Peperomia. 



Ruiz & PavoD Prodr. Flora Per. p. 8; Flor. Per. v. 1, p. 29. Knuth in H. B. K. 

 Nov. gen. v. 1, ]>. 60. A. Dietr. Sp. plant. v. 1. Miq. Syst. Pip. 63. — Piper I>. gen. 

 n:o 832j Sp. pl. ]). 40 pro parte. Jacq. [c. rar. & Coll. pro parte Lam. Illustr. pro parte. 

 Willd, Sp. pl. pro parte. Swartz Prodr. pro parte: Vahl Knnni. pro parte. Boern. & Sch. 

 Syst. pro parte. Spr. Syst. pro parte. — Micropiper Miq. Comm. phyt. p. 37. — Acrocar- 

 pidium Miq. Syst. p. 51 et Diar. lust. Xederl. 1842. — Tildenia & Erasnua Miq. in Diar. 

 lust. Nederl. 1*842. 



Flores hermaphroditi, dense vel remote amentacei, saepissime in foveolia + profundia 

 racheos + immersi. Bractea peltatae, + pedicellatte, carnosae v. foliaccae, vulgo persi- 

 stentes, rarius deciduae. Stamina duo, lateralia, lilamentis cylindricis v. subulatis, antheris 

 bilocularibus, loculis oppositis, effoetis sursum confluentibus, ima l>asi foveolae affixa v. + 

 longe a basi in parte + conica foveolse, sub anthesi parva et \i\ conspicua affixa. Ovarium 

 sessile ovoideum — oblongum, saepius in foveola radiens + iramersum, rectum v. obliquum. 

 Stigma pro more unicum, sessile, saepius deciduum, penicillatum (v. papillosum) penicillis 

 longioribus v. minutissimis, aut in apice ovarii + recti aut in medio v. oblique in disco 

 saepe oblique acuminato affixum et tunc vulgo minutissimum. Bacca sessilis v. + longe 

 stipitata, fere exsucca, + papillosa v. laeviuscula, viscida, rotundata — ovata usque cylindrica 

 v. oblonga, apice disco (stylo incrassato), rarius piano, vulgo concavo v. convexulo, recto 

 \. olili(|ii() et tunc rachin versus in processum brevem usque longum protracto praedita, 

 v. + ovata — cylindrica, antice in partem rectam v. subobliquam, contractam, subconicam 

 cylindricam, brevem — Longiusculam, apice baud v. \i\ disciferam protracta et tunc 

 basi (usque ad medium baccae) pseudocupula + prominente cincta. Pericarpium tenue. 

 Semen conforme, testa membranacea v. coriacea, albumine candido, farinoso. Embryo 

 minutissimus. 



Conspecl ns subgenerum. 



A. Bacca pseudocupula destituta. 



I. Bacca laevis, 4- setosa v. circumcirca longitudinaliter costata, appendice + conico, 

 apice stigmatifero prcedita. 



a. Baren liuvis + setosa, pedicello + longo instrueta., 



Subgenus I. Acrocarpidium (Miq.) Bensen. 



