18 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Peperomia 



Harrisl Fl. Jam, 6515, 8337; Newhaven Gap, 5500 ft., O. Nicholsl— 

 Tropics throughout the world. 



Leaves 8-18 mm. 1., 6-8 mm. br. Spikes terminal, dense-flowered ; 

 rhachis 1-2 cm. 1., 2-2-5 mm. br. ; bracts, 3 visible about the same level ; 

 peduncles puberulous, as long as, or longer than, spikes. Berries ovate- 

 ellipsoidal, 1 mm. 1., "5 mm. br., with a pseudocupule reaching to middle; 

 style subconical, "2 mm. 1., with stigma at tip. 



34. P. quadrifolia Kunth in H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 69 

 (1816); glabrous; leaves obovate, emarginate, 4 in a whorl; 

 spikes fleshy, dense-flowered. — Griseh. op. cit. 168 ; Hensch 6tud. 33, 

 t. 4,/. 6; Baliht. Stud. 185, t. III. 17-19; C. DC. in Urb. Symh. 

 Ant. Hi. 260 & iv. 192. Piper foliis quaternis &c. Plum. PI. 

 Amer. (Burm.) 238, t. 242, /. 3. Piper quadrifolium L. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 2. 43 (1762). 



On trees and rocky banks, amongst mosses ; Broughton ! Macfadyen ! 

 McNab\ Portland, Pwrdie ! Metcalfe \ Morris \ Cinchona, 5000 it., Faiucettl 

 Clute 1 Clydesdale, 4000 ft. ; Cinchona ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7097, 8162, 8814, 

 8328. — Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Ecuador, 

 Peru. 



Stem rooting below at the nodes, branches diffuse, 10-15 cm. 1. Leaves 

 cuneate at base, 9-14 mm. 1., 6-9 mm. br. ; stalks 2 mm. 1. Spikes 

 solitary, terminal; rhachis 3-3 "5 cm. 1., l'5-2 mm. br. ; bracts "5 mm. br., 

 2-3 about the same level on one side; peduncles 1-5-2 cm. 1. Berries 

 •6-"8 mm. 1., inclined upwards, ovate, minutely pitted, pseudocupule 

 J length of berry ; mucronate with style, mucro J length of berry. 



35. P. septemnervis Buiz d- Pav. Fl. Per. i. 31, t. 47. c. 

 (1798); glabrous; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 7-5-nerved ; spikes thick, fleshy .^ — Griseh. op. cit. 168 ; 

 DaJiht. Stud. 191, t. III. 36 ; G. DC. in Urb. Symb. Ant. Hi. 

 271. P. penicillata C. DC. op. cit. v. 297 (1907), & var. magni- 

 folia C. DC. op. cit. vii. 190. 



On trees and in peat on rocky banks; "America meridionalis " 

 (probably Jamaica) Shakespear 1 Macfadyen I McNab ! Purdie ! March ; 

 John Crow Peak, 6000 ft. ; near Morse's Gap, 4900 ft. ; Latimer, near 

 Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; Hanis 1 Fl. Jam. 7966, 8315, 8827.— Hispaniola, Peru. 



Plant 2 to over 3 dm. high. Leaves 3-8 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. br. (rarely 

 broader) ; stalks 4-8 mm. 1. Spikes 1-3 terminal and solitary axillary, 

 dense- flowered ; rhachis 8-14 cm. 1., about 2mm. br. ; bracts •5-"6mm. br., 

 elliptical or roundish, 2-4 visible about same level ; peduncles 2-4 '5 cm. 1. 

 Berries '75 mm. 1., ovate-ellipsoidal, shortly stalked, pseudocupule about 

 middle, mucronate with style ; mucro broad, blunt, '25 mm. 1. 



36. P. rhomboides Dahht. Stud. 190 t. Hi. f. 32 (1900); 

 stem glabrous but above slightly puberulous ; leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, ovate-lanceolate, rhomboid, acuminate, glabrous but more 

 or less ciUate at apex, obsoletely 3-nerved, dotted on both sides ; 

 spike very long, terminal, solitary, somewhat thick, dense flowered. 



Without locality, March. 



Stem creeping and rooting, apex and branches erect, angular (when 

 dry). Leaves smaller than those of P. septemnervis. Petioles minutely 

 papilloso-puberulous. Spike about 5 times longer than the leaf. Peduncle 

 minutely and sparsely papillose, one-third to one-fourth length of leaf. 



