Peperomia 



PIPERACEiR 



19 



Bracts oval, -25- -3 mm. 1. Berries subglobose, with stigma at oblique 

 conical apex, -S-l mm. 1. 



Description is taken from Dahlstedt, as we have not seen a specimen. 



Berries not seen. 



37. P. discolor C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi.pt. 1, 463 (1869); 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, small, elliptical, subacute at base and apex ; 

 stem slender, hispidulous ; spike filiform, thin. — G. DC. in Urb. 

 Symh. Ant. Hi. 261. P. Myrtillus forma Miq. in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. Bat. iv. 425 (1845). Type in Herb. Kew. 



Without locality, Macfadycn I 



Stem 5-7 cm. high. Leaves glabrous on upper surface, minutely 

 velvety-puberulous underneath on the nerves, 15-18 mm. 1., 6-8 mm. br. ; 

 petioles hispidulous, to 4 mm. 1. Spike somewhat lax-flowered, 3 cm. 1. ; 

 peduncle 4 mm. 1. 



38. P. Fawcettii C. DC. op. cit. v. 295 (1907); leaves ellip- 

 tical, sometimes obovate-roundish, puberulous on both sides ; 

 spikes fleshy ; bracts * 4 mm. 1. 



On trees ; Portland Gap, 5550 ft. ; Faiocett ! Fl. Jam. 8362. 



Stem creeping, with erect filiform branches, 3-5 cm. 1., puberulous 

 when young. Leaves "5-1 cm. 1., 3-7 mm. br. ; stalks 1-2 mm. 1. Spikes 

 terminal, solitary, before flowering about 1 cm. 1. ; bracts about 2 on 

 same level on one side ; peduncles 3 mm. 1. 



2. PIPER L. 



Shrubs or rarely trees ; branches usually jointed at the 

 nodes. Leaves alternate, entire (3-fid in P. Amalago v. variifolia), 

 base often unequal-sided, sometimes with pellucid dots. Flowers 



Fig. i.— Piper dilatatum 

 L. C. Rich. 



A, Leaves and young 



spike. 



B, Spike. 



C, Portion of young 



spike. 



D, Portion of older 



spike after fall of 

 anthers. 



E, Flower ; b, Bract. 



sessile. Spikes opposite the leaves or umbellate on an axillary 

 peduncle. Bracts cucullate or peltate. Stamens 2-6. Ovary 

 sessile, obtuse ; stigmas generally 3 or 4. Berries small, ellip- 

 soidal, sometimes 3-4-angled, smooth. 



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