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axillary, nioderatoly slender and elongated (scarcely 2 X "'0 

 nun.), rather closely flowered, the flowers separated by anasto- 

 mosing ]-i(lges; peduncle lllit'onu, KM.") luuL long; bracts round- 

 peltate; ovary ovoid, apiculate; stigma terminal. 



Bopi River Valley, at 3,000 feet, H. H. Rushy {no. 581). Type 

 specimen in Trelease herbarium. 



Peperomia Cardenasii Trelease 



A moderately small succulent spreading herb, drying grayish- 

 green: stem moderate (2-3), drying very angular, somewhat 

 glossy, at lirst closely velvety, the hairs later fewer or disap- 

 pearing; leaves commonly 3 at a node, subrhombic-elliptic, ob- 

 tuse at both ends or the large end cuneate, rather small (1.5 X 

 2.5-2 X 5 cm.), rather papery, scarcely sulcately 3- or 5-nerved, 

 dark-graiuilar and for a time loosely velvety beneath; petiole 2-5 

 nun. long, deeply channeled, at lirst velvety; inflorescence un- 

 known. 



Rurrenabaque, at 1,000 feet, M. Cardcuas {no. 1174). Type 

 specimen in Trelease herbarium. 



Peperomia bopiana Trelease 



A rather small stoloniferous glabrous herb with ascending 

 branches : leaves commonly 3 or 4 at a node, rhombic-lanceolate, 

 almost truncately obtuse, subacute at base, small (5-8 X 15-25 

 mm.), more or less revolute, opaque, rather obscurely 3-nerved; 

 petiole very short (1 mm.) ; spikes terminal, small (about 1 X 30 

 mm.), closely flowered; peduncle at length 2 cm. long; bracts 

 round-peltate. 



Bopi River, at 3,000 feet, H. H. Bushij {nos. 387 and 570). 

 Type specimen in Trelease herbarium. 



Peperomia galiifolia Trelease 



A rather small creeping succulent herb with short erect leafy 

 branches : stem velvety when young but glabrescent ; leaves 3-6 

 at a node, spatulate-oblong or subelliptic, obtuse, or obscurely 

 subemarginulate, sessile, minute (3^ X 7-15 mm.), minutely 

 soft-pubescent above, obscurely jDinnately veined by transmitted 

 light; spikes terminal, small (scarcely 1X20 mm.), closely 

 flowered ; peduncle 7 mm. long, velvety ; bracts round-peltate. 



Pongo de Quime at 11,500 feet, 0. E. White (no. 166). Type 

 specimens in Trelease herbarium. 



