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lalis 4 — 8nis breviter petiolatis linear!- vel oblongo-spa- 

 thiilatis obtusts, basi acutiusculis ant obtusis, aliis lanceo- 

 lato - ellipticis , iinmerse nniuerviis vel subtrinerviis pellucido- 

 punctatis, praesertira subtus fuseo-glandulosi9, amcntis ter- 

 minalibus vel dein lateralibus solitariis breviter pcdunculalis 

 elongalis densifloris, baccis subglobosis imraersis. 



In truncis putridis Brasiliae ( Menke n. 125. in Hb. 

 Marl.). 



Prope P. leptophyllam Miq. in Hb. Schlechtend., af- 

 linis etiam P. fontinali Dietr., P. rubioidi H. B. K. . 



Caules spithamei ; rami angnlati? internodia 3 — l / 2 

 cent. longa. Petioli 1 vix 2 mm. longi. Folia patula in 

 sicco plernmqne convoluta, carnosa, subtus pallida, pleraque 

 subspatluilato- clliptica , apicc semper obtusa, deorsum sen- 

 sim attcnuata, ipsa basi tarnen vix omnino acuta, sublus 

 »landulis fuscis subimpresse punctata., nervis uonhisi in 

 folio Inet obverso visibilibns, quaterna, vel plura, summa 

 amentum suffnlcientia plerumque octoua, 10 — 18 mm. longa. 

 Pedunculi */ 2 — 1 cent. longi glabri. Amanta leviter fle- 

 xuosa, 7 — 9 cent. longa. Bracteae pedicellato-peltatae 

 orbiculares marginibns pallidae persistente-. Ovar tum et 

 stamina subimmersa. Stigma terminale. 



In speeiminilxis junioribus in arboribus Prov. Minas Ge- 

 raes a Martio passim lectis ramuli et folia snpra ad apicem 

 piliä tenerrimis fugacibus inspersa sunt. 



18. Peperomia (Micropiper?) mandioccana n.sp. Erecta 

 basi radicaus succulenta tota grosse glandulosa, caule petio- 

 lis foliisqne praesertira in marginibus pilis tenerrimis insper- 

 sis, his oppositis vel sumrais tcrnis modice petiolatis ellipti- 

 cis vel rhombeo- aut snblaaceolato -ellipticis obtusis vel apice 

 rotundatis , basi acntis vel obtusiusculis uni- vel subtriner- 

 viis et parce venosulis sncculentis (in sicco membranaceis), 



