1955] 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR 



169 



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

 narrow flood-plain of Ri'o Itzintza, 1050-1110 m, Nov 17-Dec 5, 1944, E-1237. 



B — Leaves Peltate 



Peperomia peruviana (Miq.) Dahlst. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. 33(2): 32. 1900. 



AZUAY: Nudo de Portete, pass between headwaters of the Rios Tarqui (Atlantic) and 

 Giron (Pacific), about 2700 m, March 10, 1945, E-2114. 



Peperomia villibacca Yuncker in Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. Am. 715. /. 636. 

 1950. 



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

 2700 m, July 27-Aug 12, 1945, E-4443. 



A — Spikes Numerous, more or less Paniculately Arranged 



Peperomia espinosae Yuncker in Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. Am. 735. /. 659. 

 1950. 



LOJA: Cerro Villanaco, about 7 km west of the city of Loja, in deep shade along 

 moist ravines, 2400-2850 m, Oct 9, 1944, E-66T. 



Peperomia peltigera CDC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6: 505. 1898. 



AZUAY: about 3 km north of Sevilla de Oro, in a Cholo garden, 2400 m, Aug 28, 1945, 

 E-5025. 



CHIMBORAZO: Canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km north of Huigra, 1500-1950 

 m, May 19-28, E-3415. 



Peperomia omnicola CDC. var. oblanceolata Trel. Jour. Wash. Acad. 16: 206. 

 1926. 



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

 Chupiantza, 600-690 m, Nov 17, 1944, E-1052; floodplain of Rio Itzintza, 1050-1110 m, 

 Nov 17-Dec 5, 1944, E-1241. 



Peperomia verticillatispica Trel. & Yun. Pip. North. S. Am. 745. /. 669. 1950. 



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

 Cordillera near the village of Bucay, 300-375 m, June 8-15, 1945, E-3697. 



Peperomia pyramidata Sodiro, Contr. Conoc. Fl. Ecuator. Monogr. 1. ed. 2. 151 

 [1901]. 



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-1315. 



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