Peperomia PIPER ACE^E 17 



On rocks ; near Troy, 2000 ft. ; Harris ! PL Jam. 8531. 



Stems branching from the base, villose, 10-13 cm. high. Leaves 

 10-17 mm. 1., 8-13 mm. br. ; stalk 2-10 mm. 1. Spikes 2 or 1 terminal, 

 solitary axillary ; rhachis 4-7 cm. 1. ; bracts 1-2 visible on same level, 

 •5 mm. br. ; peduncle hirsute, 5-8 mm. 1. Berries -75 mm. 1., black 

 (when dry), 



31. P. Myptillus Miq. Syst. Pip. 154 (1843) ; leaves 4-2 ia a 

 wjiorl, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, 

 glabrous, indistinctly 3-5-nerved ; spikes thick, fleshy. — Griseb. 

 op. cit. 168. P. rhombea 0. DG. op. cit. in. 269 (1902) & iv. 192 

 (in part) (non Buiz & Pav.) ; Dahlsl. Stud. 188 (in part). 



On trees ; Wiles ; Macfadyen ! Morse's Gap, 4900 ft. ; Latimer, near 

 Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7963, 832G.— Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto 

 Rico. 



Plant 2-3 dm. high, branching from base, with 3-6 branches, younger 

 puberalous. Leaves 1-5-3 cm. 1., 7-10 mm. br. ; stalk 2-6 mm. 1. Spikes 

 terminal and axillary; rhachis 2-6 cm. 1., dense-flowered ; bracts • 5mm.br., 

 elliptical, 2-3 visible on same level ; peduncles 1-4 cm. 1. Berries '75 mm. 1., 

 mucronate with apical appendage ; mucro 2 mm. 1. 



0. de CandoUe and Dahlstedt include this species under P. rhombea 

 Ruiz & Pav., but the berries are quite di^^tinct, those of P. rhombea having 

 a pscudocupule, as shown by the type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



32. P. polystachya Kooh. Exot. Fl. t. 23 (1823); leaves 3 in 

 a whorl (sometimes 2 or 4), obovate-subrhomboid, apex obtuse, 

 pubescent ; spikes somewhat fleshy. — DaMst. Stud. 133 ; G. DG. in 

 Urh. Si/mh. Ant. Hi. 271. Piper obtusifolium Jacq. Ic. PI. Bar. i. 

 t. 9 (1781-1786), non L. P. polystachyon Ait. Hort. Kew. 49 

 (1789); Haio. Succ. 7. 



Jamaica {fide Hooker, loc. cit.). — St. Cruz {fide Hooker, loc. cit.), Brazil, 

 Argentina. 



Stem pubescent. Leaves 3-4 cm. 1. to 2 cm. br. ; 3-nerved ; stalk to 

 5 cm. 1. Spikes terminal and axillary, somewhat dense-flowered, about 

 double as long as leaves ; peduncles shorter than the spikes. Berries ovate, 

 mucronate. 



§ 7. Berry smooth in the upper part, surrounded at the 

 base, sometimes as high as the middle, with a viscid 

 pseudocupule. Leaves whorled or opposite. 



33. P. reflexa A. Dletr. Sp. PL i. 180 (1831) ; leaves 3-4 

 in a whorl, small, roundish- or rhombeo-elliptical or elliptical, 

 glabrous on upper surface, sometimes puberulous underneath, 

 especially near the apex ; stalk hirtellous ; spikes fleshy, densely 

 hirtellous. — Wight Ic. t. 1923, /. 1 ; Griseb. op. cit. 168 ; Rensch. 

 Etud. 26, t. II. f. 2 ; Bahht. Stud. 174, t. Ill f. 24, t. VIII f. 5 ; 

 G. DG. torn. cit. 263. Piper reflexum L. fil. Suppl. 91 (1781) ; 

 Sio. Obs. Bat. 23. 



On trees and rocks; Broughton ! Bancroftl MacfadyenX Distin 1 March ; 

 J.P. 1367, Morris ! Abbey Green, 3800 ft. ; near Mabess River, 4500 ft. ; 



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