■22 B. DAHLSTEDT. STUDIEN &BEK SÖD- OND CENTRALAMERIEANISCRE PEPEROMIEN. 



versus setulis albis, crassfs + obsita, subtus semper glabra, intima vulgp omnino glabra. 

 Apex ssepe emarginulatus et hoc loco densius el brevius hispidulus. Folia stolonum 

 minuta, orbicularia, apice emarginulata, basi saepe cordulata Bäcca oigricantes, angusté 

 obovatse, [onge pedicellatse pedicello baccain fere aequante (v- superante), in utraque latere 

 costulis binis eonspicuis notatae, stylo crasso basi discoideo, apice conico-curvato stigma 

 papillosum ferente- 



DietribtUio geographica: Cuba (Wrigtat n:o 523 in Hb. DC.)- — Jamaica iuter inuseos eollium editorum 

 ( Iialbis u:o 2G.VJ ex. Hb. Spreng. in 11b. Krng & örb.); supra truncos praecipue putridos in muscos 

 dependens, in montibus frigidis (S\v. 1. c., spec. auth. in llb. Stockholm, asservata!; W, Wilson u:o 466 

 in llb. (uis.); Catbarines peak ad 4000' (Eggers Fl. Ind. oec. cxs. n:o 3652 in Hb. Krog X- Urb.). — 

 Guadeloupe, nbi interduin epifytica in arbusculis prati montis sulphurigeri (Richard in Herb. Francov. 

 sec. C. D<'.); inter muscos ad arbores in Bilvis luunidis ad Cliemin du Malonba a la savane au\ Ananas^ 

 alt. 890 — 950 m. (P. Duss, Herb de la Guadeloupe et depend. n:o 3248 in llb. Krug A Urb.) — 

 Venezuela pr. col. Tovar (Fendler n:o 1818 p. p. in Hb. Gris.). 



ft glabra C. DC. 1. c. 



A preoedente foliis longioribas, ovato-lanceolatis, sensim attenuatis, apice lato, obtuso, 

 emarginulato excepto, glabris distincta. Ceterum ubique glabra v. caule interduin rarissime 

 et vix conspicue hispidula. Speciminibus venezuelanis parcius pilosis cum f. primaria 

 connexa- 



Distributio geographica: Venezuela prope Tovar (Fendler n:o 1818 p. p. in llb. Gris.), inter Maracai et 

 Choroni (Fendler n:o 1818 in Hb. DC). — Brasilia, Mantiquira (Sellow n:o 5021 et 5978 p. p. in 

 llb. Beflol., cum P. distante mixta). — Cuba orientalis (Wright n:o 523 in Hb. (Iris. et in Hb. Krog 



& Urb.). 



2. P. tovariana C. DC 



Prodr. 1»!: 1, p. 404, 1869. 



Dixtrihntiu grograp/tica: Venezuela prope eoloniain Tovar (Fendler n:o 1168 in Hb. DC). 



Verosimile praecedente valde affinia et fortasse solum ejusdetn varietas. Foliis 

 latioribus, amentis tenuibus, valde remotifloris ramisque sparsis a P. tenella precipue 

 diversa. 



3. P. emarginella (Sw.) C. DO. 



Prodr. 16: 1, p. 137, L869; HeDSch. Etudea Pep. p. 23, 1873; Peperomia exilis, 

 Gris. Fl. W. Ind. p. L64, L864; C. DC. Prodr. L6: 1, p. 397, L869. — Piper eihixrginellum 

 Sw. in Wikström, Fl. Guadeloupensis p. 56, 1827; Sw. Adnot. bot. p. 2, 1829. — Acro- 

 carpidium exil Miq. Syst. Pip. p. . r ><">. 1843. 



Fig. Henschen I. c. T. I, fig. 6 (flos). - Fig. nostra: Tal.. I, fig. 4; Tab. IV, fig. 4. 



Folia omnia alterna, orbicularia v. obverse subreniformia, apice truncata v. emar- 

 ginulata, basi late rotundato-subcuneata v. interduin levissime cordulata, marginibus pilis 

 hyalinis, basi crassis, pigidiusculis reniote el Ba1 longe ciliata, supra parce ei sal longe 



