8 The Botanical Gazette. 
PIPER TUBERCULATUM Jacq. ic. rar., var. 6. obtusifolium — 
C. DC.—Foliis apice rotundatis czeterum ut in specie.— 
Frutex 3” altus.—Rio Ocosito, Depart. Quezaltenango, alt. 
250", April 1892, J. D. S., no. 2,592; S. Rosa, alt. 3,000%, 
June 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,464. Collected also near © 
Grenada, Nicaragua, by Lévy, no. 93. a 
Peperomia macrophylla C. DC. — Foliis petiolatis an- 
guste lanceolato-oblongis basi in petiolum decurrentibus_ 
apice acute acuminatis utrinque glabris pellucido-punctulatis 
penninerviis, nervo centrali fere a tota longitudine nervos 
adscendentes utrinque circiter 10 mittente, amentis ad ramos 
axillares aphyllos quam folia parum breviores laxe circiter 5 
paniculatim dispositis ipsis breviter pedunculatis folii dimidium 
vix zquantibus, bractea suborbiculari centro brevissime pe- — 
dicellata, ovario apice oblique scutatim complanato scutello — 
elliptico apice obtuso in medio stigma carnulosum gerente, 
decumbente e nodis radicante superne suberecta. Folia 
alterna. Limbi ad 20™ longi et ad 3.5 lati in sicco mem- 
branacei subpellucidi basi in petiolum ad 3™ longum angustati. 
Amenta matura in sicco 2™ crassa, basi squamis lanceolatis 
deciduis fulta, inferiora 2 alterna superiora 2 opposita ultimum 
terminale. Pedunculi circiter 5™™ longi. Antherz minute. : 
Bacce brevissime stipitate cum scutello 1.5" longz.—Palin, 
Depart. Amatitlan, alt. 3,560°, Feb. 1892, J. D. S., no. 
2,578; Barranca de Eminencia, Depart. Amatitlan, alt 
1,400", Feb. 1892, J. D. S., no. 2,579. 
P eperomia violefolia C. DC. — Foliis longe petiolatis & 
basi cordata inferioribus rotundafis superioribus ovatis apice 
_ acute acuminatis utrinque glabris 7~-9-nerviis, amentis oppositi-_ 
foliis sublaxifloris breviter pedunculatis glabris foliorum limbos - 
reviore. Bacca stipitem suum pluries superans circiter @ 
