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PEPEROMIA esianpa. 
Villous Peperomia. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Orv. PIPERACE&, Humb. et Kunth 
PIPIRETEES, De Cand.—URTICIS AFFINIS, Juss. 
Gen. Cuar.—Spadix cylindraceus, floribus undique tectus. Stamina duo. 
Stigma indivisum. Bacca monosperma. Caulis herbaceus—Humb. et 
unth. 
Peperomia blanda; pubescens, caule erecto simplici terete, foliis ternis 
oblongis trinervis carnosis, superioribus Br aieks attenuatis, icl- 
bus terminalibus axillaribusque solitariis, 
A ee blanda, Hums. et Kuntu, Nov. Gen. v. i. p. 67. 
Piper Serene: Jacg. Coll. v. iii. p. 210.—Ic. Var. v. ii. p. 218.—WiLtp. Sp. 
Pl. v. i. p. 164.—Hawortu, Syn. Pl. Succ. p. 7—Roem. et Scuuttz, 
Syst. Veg. v. i. p- 329. 
Root creeping and fibrous. Stem about 1 foot in height, erect, gre cy- 
lindrical, jointed, pubescent, and red to the very extremity. Leaves 
P t, semicy footstalks, recurved, oblongo- 
ovate, thick and fleshy, pubescent, three-nerved, onal ear above, B biprn 
with red margins, nerves and dots beneath, the obtuse, 
— Sock atcha ax ib Rabe siel-te OA Ext 
The spi eaitary at the base of each of the leaves which are nearest to 
: extremity ; the Seine cee ae ite 5 et ee 
inthes ong, slender, pedunculated, peduncles shorti 
ther ge sod placed. gre rotundo-quadrate, pellucid, reticulated, pel. 
. rmen 
tate. broadly ovate, sessile. Stigma sessile, oblique, somewhat 
fringed. Anthers 2, one on each of the germen, borne fila- 
Pema which short are protruded beyond the 
e, 
The genus Peperomia was long ago ago divided from 
by Ruiz and Pavon; but by most eat botanists it has 
again been united to it, under the idea that —— 
was not founded in nature. To me, however, it appears well 
shed, as being constant, so far as an examination of 
- the individuals cultivated i in our stoves enables me to speak, to 
the characters above given, and agreeing also in the peculiar 
habit of the species. - ‘ihe individuals belonging to the genus 
Piper, according to the information of M. HumsBoipt, have a 
shrubby stem, sometimes attaining to 15 and 25 feet in length, 
and dull green leaves; the P the other ae 
possess somewhat herbaceous, fleshy a and — ih 0! 
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