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plant proves to be different and should be called Peperomia spt ZB 
trionalis S. Brown. 
The genus Peperomia consists of more than six hundred speciege ie 
mostly inhabitants of tropical America, but some occur in the Old 
World. The plants grow readily and often luxuriantly in moist — 
greenhouse cultivation and are readily propagated by catteg 
The nearest relative in the northern flora is the common Lizard’s- 
tail of eastern North America, Saururus cernuus Linnaeus. 
Our illustration was made from a plant collected in Porto Rico 
by N.L. Britton and J. F. Cowell in 1906, which has since frequently 
flowered at the New York Botanical Garden. 
N. L. Brirton. 
EXPLANATION OF Piate. Fig. 1.—Plant, Fig. 2.—Fruit, X 4, 
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