268 K. Rech i u ger , 



Herba erecta basi radicans, caules in sicco complanati inferne circiter 2 mm crassi. Folia alterna. 

 Limbi in sicco membranacei usque ad 7 cm longi et 35 mm lati. Petioli circiter 7 mm pedunculi 12 mm 

 longi. Spicae florentes 16 mm longae sub 1 mm crassae. — Species P. Reineckei C. D. C. affinis. 



Upolu: in silvis prope Tiavi in umbrosis, Maio, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 427; Savaii in muris prope 

 pagum Asau in terra, circa 150 m alt., no. 1880. 



*P. umbricola D. C. C. nov. spec. 



Foliis modice petiolatis ovatis basi ima subacutis apice acuminatis, 5-nerviis, primum apicem versus 

 margine ciliolatis dein omnino glabris; pedunculis in axilla folii binis-ternis petiolos aequantibus glabris, 

 spicis maturis quam folioum limbi paullo brevioribus densifloris, bractea orbiculari centro pedicellata, 

 antheris ellipticis, ovario emerso obovato pauilo sub apice stigmatifero, bacca globosa verruculoso- 

 glandulosa, stigmate glabro. 



Herba basi stolonifera caulibus erectis glabris in sicco complanatis inferne usque ad 4 mm crassis. 

 Folia alterna. Limbi in sicco membranacei minute pellucido-punctulati usque ad 40 mm longi et 2Amm 

 lati. Petioli circiter 6 mm longi. Pedunculi bracteolis acutis fulti in folii axilla 2 — 3. Spicae bacciferae 25 mm 

 longae 1 mm crassae, in sicco flavicantes. Bacca sine pseudocupula rhachidis processu conico ea breviore 

 insidens. 



Upolu: in silvis primaevis partis superioris montis Lanutoo, Angusto, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 2510. 



*ß glabrior. 



Foliis ellipticis basi acutis apice acuminatis, omnino glabris. Limbi usque ad 50 mm longi et 28 mm 

 lati. 



Upolu: in silvis prope Tiavi. in umbrosis lapides obtegens, planta erecta, Maio, K. et L. Rechinger. 



* Peperomia Endlichem. Mig. in Hook., Lond. Journ., Bot., V, 4, p. 418. 

 Savaii: in ripis prope Aopo, Julio, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 1894. 



Peperomia Reineckei C. D. C. in K. Schum. Schutzgeb. FL, p. 225. 



Savaii : in pelvi fluvii exsiccati prope Patamea, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 80; in silvis prope Aopo circa 

 500 — 600 m alt., Julio, no. 1895; Upolu: in silvis umbrosis prope Tiavi, in solo,, planta erecta, no. 364. 



B. Folia opposita. 



* Peperomia leptostachya Hook, et Arn. in Beech., Bot., p. 96 



Savaii: Aopo-Maungaafi, circa 500 — 1000 m alt., Julio, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 73; supra pagum Aopo, 

 500 — 600 m alt., in terra, no. 703; prope Aopo in terra, no. 673; in silvis prope Sassina, in terra, no. 122; 

 in muris lapidibus constructis prope pagum Asau, no. 1896. 



C. Folia verticillata. 



* Peperomia samoensis Warb, in Engl. Bot., Jahrb., V, 25, p. 611. 



Upolu: in monte Lanutoo in terra, circa 500 — 600 m alt., Augusto, K. et L. Rechinger, no. 1785; in 

 silvis primaevis montis Lanutoo, no. 251 1; silvis primaevis prope Tiavi ad rivulos, no. 362; Savaii in silvis 

 primaevis, in monte ignivomo Maungaafi circa 1300 m alt., Julio, no. 646. 



* Peperomia ttechingeriae C. D. C. nov. spec. 



Glabra foliis ternis modice petiolatis e basi cuneata obovatis in sicco utrinque nigropunctulatis, 

 5-nerviis nervuloque marginali ab apice ultra medium decurrente; spicis 1 — 3 in eadem axilla, sub- 



