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rius ternis, densifloris; gerininibus apice stigmatiferis, 

 subgiobosis. 



In saxosis prope Mandiocca legit Riedel. 



Caulis seniipedalis usque pedalis. Pedunculi graciles, 

 { — 1 poli, longi. Folia membranacea, ovata v. rbombeo- 

 ovata v. subrotundo-ovata, ônervia, utrinque et praeci- 

 pue in nervis pilosula, basi rotundala v. rarius su ben- 

 ne a la, apice leviter acuminata, margine integerrima et 

 cilioiata, 1^ — 2 poil, longa, 1 — 1^ poil, lata, sicca, utrin- 

 qne dense nigro punctulala. Amenta fiiiformia, densi- 

 flora, terminalia v. axillaria, solitaria v. bina v. terna, 

 circiter \^ poil, longa. Brai teae parvae, suborbiculares. 

 Gei mina subglobosa, apice apiculata et stigmalifera. 



Àffinis P. nigropunctatae. 



3. Peperomia Jamesoni Rgl. 



Erecta, glabra, ramosa; ramis palentibus verticillatis; 

 foliis verticillatis, quaternis senis, spatliulato - oblongis, 

 obtusis, subsessilibus, pellucido - punctatis, uninerviis; 

 amentis tenninalibus solitariis v. binis - senis; erectis, 

 filiformibus, laxifloris; baccis globoso-ovatis, acutis, apice 

 stigmatiferis. In andibus regni Quitensi prope 10000' ait. 

 legit cl. Jameson. 



Caulis pedem altus, teres v. angulatus; rarni quôdran- 

 guli. Folia patentia, deinde reflexa circiter | poil . longa, 

 2 — 3 lin. superne lata, in petiolum brevissimum atte- 

 nuata. Amenta breviter pedunculata, erecta, fiiiformia, 

 tisque 4 poil, longa, laxiflora; pedunculo J — i poil, longo; 

 bracteis peltatis subrolundis; baccis subgiobosis, acutis. 



Affinis P. inaequalifoliae R. et P, 



