Piperaceae. 263 



Peperomia pulchella A.Dietr. l. c. (1831) p.l77; Miq. Syst. p.l65; 

 Oriseb. l c; C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 p. 462; Sauv. Fl. Ciih. n. 2283 

 p. 147. 



Saururus n. 8 erectus minor fol. orb. vert. P.Browne Jam. (1756) 

 p. 204. 



Herba ad 20 cm. alta, succulenta, verticillatim ramulosa, ramulis 

 1 mm. crassis pube minuta pilis longioribus intermixta vestitis, caidibus 

 sterilibus longe hirsutis. Limbi raraulorum fertilium 15 — 20 mm. longi, 

 8 — 10 mm. lati, caulium sterilium limbi rotundati vel elliptici quam fer- 

 tilium niulto minores; petioli 1 mm. longi. Spicae florentes usque ad 6 cm. 

 longae; rliachis glabra. Filameuta autheris rotundis paullo longiora. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 2265; Jamaica: Swartz (in h. Stockh. 

 f. Dabist), ?March n. 1884, ad Banana River alt. 400 m., ad Hope 

 River alt. 400 m.: Eggers n. 3449'', 3471; — praeterea in Mexico, 

 ins. Sandwich (vid. C. DC. 1. c). 



135. Peperomia reflexa A. Dietr. foliis ternis — quaternis, brevis- 

 sime petiolatis, rhombeo-ellipticis ellipticisve vel raro ovatis, basi acutis 

 vel raro obtusis, apice obtusis et raro retusis, utrinque glabris vel sub- 

 tus parce pilosulis, obsolete 3-nerviis, petiolo birtello; spicis terminali- 

 bus sat longe pedunculatis pedunculos fere aequantibiis vel superanti- 

 bus, folia 2 — 8-plo superantibus, pedunculo glabro vel hirtello, rhachi 

 dense hirtella, bractea orbiculari centro longe pedicellata pedicello cum 

 flore rhachi profunde immerso; ovario ovato acute, sumrao apice stigma 

 capitellatum et puberulura gerente; bacca ovato-cylindrica subpatente, 

 basi pseudo - cupulifera cum filamentis rhachis processu pedicellata. 



Peperomia reflexa A.Dietr. Sp. 1(1831) p. 180; Miq.! Syst. p.l69 

 et in Marl. Flor. Bras. IV, 1 p. 17 et in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. IV 

 p. 426; Wight Icon. t. 1933 flg. 1; Miq. Flor. Ind. bat. I, 2 p. 436; 

 Griseb.f Fl. W. Ind. p. 168; C. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1 p. 451 (excl. specim. 

 Macnab.); Henschen Et. p. 26; Sodiro Mon. Pip. p. 133; Sauv. Fl. 

 Cub. n. 2281 p. 147; Dahlst.I Stiid. p. 174. 



Piper reflexiim L. fil. Siippl. (1781) p. 91; Lam. III. p. 83; Thunb. 

 Flor. Cap. j?. 443; Valil Enum. I p. 353; Siv. Obs. p. 23. 



Piper tetraphylliim Forst. Prodr. (1786) n.25; Willd. Sp.Ip.l68. 



Piper pusillum Bl. in Verh. Bat. Genoots. XI (1826) p. 382 

 flg. 37. 



Piper aemulum Endl. Prodr. Fl. Nor f. (1833) p. 36; Bauer III. 

 Nor f. ined. t. 127 (teste Endl. l. c). 



Peperomia tetraphylla Hook, et Arn. in Beech. Bot. (1841) p. 97. 



Herba spitliamea inferne e nodis radicans, di — trichotome ramulosa, 

 ramulis in sicco circiter IV2 mm. crassis sulcatis hirtellis glabrisve. Limbi 

 in sicco rigidi vel subcoriacei, subtus impresso -punctati, 8 — 15 mm. longi, 

 5 — 9 mm. lati; petioli 1 — 3 mm. longi. 



