20 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



PEPEROMIA NEGROSENSIS C. DC. in Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 760, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 412. 



Negros (Cuernos Mts.), Elmer 9425. On mossy rocks in shaded ravines. 

 Endemic. 



PEPEROMIA PALLIDIBACCA C. DC. in Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 763, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 413. 



Luzon (Benguet), Elmer 9344, Copeland, Clemens. In the mossy forests, 

 altitude 2,200 m. Endemic. 



PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA (Linn.) HBK. Nov. Gen. ,Sp. PI. 1 (1815) 64; C. 



DC. Prodr. 16 * (1869) 402; Merr. PI. Manila (1912) 170. 

 Piper pellucida Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 30. 

 Peperomia bilineata Miq. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1: 485; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 176, non Miq. Syst. 

 Peperomia hymenophylla Miq. in 'Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1: 485, Syst. Pip. (1843) 78. 

 Micropiper tenellum Klotz. ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 432. 

 Micropiper pellucidum Miq. Comment. Phyt. (1840) 54. 



A pantropic species of American origin, common in the rainy season on 

 and about damp walls in towns and now widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. 



Local name: Olasiman-ihalas (C. Bis.). 



PEPEROMIA PELLUC1DOPUNCTULATA C. DC. in Lean. Philip. Bot. 

 3 (1910) 760, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 411. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, Merrill 8158, Elmer 8436, B. S. 2962 

 Mearns, 18954, 32441 McGregor, 6469 Robinson. On mossy trees and wet 

 cliffs at medium and higher altitudes. Endemic. 



PEPEROMIA RECURVATA (Blume) Miq. Syst. Pip (1843) 141; Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1- (1858-59) 435 (var. philippinensis) ; C. DC. Prodr. 16 1 

 (1869) 440, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 269; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 176; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 138, Rev. PL 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 220. 



Forma LONGISPICA C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 409. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc), Merrill 4425, Williams 1084, Vanoverbergh 

 835, F. B. 484-7 Curran. In damp places along shaded streams. 



Forma PILOSIOR C. DC. 1. c. 



Luzon (Benguet, Ifugao, Bontoc), Merrill 7682, Elmer 6622, B. S. 19635 

 McGregor, Vanoverbergh 603. On mossy slopes, bowlders, etc., at higher 

 altitudes. Java (the species) . 



PEPEROMIA REFLEXA (Linn, f.) A. Dietr. Sp. PL 1 (1831) 180. C. DC. 

 Prodr. 16 * (1869) 451, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 410 (incl. 

 formae subs essili folia C. DC, capensis C. DC, parvilimba C D., et 

 calcicola C DC). 

 Piper reflexum Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 91. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, Merrill 4583, 3918, Phil. PI. 748, Elmer 

 6077, 8576, B. S. 8894 McGregor, Williams 1114. On trees, bowlders, and 

 ledges at higher altitudes. In various forms and varieties in the Tropics 

 of both hemispheres. 



Local name: Kanapa (Ig.). 



