170 F. A. GUIL. MIQUEL. ENUMEHATIO PIPERAC E ARUM. 



7. Peperomia diaphana Miq. 71. sp. Succulenta hurailis decum- 

 bens parce ramosa, radicanS; ramulis novellis patenti-puberis ; 

 folia alterna petiolata ovata vel elliptico-ovata acuta vel acu- 

 tiuscula, basi rotnndata vel lato subcuneata, supra sparse deci- 

 dueque in margine praesertim versus apieem ciliatim pubescentia, 

 subtus pallida laevigata trinervia^ epuuctata; amenta superue 

 axillaria cum terminali pedunculis glabris^ distantiflora folia 

 superantia; bracteae brevi-pedicellatae suborbiculares ; ovarium 

 ovoideum patens, stigmate terminali brevissime pubero. 



Planta siccata tenera valde membranacea , in spiritu vini servata 

 valde tenera; tota spithamea, in terra decumbens, radicans, 

 inferne aphylla ^ sursum foliosa; petioli antice profunde canaliculati 

 parce piliferi vel prorsus glabri 5 — 7 millim. longi; folia majora 

 basi rotundata, minora obtuso-subcuneata, in sicco transparenti- 

 membranacea , supra saturate viridia subtus valde pallida et laevigata 

 quasi polita nervis colore distinctis, medio ad apicem ducto, 

 lateralibus ad | ait., immerse reticulatis, majora folia nervulo 

 imo exilo basali accedente sub- 5-nervia nervuloque marginem 

 sequenti passim munito, magnitudine valde disparia, v. c. 6 cent, 

 longa, 3 lata, minora 4 — 21 cent, longa, 2| — 2 — 1^ lata. Pe- 

 dunculi 2 cent, circiter longi; amenta in vivo 2 millim. circiter 

 crassa, gracilia 5 — 6 cent, longa; bracteae brevi-pedicellatae 

 orbiculares ovarium et stamina partim obtegentes; ovarium patens 

 ovoideum apice contracto stigmatiferum. Stamina parva. 



In prov. Minarum ad Caldas ad terram 16 Maji 1868 Henschen 

 in herb. Regnell IIL n. 1109. 



8. Peperomia pterocauiis Miq. Syst. p. 86. Mart. Fl. hrasiLp. 11. 

 Baccae in amentis in spiritu vini servatis non immersae glo- 



boso-ovoideae fuscae apice contracto stigmatiferae , bractea bre- 

 vissime pedicellata suffultae. 



In prov. Minarum ad Caldas, ad terram et in ligno putrido 

 18 Jun. 1868: Henschen in herb. Regnell III. n. 1553. 



9. Peperomia Yelloziana Syst. p. SS. Mari. FL brasil. p. 11. 



