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7. Peperomia diapkana miq. n. sp. Succnlenta h umilis decum- 

 bens parce ramosa, radicans, ramulis novellis patenti-puberis ; 

 folia alterna petiolata ovata vel elliptico-ovata acuta vel acu- 

 tiuscula, basi rotundata vel lato subcuneata, supra sparse deci- 

 dueque in margine praesertim versus apiceni ciliatim pubescentia, 

 subtus pallida laevigata trinervia, epunctata ; amenta superne axil- 

 laria cum termmali pedunculis glabris, distantitlora folia superan- 

 tia ; bracteae brevi-pedicellatae suborbiculares ; ovarium ovoideum 

 patens, stigmate terminali brevissime pubero. 



Planta siccata tenera valde membranacea, in spiritu vini 

 servata valde tenera; tota spithamea, in terra decumbens, radi- 

 cans, inferne aphylla, sursum foliosa; petioli antice profunde 

 canaliculati parce piliferi vel prorsus glabri 5 — 7 millim. longi ; 

 folia majora basi rotundata, minora obtuso-subcuneata, in sicco 

 transparenti- membranacea, supra saturate viridia subtus valde 

 pallida et laevigata quasi polita nervis colore distinctis, medio 

 ad apicem ducto, lateralibus ad | alt., immerse reticulatis, ma- 

 jora folia nervulo imo exili basali accedente sub- 5-nervia ner- 

 vuloque marginem sequenti passim munito, magnitudine valde 

 disparia, v. c. 6 cent. longa, 3 lata, minora 4 — 2 -J cent. longa, 

 2j — 2 — 11 lata. Pedunculi 2 cent. circiter longi; amenta in 

 vivo 2 millim. circiter crassa, gracilia 5 — 6 cent, longa; brac- 

 teae brevi-pedicellatae orbiculares ovarium et stamina partim 

 obtegentes ; ovarium patens ovoideum apice contracto stigmati- 

 ferum. Stamina parva. 



In prov. Minarum ad Caldas ad terram 16 Maji 1868 

 Henschen in herb. Uegnell III. n. 1109. 



8. Peperomia pterocaulis miq. Syst. p. 86. mart. PI. brasiL 

 p. 11. 



Baccae in amentis in spiritu vini servatis non immersae glo- 

 boso-ovoideae fuscae apice contracto stigmatiferae, bractea bre- 

 vissime pedicellata suffultae. 



In prov. Minarum ad Caldas, ad terram et in ligno putrido 

 18 Jun. 1868: Henschen in herb. Regnell III. n. 1553. 



9. Peperomia Velloziana miq. Syst. p. 88. mart. FL brasiL 



P . ii. 



