1955] 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR 



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Peperomia trine rvula CDC. var. suboppositifolia Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. Am. 

 648. 1950. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Cordillera Cutucu, ca 2° 40' S, 78° W, ridge just 

 south and west of Rio Itzintza, 1350-1650 m, Nov 17-Dec 5, 1944, E-1327. 



This specimen agrees reasonably well with this variety. 



F — Fruit commonly Ellipsoidal to Cylindrical 

 with Scutelliforro or Rostrate Apex 



Peperomia macrostachya (Vahl) A. Dietr. Sp. PI. 1: 149. 1831. 



GUAYAS: coastal plain, in the vicinity of Naranjito, ca 36 m, June 6-7, 1945, E-3590. 



The leaves on this specimen are larger and proportionally wider than usual 

 for this species. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Cordillera Cutucu, ca 2° 40' S, 78° W, opposite 

 Chupiantza, 600-690 m, Nov 17, 1944, E-1026; ridge just south and west of Rio Itzintza, 

 1350-1650 m, Nov 17-Dec 5, 1944, £-1307; east-trending slope from top of ridge down 

 toward the Itzintza, 1440-1740 m, Nov 17-Dec 5, 1944, E-1354 (questionably this 

 species); eastern slope of the cordillera, valley of the Rios Negro and Chupianza, on the 

 trail from Sevilla de Oro to Mendez, between Tres Ranchos and Chontal, 810—1710 m, 

 Dec 15, 1944, E-1552 (leaves on this specimen are more ovate than usual for this 

 species). 



Peperomia macrostachya var. nematostachya (Link) Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. 

 Am. 661. 1950. 



GUAYAS: coastal plain, in the vicinity of Naranjito, ca 36 ro, June 6-7, 1945, E-3597. 



The specimens cited above show a number of minor variances from typical 

 P. macrostachya. It is believed, however, that they all belong to the macro- 

 stachya complex. 



Peperomia serpens (Sw.) Loud. Hort. Brit. 13. 1830. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Cordillera Cutucu, ca 2° 40« S, 78° W, opposite 

 Chupiantza, 600-690 m, Nov 17, 1944, E-1057; valleys and cliff-sides of small streams 

 entering Rio Paute 2-3 km west of Mendez, 570 m, Dec 13, 1944, E-1497. 



Peperomia cryptostachya Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. Am. 674. /. 589. 1950. 



Junction of GUAYAS,^ CANAR, CHIMBORAZO & BOLIVAR: foothills of the western 

 cordillera near the village of Bucay, 300-375 m, June 8-15, 1945, £-3686. 



The type of this species was collected 3 km west of Bucay at 270 m. 



Peperomia obtusifolia (L.) A. Dietr. Sp. PI. 1: 154. 1831. 



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, 

 E-3211; about 5 km north of Huigra (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog-belt), 

 1500-1950 m, May 19-28, 1945, E-3453; open deforested slope with small patches of 

 scrub in the draws, directly above the village of Huigra, 1500-2100 m, May 29-31, 1945, 

 £-3532. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): uplands along Rio Upano just north of junction 

 with Rio Chupiantza, near Mendez, 525-750 m, Nov 14, 1944, E-1010. 



Peperomia ternata CDC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6: 509. 1898. 



AZUAY: the eastern cordillera, 1—8 km north of the village of Sevilla de Oro, 2400— 

 2700 m, July 27-Aug 12, 1945, £-4331. 



CAflAR: Parroquia Pindilic, on Rio Dudas, about 30 km northeast of Azogues, 2820- 

 2970 m, Sept 28, 1944, Prieto P-132, in part, mixed with P. acuminata, 



LOJA: Nudo de Guagrauma, ca 12 km south of Zaraguro, 2850-3150 m, July 13, 1944, 

 £-238. 



The spikes on some of these specimens are more numerous and more panicu- 

 lately arranged than as originally described. 



