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rouniUsh, with a very short, bluiit point, flat, eoiliate (6'" broad) ; anthers aubsessile ; stigma 

 puMtiform; fruit ovate, pointed, sessile." — Miq. III. t. \,fig. sup. — Piper, Sw. Verhuellia, 

 Miq. V. elegans, Mig^. — Hab. Jamaica [Sw), among mosses, on stones, in the mountains. 



tt iltem. low, simple, or few-branched ; fruit atipitate. 



6. P. tfnella, Dietr. Stem glabrescent, simple or simply divided, ascending ; leaves 

 alternate, opate-oilong, obtusate, glabrous, ciliate towards or at the top, flat, obsoletely 

 3-nerved ; filaments distinct ; stigma penicillate ; fruit elliptical, tapering at both ends, 

 glabrous, shortly stipitate. — Piper, Su>. Acrocarpidium, Miq. — Stem 2"-3" long beyond 

 the aphyllous, filiform, radicant base ; leaves delicate, .shortly petioled, 8"'-4''' long, 3"'-2"' 

 broad; aments terminal, solitary, shortly peduncled, 10"'-13'"long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., 

 among mosses, on trees, in the mountains ; [Cuba !]. 



7. P. hispidula, Swt. " Stem glabrous, simply divided, suherect, (3"-3" long) ; 

 leames alternate, roundish, emargiuate at the base, with scattered hairs above, glabrous 

 beneath ; filaments very short ; fruit roundish, tapeiing at both ends, hispid, stipitate."^ 

 Sw. Ic. Ind. Occ. t. 4. — Piper, Sw. — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), in moist woods, on the highest 

 peaks of the Blue Mountains ; [Martinique]. 



ttt Stem branched ; fruit sessile (rarely subsessile). 



8. P. pellucida, Kth., Miq. I Glabrous, pellucid-membranaceous ; stem diffuse ; 

 leaves alternate, subcordate-deltoid, pointed, 5-7-nerved ; flowers at length distant : bracts 

 oblong, deciduous ; filaments distinct ; stigma penicUlate ; fruit roundish or ovoid, bluntish, 

 sessile. — Besc. Fl. 3. t. 326. — Piper, L. — Stem delicate, usually spithameous; leaves 10'"— 

 14'" diam., long-petioled ; aments terminal and axillary, shortly peduncled, l"-2" long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, March, Wils., to Trinidad !, Schaoh ; [Panama ! to Brazil !]. 



9. P. acuminata, Miq,! {non Z. P.). Glabrous, succulent; stem erect, branched; 

 leaves alternate, thin, elliptical, pointed, bluntish at the top, 5-nerved, black-dotted beneath : 

 petiole short, channelled, sheathing ; stigma minute ; fruit globose, sessile, with a very short, 

 straight mucro. — S,. P. Fl. t.h\ C. — Piper, L., Sw. Pep. obliqua, B. P. P. Hamiltoniana, 

 Miq. I, a form with small, bluntiih leaves.— Stem 8"-12" high ; leaves 2i"-l" long, li"-i" 

 broad, ovate at the base ; aments shortly peduncled, 3"-5" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, 

 Wils., March; Antigua 1, Wullschl.; Dominica!, Imr.; [Cuba! to Peru!]. 



10. P. dendrophila, Schlecht. Glabrous, succulent ; stem diffuse ; leaves alternate, 

 thin, ovate-lanceolate or eUiptical-lanceolate, acuminate, bluntish at the point, tapering 

 into the short petiole, triplinerved with two accessory veins, devoid of black dots ; stigma 

 minute; fruit globose, sessile, with a very minute, somewhat oblique mucro.— il/Vj. III. t. 7. 

 — Piper tenuiflo^m, Hb. Bks. — Habit of the preceding, but more diffuse ; leaves \^"-i!' 

 long, y'-li" broad ; -aments shortly peduncled, 18"'-6" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., Wils., 

 March, Wullschl., on. trees ; [Cuba!, probably to Brazil]. 



11. P. glabella, Dietr. Glabrous, succulent; stem scandent or radicant, diffuse, with 

 divergent branches ; leaves alternate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed or acuminate, 

 rounded or shortly cuneate at the base, triplinerved with two accessory veins, covered on both 

 sides mth black dots : petiole narrow ; stigma minute ; fruit ovoid-globose, with a short, 

 oblique mucro. — Piper, Sw. I P. distachyon, Sieb. Mart. 6 {non i.). Peperomia nigro- 

 punctata, Miq. I — Stem black-dotted, more flaccid than in the two preceding species ; leaves 

 smaller, l"-2" long, 6"'-12'" (-4'") broad ; aments shortly peduncled, l"-4'' long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica ;, AL, March, Wils., Wullschl., common in woods, on trees and walls ; Antigua !, 

 Nichols., Wullschl.; Trinidad!, Cr.; [Cuba !, French islands !]. 



12. P. hirtella, Miq. I Puber^lous, succulent ; stem ascending, branched ; leaves 

 alternate, thin, ovate or elliptical, pointed or bluntish, li-nerved, black-dotted beneath .- 

 hairs short, usually curved : petiole uai-row ; stigma terminal ; fruit subglobose, sessile, blunt. 

 — Stem I'high; leaves li"-l" long, 10"'-6'" broad; aments shortly peduncled, 4"-l" 

 long. — Hab. Dominica I, 7/m>'., in mountain-woods ; [Venezuela!]. 



** Stigma minute, on the anterior side of the subulate ovary-beak. 



13. P. repens, Kth. Puberulous, succulent ; stem creeping, with the low branches 

 ascending ; leaves alternate, thin, deltoid-roundish, blunt, 5-uerved, devoid of black dots. 



