10 The Botanical Gazette. (January, 
PP bs Wie ae 
2™™ crassa. Bractea iumqueg p Pp —_— 
Species P. Gardneriane Migq. affinis.— Laguna de Ayarza, — 
Depart. Jalapa, alt. 8,000°, Sept. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. © 
3,834. a 
Var. #. minor C. DC. —Foliis minoribus, limbis ad 9™ 
_longis in sicco paulo firmioribus, petiolis ad 6™ longis, amentis _ 
foliorum limbos superantibus. —Estanzuela, Depart. S. Rosa, — 
alt. 2,500%, Aug. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,835. ; 
Peperomia Guatemalensis C. DC. — Foliis breviter petio- 
latis subrhombeo-lanceolatis basi cuneatis apice obtusiusculis 
supra glabris subtus pilosulis 5-nerviis nervis externis subtil-_ 
ibus, amentis terminalibus vel axillaribus pedunculatis glabris 
folia pluries superantibus densifloris, bractea elliptica paulo 
supra medium peltata subsessili, ovario rhachi impresso — 
obovato apice oblique stigmatifero, bacca globosa glabra.— _ 
Herba erecta circiter 12™ alta inter muscos crescens, caulibus — 
pilosulis inferne radicantibus. Folia inferiora opposita 
superiora alterna. Limbi in sicco membranacei subopaci pel 
lucido-punctulati 3-5™ longi 1.5-2™ lati. Petioli ad 4™ 
longi. Pedunculi ad 8™ longi. Amenta glabra ipsa matura 
circiter 10™ longa in sicco 1.5™" crassa. —Species P. Bauertan@ 
Miq. proxima.—Acatepeque, alt. 4,300°, March 1892, J. D- 
i} OL: 2, 587. | 
in sicco complanati, amentiferi circiter 2™ crassi, steriles ad 
o crassi. Limbi caulium fertilium 2™ longi 13” lati, stet 
ilium ad 3™ longi et ad 15™™ lati. Petioli 2—3™ longi. Ped- 
unculi ad 2™ longi. Amenta florentia ad 13™ longa et 4 
2™" lata.—P. obcordate Presl verisimiliter proxima sed folils 
majoribus et minus profunde emarginatis ab ea discrepans.— 
S. Rosa, alt. 3,000%, June 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,454 — 
Pilea Pansamalana. 
