244 C. DE CAiN^DOLLE (16) 



summo apice brevissime acuminato obtusove, utrinque glabro, 

 nsque ad 13 mm. longo et 8 mm. lato, spica 5;2 cm. longa, bacca 

 ovato-acuriiinata. 



Colombia, state of Cauca, tierra Adentro, headwaters of Rio 

 Palo basiii, ait. -2500-2300 m., epiphyte: H. Pittier n. 1096, 

 L.S.N.H. 



2. Peperomia reflexa A. Dieti .'^';j. I, p. 180. 



Santa Marta, Sierra de Libano, moimtain forest, ait. 5000-6000^ 

 ped., rare on trees: Herbert H. Smith, h. N. York. 



3. Peperomia pereskiifolia Kunth Stjn. p. 120. 

 Santa Marta, prope Cocaqualito, ait. 1500 ped.: Herbert H. 



Smith n. 1254. 



4. Peperomia Salvaje C. DC, n. sp.; caille longiuscule 

 hirsuto; foliis oppositis ternisvebreviter petiolatis, lirabo ovato- 

 rhombeo basi iraa et apice acuto, 5-nervio, utrinque hirsuto, 

 petiolo hirsuto ; pedunculis hirsutis petiolos aequantibus, spicis 

 florentibus folia duplo superantibus sublaxifloris, bracteae pelta 

 orbiculari, antheris rotundato-ellipticis minutis, ovario emerso 

 ovato infra apicem obtusum oblique stigmatifero, stigmate gla- 

 bro, bacca globosa apice oblique et brevissime rostellata. 



Caulis inferne e nodis radicans, usque 2,5 mm. crassus. Limbi 

 in sicco membranaceo-subpellucidi, usque ad 2,5 cm. longi et 2 

 cm. lati. Petioli 7 mm. longi. Limbi foliorum inferorum e basi 

 acuta obovati. Spicae maturae 1 mm. crassae, antherae filamentis 

 paullo longiores, bacca fere 0,5 mm. longa. 



Caracas, in silva primaeva montis Galipan. Salvaje incolarum : 

 Preuss n. 1695, h. Berol. 



Folia opposita. 



5. Peperomia angulata Kunth, p parvifoiia C. DC, u. 

 var.; limbo usque ad 1,9 cm. longo. 



Santa Marta, common locally on trees and sometimes on rocks, 

 in damp forest, ait. 600-2500 feet, flowers April-June, near Esca- 

 lena de los Studios: Herbert H. Smith n. 2111, h. Cand. 



