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aciitis, membr’anaceis, pelliicido -piinctulatis, iitriiiqiie glabris, 
inargiuem versns snpra adpresso - pilosinscnlis , snbtiis in ve- 
nularDm rete villosiilo-fimbriatis; petiolis iiiferne mcmbraiia-' 
ceo-alatis; pedunculis axilJaribus, 2 polystachyis, 
Piper peltatum Linn, Spec. 42. ( Plum. Am, t, 74.) 
Vahl. Enum. 1. 336. IFilld. Spec. 1. 166. 
Piper priiinosum Humb, et Kth, nov, Gen, 1. 59. 
Willä, herb, n, 705. 
Piper nmbellatum Steb, herb, Martin, n, 5. 
Peperomia peltata Dietr, Spec, 1 . 142. 
Peperomia pniinosa Kunth, S^nops, 1. 124. 
Crescit in India occldentali (Jamaica, Domingo, Mar- 
tinica) et ad ilnvimn Magdalenae. t)« 
Ramuli juniores laeves?, glabri, exsiccati e'ompressi et 
glanduloso -piinctnlati. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, ^3 sii- 
pra basin peltata, snbrotnndo - cordata, acnta, margine levis- 
sime repauda, reticnlato-multinervia , nervis iitrinqiie pro- 
mineutibns 5, interioribns inferne dnplici altitndine *) con- 
fluentibiis, membranacea, subtilissime pellncido -piiuctulata, 
pnnctnlis glandnlosis, laete viridia, opaca, snbtns pallidiora, 
ntrinque glabra, snpra marginein versus adpresso - pilosiu- 
scula, snbtus pallidiora inqne vennlarnm rete villosiilo-fim- 
briata, 7-pollicaria, 6 I /3 pollices lata. Petioli S^a-poHi- 
cares , glabri , a medio ad basin ntrinque membranaceo - alati 
ibique vaginantes, siilcati et glanduloso -punctnlati. Pedun^ 
cnli axillares, solitarii, apice (abortu?) distachyi, 6 — 7 
lineas longi, glabri. Spicae pedicellatae, densiflorae, cylin- 
draceae, rectae, suppetentes juveniles, 26 — 28 lineas longae, 
crassitie pennae passerinae; pedicellis 5 lineas longis, gla- 
bris. Bracteae per qnincnnces dispositae, peltatae, margine 
fimbriatae. (Descriptio juxta specimen Sieberianum.) 
i. e. ex liis diio altiiis e nervo medio prodeuntcs. 
