138 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [FEBRUARY 
Peperomia amphoricarpa, n. sp.—Aspect of the preceding; 
stamens exserted; ovary oblong; berries ovoid-flask-shaped, 
gradually attenuate; stigma apical, for a time white-fimbriate.— 
Fig. 11. 
Southern Cordillera of Mexico, the type from the Cerro San Felipe, Oax. 
(Nelson 1139). Presumably it was this which MARTENS and GaLeEorti took 
for P. umbilicata. 
PEPEROMIA GRACILLIMA S. Wats.—Peperomia gracillima S. 
Wats., Proc. Amer. Acad. 22:448. 1887.—Aspect of the preceding; 
leaves 1.5-2 or even 4 cm. in diameter; filaments exserted beyond 
the bract; ovary ovoid, (?normally) stipitately contracted, with 
a stout style; stigma apical.—Fig. 6. 
Western Sierra Madre of Mexico, the type from the Rio Blanco, near 
Guadalajara, Jalisco (Palmer 585). 
PEPEROMIA BRACTEATA Hill, Ann. Botany 21:155. 1907.— 
Aspect of the preceding; leaves subrhombic-orbicular, slightly 
blunt-pointed, 2-3 cm. in diameter; berries subfusiform-globose, 
with a thick terminal disk or stylopodium; stigma apical. 
Guatemala, the type from Sactos, Huehuetenango (Seler 2743). 
Peperomia schizostachya, n. sp.—Aspect of the preceding; 
leaves subangularly ovate, more or less cuspidate or deltoid- 
pointed, 22.5-5%7cm.; scapes simple or forked; berries flask- 
shaped, attenuate; stigma apical.—Fig. 2. 
Costa Rica, the type from the Rio Virilla, near San Juan (Tonduz 10106= 
7273): 
PEPEROMIA CLAYTONIOIDES Kunth, Index Sem. Hort. Berol. 
1847:11.—Aspect of the preceding; leaves ovate or round-ovate, 
more or less acuminate, 2-4 cm. in diameter; spikes character- 
istically 2 or 3 at end of the branching scape; berries subglobose- 
cylindric, with an abrupt style; stigma apical. 
Guatemala, the type cultivated from an unrecorded Guatemalan locality. 
With scapes much longer than the leaves, and bearing 4-6 
alternate branches near the end, it is var. longiscapa C.DC., 
MS. n. var.—Fig. 13. 
Guatemala, the type (Bernhardi) from an unspecified locality. 
