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2. Foliis nervoiis. 



5. Piper discolor Sw. flor. ind. 1. p. 52. — — In 

 sylvis umbrosis prope Jalapam. Aug. 



6. Piper affine dUcolori Sw. Spadicibus cylindricls 

 densifloris et foliis brevius obtuse acuminatis diversum. 

 An nova species? — — Prope Vera-CruK. Jul. 



7. Piper melastomoides n. sp. frulicosum, dichoto- 

 mum; ramis teretibus, tenuiter striatis, hirsutis, llexuosis, 

 ad genicula paululum incrassatis; foliis membranaceis, 

 ovatis, elongato-acuminalis, breviter peliolatis^ basi rotun- 

 data subaequalibus, quinque - nerviis , transversim reticu- 

 lato-venosis, supra calvis rele vasculoso leviter impresso 

 pllis raris munilo, subtus hirtellis rete vasculoso promi- 

 nenlc cum petiolo hirsuto; spadicibus oppositifoliis , cy. 

 lindricis, brevibus, crassis, longius pedunculalis paluHs. 

 — Internodia 2 — 4 pollicaria. Folia 5 — 7 pollicaria, 

 li — 2 pollices lata, petiolo 4 — 9 lineari. Peduncu- 

 lus pollicarls alque longior; spadix amentum femincum 

 Betulae referens, vix unquam longitudine pedunculi, saepc 

 multo brevior. Pili patentes, laxi, creberrime arliculati, 



(in siccis) fuscescentes. In sylvis umbrosis prope 



Jalapam. Aug. 



PEPEROMIA R. et P, 



1. Foliis altemis. 



8. Peperomia — Piper obtusifolium Herb. VVilld. 

 n. 714. (an ipsius W. et auclor.?). Specimen unicuni. 

 _ _ In arboribus vetustis prope Jalapam. Aug. 



9. Peperomia dendrophila n. sp. glabra; caule diffu- 

 jjo, radicanle, slolonifero; ramis ereclis, apice densc folio- 

 sis; foliis carnosis, rhomboideo-ellipticisj in peliuluni al- 

 lenualis, apice oblusiusculis et sub lenle pubeseenli-cilia- 

 tis, immcrsc tvinerviis; spadice icrniinali, breviter pedun- 



