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CHIMBORAZO-CA&AR border (western escarpment): near Tipococha, 2940-3120 m, 

 July 6-9, 1945, E-4064: 



The leaves on some of these specimens are up to 1.5 era wide x 2-2.5 cm 

 long, much larger than is common for most specimens previously examined of this 

 species. Variation in size occurs to such an extent on some of the specimens 

 that it does not appear advisable to recognize the large-leaved specimens as 

 unique. All agree in the presence of the stag-horn-like pubescence. 



D — Fruit and Ovary Apically Oblique, Scutelliform, or Long- 



or Short-Rostrate; Stigmas Subapical 

 F — Fruit Globose-Ovoid with Obliquely Short-Pointed Apex 



Peperomia epilobioides Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. Am. 551. /. 483. 1950. 



AZUAY: Rio Leon, a branch canon, 1920 m, Oct 2, 1944, £-546; along the Ri'o 

 Matadero, west of Cuenca, 2550-2700 m, March 3, 1945, E~1925\ Cruz Pamba region above 

 Banos (ca 15 km southwest of Cuenca), 2700-3000 m, June 29-30, 1945, £-3928; vicinity 

 of the lake in the valley of the Rio Surucuchu (a branch of the Rio Matadero), 18-20 km 

 west of Cuenca, 2940-2090 m, July 16, 1945, E-4210; the eastern cordillera, 1-8 km north 

 of the village of Sevilla de Oro, 2400-2700 m, July 27-Aug 12, 1945, £-4486. 



CAflAR: region of San Marcos, about 10 km northeast of Azogues, 2850 m, Sept 25, 

 1944, Ptieto P-103, P-106; Parroquia Luis Cordero, at Ayapamba, about 15 km northeast 

 of Azogues, 2940-2970 m, Sept 29, 1944, Ptieto P-159\ valley of Rio de Canar, near El 

 Corazon, between S. vicente and Rosario, 2490 m, Sept 6-10, 1944, Ptieto CP-9; dry 

 chaparral scrub and paramo, with occasional moist valleys, near El Tambo (ca 69 km by 

 RR south of Sibambe), 2850-3000 m, May 4, 1945, Gilet & Ptieto (Camp E-2918). 



Peperomia microphylla H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 69. pL 15. 1815. 



LOJA: Cerro Villanaco, ca 7 km west of the city of Loja, 2400-2850 m, from pass to 

 top, July 28, 1944, £-226. 



CAftAR: Parroquia Pindilic, on Rio Dudas, about 30 km northeast of Azogues, 2970 

 m, Sept 28, 1944, Ptieto P-134. 



Peperomia galioides H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 71. pi 17. 1815. 



AZUAY: along the Rio Tarqui, 4-18 km south of Cuenca, 2490-?2700 m, Feb 26, 1945, 

 E-1849. 



CAfiAR: region of San Marcos, about 10 km northeast of Azogues, 9500 ft, Sept 25, 

 1944, Ptieto P-104. 



CHIMBORAZO: canon of the Rio Chanchan near Huigra (mostly scrub-chaparral, with 

 a few seepages and small swamps along the river), 1200-1350 m, May 7-14, 1945, £-3 75; 

 about 5 km north of Huigra (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog-belt), 1500-1950 

 m, May 19-28, 1945, E-3299. 



LOJA: Nudo de Cajanuma, 7 km south of Loja, 2400-2520 m, July 9, 1944, E-123. 



Peperomia inaequalifolia R. & P. Fl. Peruv. & Chil. 1: 30. pi. 46, f. a. 1798. 



CA^AR: region of San Marcos, about 10 km northeast of Azogues, 2850 m, Sept 25, 

 1944, Ptieto P-105. 



Peperomia lanceolata CDC. Jour. Bot. 4: 145. 1866. 



CHIMBORAZO: canon of the Ri'o Chanchan, about 5 km north of Huigra (moist forested 

 valleys in the afternoon fog-belt), 1500-1950 m, May 19-28, 1945, £-3385. 



Peperomia campii Yuncker, sp. nov. 



Herba assurgens; foliis superis verticillatim 3-6, suboblanceolato- vel 

 lanceolato-ellipticis, utrinque acutis, glabris, palmatim 3-5-nerviis, foliis inferis 

 oblanceolatis vel obovatis, utrinque hirtulis, apice obtusis, .basi acutis, valde 

 reflexis; spicis numerosis; drupa globoso-ovoidea, apice obliqua; stigmate 

 subapicali. 



A terrestrial herb, ascending from a decumbent rooting base up to 70 cm or 

 more tall, 5 mm thick below when dry, with slender, wand-like, divergent branches 



