Hill. — A Revision of the Geophilous Species of Peperomia. 149 
( 5 ) Rhizoma tuberosum. Lamina + orbicularis. Amenta numerosa, in 
paniculam terminalem longe pedunculatam conferta. P. cotyledon. 
II A. Parvifoliae . 
P. cyclaminoides, A. W. Hill, sp. nov. (PI. XV, Figs. 16 and 17). 
Tuber hypogaeum, globoso-placentiforme more Cyclaminis, 1-2 cm. 
latum, -5-1 cm. altum, basi radicibus fibrosis instructum. Caulis subnullus. 
Folia in rosulam congesta, in sicco luteo-viridia ; petiolus 3-7 cm. longus ; 
lamina orbiculari-ovata, apice obtusa, circa 2 cm. longa, 1-3-1 -5 cm. lata, 
coriacea, sub medium ad J longitudinis peltata, venis magis minusve di- 
stinctis, circa 5. Amenta plura, 3-4 cm. longa, magis minusve laxiflora, 
pedunculis 6-8 cm. longis. Bractea ovato-acuta, carnosula, circa i-i mm. 
longa, -7 mm. lata. Stamina filamentis parvis -4—5 mm. longis instructa. 
Bacca elliptico-globosa, 1-5 mm. longa, i-2 mm. lata, verruculosa, apice 
scutulo late conico praedita. Semen elliptico-globosum, -95 mm. longum, 
8 mm. latum. 
Bolivia Australis. Pinos prope Tarija; ‘In steriler feuchter 
Felswand im Moos/ 2,800 m. Fiebrig, No. 2488 (Herb. Berol.). 
P. parvifolia, C. DC. 
Tuber hypogaeum, nigrescens, magis minusve globosum, 1-1-5 cm. 
diametro, basi radicibus fibrosis instructum. Caulis subnullus. Folia in 
rosulam congesta, olivacea ; petiolus I-5-2-5 cm. longus; lamina magis 
minusve triangularis vel suborbicularis, circa 5-7 mm. longa, 5 - 5-5 mm. 
lata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, sub medium 
ad \ longitudinis peltata, carnosa, venis haud distinctis. Amenta plura, 
4-5 mm. longa, densiflora, pedunculis, petiolis + aequilongis. Bractea 
elliptica, acuta, circa 1 mm. longa, -6 mm. lata, carnosula. Stamina sub- 
sessilia. Bacca + ovato-elliptica, fulvo-olivacea, circa 1-4 mm. longa, 1 mm. 
lata, verrucosa, apice scutulo parvo late conico praedita. Semen ellipticum, 
circa -8 mm. longum, -65 mm. latum. 
P. parvifolia, C. DC. in Seeman’s Journ. Bot., 1866, p. 133 ; C. DC., 
in DC. Prod., XVI, i, p. 393 ; Dahlst. in Kong. Svenska Vet. Akad. Hand. 
Bd. 33, No. 2 , 1900, p. 30, Tab. I, Fig. 7 . A. W. Hill in Ann. Bot. xx, 
1906, p. 404, PI. XXIX, Figs. 38, 27 , 28. 
Bolivia. Prov. Larecaja. Vic. Sorata, Cabezeras de Chilcani, Lacatia, 
&c., 3,600-4,200 m., Mandon , No. 1123 (Herb. Kew, Plerb. DC., &c.). 
Andes of Huanta ; 12,000 ft. Pearce (Herb. Kew) ; Bang. No. i860 
— with aborted inflorescences (Herb. Berol.). Copacabana ; circa 3.950- 
4,120 m. A. W. Hill , No. 181 (Herb. Kew). Peru. Herb. Pavon (in 
Herb. Boiss.). This plant appears to agree with No. 1123 . of Mandon, but 
has no ripe fruits. 
P. verruculosa, Dahlst., sp. nov. 
Tuber hypogaeum, globosum, circa 1-2 cm. diametro, basi radicibus 
