P1PEEACEAE NOVAE 
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E PENINSULA MALAY ANA. 
AUCTORE C. DECANDOLLE. 
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Peperomua Ruiz et Pavok. 
Folia opposita. 
1. Peperomia Wrayi C. DC. n. sp. 
Caulis decumbens puberulus, e nodis radicans ; rami erecti', dense 
pubescentes, ramulosi, in sicco angulosi, usque ad 10'5 cm. longi et 1 mm. 
crassi. Folia opposita, petiolata ; limbus supra in margine puberulus, 
caeterum glaber, e basi acuta vel subacuta obovatus, usque ad 20 mm. 
longus et 15*7 mm. latus vel in foliis supremis rotundato-obovatus et 
eirciter 6 mm. diametro ; petiolus dense puberulus, 4-6 mm. longus. 
Pedunculi terminates, glabri, usque ad 12‘5 mm. longi. Spic® eirciter 
24 mm. long® et 1 mm. crass®, glabr® ; bracte® pelta rotunda, 
centro breviter pedicellaia ; anther® elliptic®, filamenta brevissima ; 
ovarium ovatum, summo apice stigmatiffcrum, stigma glabrum ; baeca 
globosa ; asperulata, basi rhachi immevsa, fere 1 min. diametro. 
Bat an G Padang upper part of the valley, at 2,000 ft. altitude, 
on dead tree ; Wray 1,455 ! 
Folia al tenia. 
2. Peperomia max we liana C DC. n. sp. 
Caulis decumbens e nodis radicans, ramuli spieiferi erecti, glabri, 
in sicco fere 1 mm. crassi. Folia alterna, modice petiolata ; limbus in 
sicco subcoriaceus, fuscescens, ellipticus, basi cuneatus apice obtusus, 
3-nervius, supra subtusque glaber, margine in apice ciliatus, usque ad 
40 mm. longus et 20 mm. latus ; petiolus glaber, 5 mm. longus. Ped- 
uiK*uli terminates et axillares, glabri, 8-10 5 mm. longi. Spic® glabr® 
usque ad 5 cm. long® et fere 1 mm. crass®, densiflcr® ; bracte® 
pelta orbicularis, 0 5 mm, diametro, centro subsessilis , ovarium emersum. 
