thers 2, one on each side the base of the germen, one-celled, purple, ses- 
sile. Seed-vessels prominent. 
A very handsome species of Peperomia, presenting a strik- 
ing appearance, with its large dark-green shining leaves, with 
white veins, its spotted stalks and petioles, and its long, erect, 
purplish spikes. 
Plumier discovered the species in St Domingo, and has 
given a most excellent figure of it in his Description des 
Plantes d'Amerique. Ruiz and Pavon seem to have found 
it in the mountains of Pillao in Peru. The plants that I have 
had the opportunity of examining in flower, were in September 
1813, from the Botanic Gardens both of Glasgow and Liver- 
pool, and their possession is due to the liberality of the Messrs 
LODDIGES. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a spike, with its florets. Fig. 2. Single flower. 
