm. 1., l'5-3 mm. br., 

 pellucid (when dry), apex obtuse, base acute, apex with a few scattered 

 hairs on the upper surface ; stalk 2-3 mm. 1. Spikes terminal, rhachis 

 with shallow depressions, dense-flowered, 1-1*5 cm. 1. ; bracts 5-6 mm. br., 

 1-2 visible about same level ; peduncles glabrous, 4-5 mm. 1. Berries 

 •6 mm. 1., bent upwards so as to appear to be attached laterally ; apical 

 appendage small, ovate-roundish. 



26, P. galioides Kunth in JS. B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 71 

 (1816) ; stem erect, puberulous on younger branches ; leaves 6-4 

 in a whorl, subsessile, obovate-oblong or oblong, at length 

 glabrous, with brownish pellucid dots underneath ; spikes thin. — • 

 Miq. Blustr. 22, /. 20; Griseh. op. cit. 167; Hensch. Etud. 36, 

 /. 4,/. 3; Dahlst. Stud. 126, t. XI. 7; C. DC. loc. cit. Piper 

 galioides Boem. d Schult. Syst. i. 335 (1817). 



Near Portland Gap, McNab ! Wilson ! March ; Portland Gap, 5400 ft. ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5498. — Hispaniola, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, 

 Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia. 



Stem erect, branched. Leaves 5-8 mm. 1., 2-4 mm. br. (much longer 

 in continental specimens), apex obtuse and minutely puberulous. Spikes 

 1-3 terminal, solitary axillary ; rhachis somewhat lax-flowered (very long 

 in continental specimens), shortly stalked; bracts "5 mm. br., 1-2 visible 

 about same level. Berries •7-*8 mm. 1., globose-ellipsoidal; apical appen- 

 dage with a short point. 



27. P. verticillata A. Dietr. Sp. PI. i. 179 (1831); leaves 

 3-5 in a whorl, very variable, obovate, obovate-oval, oblong- 

 obovate or roundish, apex rounded or obtuse ; indumentum of 

 stem and leaves very variable even on the same plant, pilose 

 densely or sparingly; spikes thin. — Griseb. op. cit. 167; Dahlst. 

 Stud. 128 ; a DC. in Urb. Symb. Ant. Hi. 262. P. rubella Hook. 

 Exot. Fl. t. 58 (1823). P. pulchella A. Dietr. torn. cit. 177 ; 

 Griseb. loc. cit. Saururus erectus minor foliis &c. Browne Hist. 

 Jam. 204. Piper verticillata L. Syst. ed. 10, 856 (1759), 



