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iiigTO-punctulatis, 7-nerviis; pedunculo petioliim paullo superante, spicis 

 axillaribus terminalibiisque densifloris filiformibus, limbos paullo supe- 

 raiitibus, bractea rotundata centro peltata; ovario impresso oblonge - 

 obovato. 



Peperomia Rupertiana C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 (1869) p. 413; 

 Dahlst! Skid. jJ- 124. 



Peperomia acuminata Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. IV (1845) 

 p. 416; Oriseh. Flor. W. Ind. p. 165 (p. p); Dahlst! Sind. p. 123 

 (p. p), — non R. et Pav. 



Ca Ulis fere tetragonus, glaber, superne circiter 2V2 mm. crassus. 

 Folia alterna, vel termiualia opposita; limbi membranacei subpellucidi, cir- 

 citer 5 cm. longi et 3 cm. lati; petioli 7 mm. longi. Spicae florentes 

 6 — 10 cm. longae et 2 mm. crassae. Stigma minutum. 



Hab. in Antigua: Wullschlaegel n. 537; Dominica super Priucip. 

 Rupert Caput: hb. Kew, Jardiu (in h. Lenoriu.); Martinique, sparsa in 

 nemoribus: Duss n. 498?, locis saxosis de la Plaine (Trois Ilets): Duss 

 n. 4479; Barbados in Forster Hall wood in rupibus calcareis: Eggers 

 n. 7202, ad Bathoteba under the cliffs: Waby n. 81. 



103. Pci)eromia guatlaloiipeiisis C. DC. glabra, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice obtusiusculis et prae- 

 sertim subtus nigro-punctatis, 5-nerviis; spicis axillaribus terminalibus- 

 que subdensifloris peduuculatis, folia fere triplo pedunculisque petiolos 

 fere duplo superantibus ; bractea orbiculari centro subsessili; ovario 

 emerso ovato; bacca ovato-globosa, glandulis conspersa, apice oblique 

 mucronulata. 



Peperomia giiadaloupensis C. DC. in Seem. Joiirn. of Bot. IV 

 (1866) p. 139 et Prodr. XVI, 1 p. 416 (emend. et excluso spec. Fräser 

 ac varietate pubescens). 



Piper acuminatum West! Fl. St. Croix (1793) p. 268 (non L.). 



Peperomia acuminata Griseb.! Fl. W. Ind. (1859) p. 165 (p-p), 

 et PI. Wr. p. 175 et Cat. pl. Cnb. p. 63, — noti R. et Pav. 



Peperomia cubana C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 (1869) p. 413 (exclus. 

 sp. Rickard); Sauv. Fl. Cnb. n. 2259 p. 145. 



Peperomia myrti folia Dahlst.! Stud. p. 124 (excl sr). Pflug). 



Herba ramulosa, ramnlis in sicco 2V2 mui. crassis. Limbi in sicco 

 membranacei, pellucido-punctulati, usque ad 4Vj cm. longi et ad 2 cm. lati; 

 petioli vix ad 5 mm. longi. Spicae fructiferae fere usque ad 11 cm. longae 

 et ad 2 mm. crassae. Ovarium sub apice oblique stigmatiferum. Stigma 

 puberulum. Bacca giobosa sine pseudocupula et apice oblique mucronulata. 



Hab. in Cuba orientali: "Wright n. 504; Jamaica: Wilson n. 467 

 (in h. Götting.); St. Croix ad Springard: West (in h. DC); Guadeloupe: 

 Jardin (in h. Lenorm. et b. DC); — praeterea Guatemala (vide C DC 

 in Donu. Smith Enum. part IV p. 134). 



