KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND. 33. N:<) 2. L25 



Gaulis succulentus, erectus, + ramosus, basi radicans, foliis decurrentibus 2-alato- 

 oostulatus, inferne glaber, superne in costulis, praBsertiin ad nodos sparsim ciliatus. 

 Folia breve petiolata, alterna, plerumuue opaca, rigidula, supra obscure viridia, glabra, 

 subtus pallidiora et ssepe violascentia, sparsim — erebrius et longiuscule pilosa, raar- 

 ginibus praesertim ad apicem + ciliata, vulgo parva, inferiora ± spathulata v. obovata, 

 intermedia obovato-oblonga — breviter lingulata v. elliptica, apice obtusa — obtusiuscula 

 v. subrotundata, s*pe emarginulata, summa magis elliptieo- v. ovato-lanceolata v. cum 

 intermediis conformia, apice obtusa — subrotundata v. vulgo in apicem obtusiusculum 

 levissime protracta, basi longe cuneato-acuta, 3 — 5-nervia, nervis exterioribus subtilibus, 

 interioribus validioribus, fere ad apicem ductis, mediano percurrente, supra subimpressis, 

 subtus + prominulis, flavescentibus. Amenta solitaria, terminalia, folium 3 — 5-plo supe- 

 rantia, laxiflora, pallida, subgracilia, apice attenuata, rachi leviter puberula. Bractea 

 pallida, subrotundata. Baccw ovato-globosae, viscido-papillosac, apice scutello obliquo, 

 subplano, [)ostice obtuse protracto, medio stigmatifero aucta>. 



Distribulio geographica: Cuba orientali pr. villain Monte Verde dictam (Wright. Pl. cub. Wrightianse n:o 511 

 in Ilb. Boiss. et n:o 511 et 1688 in 111>. DC. nec uon in 11b. Gris. et Hb. Krug & Urb.). — 

 Costa Rica (Polakowsky n:o 20G p.p. in Hb» Berol.). 



Sectio ii. VerticillataB Dahist. 



Subsectio A. Leptophyllse Dahist. 



1. T. filiformis (Sw.) A. Dietr. 



P. filiformis A. Dietr. Sp. v. 1, p. 177 (non Ruiz & Pav.). — P. Swartziana Miq. 

 Syst. p. 155, 1843; Gris. Fl. West. Ind. occ, p. 167 (p.p. quoad syn. Sw.), 18(i4; C. DC 

 Prodr. 1(5: 1, p. 466, 1869. — P. limaris C DC. in Seem. Journ. bot., p. 145; C. DC. 

 Prodr. 1(5: 1, p. 463, 1869; C. DC. in Mém. de la Soc. de Phys. T. 27, sec. partie, p. 310, 

 1881. — Piper filiforme Sw. Prodr. Fl. Ind. occ, p. 16, 1788; Sw. Fl. Ind. occ, p. 7:'). 

 1797; Vahl, enuin. v. 1, p. 351, 1804; Willd., Sp. v. 1, p. 169. 



Fig.: Sw. Ic. Fl. ind.; C. DC. Mém. etc. pl. V. 



Distiihuiio geographica: Jamaica (Swartz in 111». Stockholm., Pnnlic in Ilb. Gris.). - Venezuela, prope 

 coloniani Tovar (Moritz in Ilb. Berol., Fendler n:o 117G in Ilb. G. DC), Caracas (Gallmer n:o 333 in 

 Ilb. Berol.). — Ecuador in Andibus quitens. in sihis supra arbores et saxa alt. 8000 p. (Jameson, 

 Pl. aequinoct. n:o 89 in Ilb. C. DC). 



Miquel hat in Syst. Pip. unnötigerweise diese Art umgetault, denn Swartz' Naine 

 Piper filiforme (Prodr. Fl. Ind. occ. 1788 und Fl. Ind. occ. 1797) ist älter als Ruiz' und 

 Pavon's Name Peperomia filiformis, welche Art also einen anderen und den nächst 



