168 PIPERACEJ;. 



with a few large, pellucid dots; rhachis smooth ; flowers distant; fruit , . . .— Piper, i.— 

 Stems ceespitose, 6"-4" long ; leaves succulent, 4"'-3"' long, 3"'-2"' broad ; aments 8'"-6'?' 

 long, terminal, shortly peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, March. 



27. P. ciliata, Kth. Stem erect, simple or few-hranched, pubescent, striated ; down 

 short ; leaves 2 (-3) in the whorl, elliptical, elliptical-roundish, or elliptical-lanceolate, 

 pointed at both ends or bluntish, peiioled, 3-5 -nerved, puienilom, densely blach-dotted ; rha, 

 chis smooth, elongated : flowers distant ; fruit ovoid, sessile, bluntish.— 1' high ; leaves opaque, 

 succulent, 2"-l" long, 15'"-4"' broad : petiole 4"'-2"' long ; aments 5"-li" long, terminal, 

 shortly peduncled.— Hab. Antigua!, WuUschl.; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Venezuela]. 



28. P. Myrtillus, Miq. ! Stem erect, branched, glabrescent, subcylindrical ; leaves 

 4 (-2) in the whorl, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate with a bluntish point or 

 pointed, shortly petioled, obsoletely 3-nerved, glabrous, with obsolete, pellucid dots ; rhachis 

 smooth : flowers approximate, at length distant ; fruit . . . . — Stems caespitose, 8"-4" long ; 

 leaves 15"'-8"' (-4'") long, 4"'-3"' broad : petiole 2"'-4"' long ; aments 12'"-^'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica I, Macf. ; [Cuba !]. ' 



tt Leaves rigid, opaque. 



29. P. septemnervis, B. P. Stem erect, simple or few-branched, glabrous, subcylin- 

 drical; leaves opposite (or 3-4 in the whorl), ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, '7-5- 

 nerved, tapering into the petiole, glabrous, opaque, leathery; rhachis smooth: flowers ap- 

 proximate ; fruit . . . . — R. P. Fl. t. 47 C; the leaf-top more pointed than in our plant. — 

 1' high; leaves a"-li" long, 8"'-6"' broad: petiole 3"'-2"' long; aments 1" long, terminal, 

 peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., March; [Peru]. 



30. P. quadrangularis, Dietr. Stem creeping, simple or few-branched, glabrous, 

 tetraquetrous ; leaves opposite, oval, bluntish, rounded at the base, S-nerved, shortly pe- 

 tioled, glabrous, ojiaque, rigid ; rhachis smooth ; flowers approximate ; fruit .... — Idnn. 

 Transact. 9. t. 21./. 1 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. 11. t. \.f. 8.— Piper, Thomps. Peperomia mus- 

 cosa, iA. — Stems csespitose, spithameous; leaves 12'" long, 8'" broad : petiole l"'long; 

 aments 6"'-8"' long, axillary, shortly peduncled.— Hab. Trinidad !, Or. ; ["Equatorial Brazil]. 



** Amentum-rhachis foveolate ; fruit rostellate. 



31. P. quadrifoUa, Kth., Miq. ! Glabrous ; stem ascending, branched, striated ; leaves 

 4 (rarely 3) in the whorl, obovate, emarginate, cuneate at the shortly petioled base, \-nerved 

 or obsoletely triplinerved, rigid-succulent, obsoletely pellucid-dotted ; rhachis foveol^te, gla^ 

 brous : flowers approximate ; ovary rostellate ; fruit ovoid, shortly beaked. — Plum. Fd. Burm. 

 t 242./. 3.— Piper, Z.— Ascending branches 6"-4" long; leaves 6"'-4"' long, 3"'-2"' 

 broad : petiole l"'-j"' long ; aments \\"-l" long, terminal, peduncled. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf., Pd., March, in mountain-woods ; [Mexico 1, Venezuela !]. 



32. P. obversa, Dietr. Glabrous ;^ stem creeping, branched, subcylindrical; leaves 

 3 (4-2) in the whorl, oval-roundish, emarginate or rounded at the top, petioled, obsoletely 

 S-nerved, succulent, peEucid-dottcd ; rhachis foveolate, glabrous: flowers approximate ; ovary 

 bluntish ; stigma thick ; fruit . . . . — Piper, F. — Branches 8"-4" long ; leaves 5"'-4"' long, 

 4"'-3"' broad, usually rounded at the base : petiole 2"'-l"' long ; aments 14"-1" long, ter- 

 minal, shortly peduncled. — IIab. Montserrat (K); [Cuba!]. 



33. P. trifolia, Dietr. Stem creeping : branches ascenimg, tetragonal, pilose ; leaves 

 3 (4-2) in the whorl, oval or slightly obovate, rounded or emarginate at the top, petioled, 

 S-nerved, ciliate with long hairs, glabrescent or with scattered hairs beneath, succulent, ob- 

 soletely pellucid-dotted ; rhachis foveolate, glabrous : flowers approximate ; ovary rosteUate ; 

 fruit globose : the oblique bealt almost as long as its diameter. — Plum. Descr: t. 68 ; Hook. 

 Exot. t. 165. — Piper, L. Pep. ovaUfolia, Hook. ! P. fijnbriata, Miq., Gr. PI. Caiib. — 

 Branches 4"-2" long ; leaves 8"'-6"' long, 6"'-5"' broad : petiole 2'''-!'" long ; aments 

 3"-2" long, terminal, solitary or ternate; peduncle 1"-14" long. — Hab. Dominica I, Imr.; 

 S. Lucia, S. Vincent !, Guild., on trees ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



34. P. reflexa, Dietr. Stem creeping : branches erect or ascending, tetragonal, gla- 

 brescent ; leaves 4-3 (-6) in the whorl, rhomboid-elliptical, blunt, cuneate at the subsessile 

 base, l-neroed at obsoletely S-nerved, glabrous, rigid-succulent, obsoletely pellucid-dotted ; 



