120 



sursum incrassaüis; amenti/m rectum crassiusciilura 2 l / 3 cent 

 lougum. Bracteae pedieellato-pcltatae, pelta orbiculari 

 marginibus subundiilalis lulescenti. Ovarium subovatum apice 

 stigmatiferum. Slamina dno. 



6. Peperomia (Tildenia) serpcntarioides n. sp. (Piper 

 serp. Nees ab Esenb. in Hb, Mart. ) Glabra hcrbacea, 

 rhizomate subluberoso, caule ereeto (simplici) brcvi , foliis 

 alternis longo petiolatis cor dato - ovalis acuminalis septetn- 

 nerviis, amentis axillaribus solitariis longo peduncnlatis, pe- 

 dnnculo petiolura et amentum superante vel aequante, baccis 

 subglobosis verruculosis. 



In Brasiliae sylvis aboriginibns ad tcrram ( Pr. Max. 

 Neovid. in Hb. Mart.). 



Species admodtim distincta. Radijv rhizomatosa nee ta- 

 rnen crassa. Caulis 10 cent. circiter altus in snpp. sp. Sim- 

 plex. Partes omnes glabrae. Pelioli 6 — 8 cent. longi. 

 Folia in sicco membranacea nee pellucido- punctata snbtus 

 pallida, ovala versus apicem atteimata vix aeuminata, acuta, 

 fere triangulari -ovata, aequUatera, basi band profunde cor- 

 data, lobis rotnndatis sinn separatis, septemnervia , nervis 

 crebro anastoinosantibus, medio ml apicem dueto, lateralibus 

 fere ad cum perduetis, iniiinis tenuioribns. Pcduncuhis 

 amenti dellorati 9 cenf., amenfum 8 cent. longnm, subdensi- 

 florum, tenne. Bracteae pcdieei|ato- pellatae orbienlares 

 membranaccae. Slamina 2. Baccae subglobosae leviter im- 

 rnersae verrueulosae nigrae. 



7. Peperomia pcllucida L c. p. 79. = P.olcracca Poep- 

 pig. n. 1930. in Hb, Endl. nunc Findob. Ad Tocache, 

 Hualla&a. — In ruderatis prope ßarto do Carvalho et V. de 

 Alcantara Prov. Maragnonicnsis , in Prov. Parä Brasiliae 

 (Mart.) 



