Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.

Peperomia
Abput a mile above the mouth of the main tributary of the
I Hanapepe river, Kauai, was collected a plant which does not
seem to agree with any of the Hawaiian species, although ft
seems to be close to P. sandwicensis. The plants were growing
yS in wet, muddy ground, at the base of a ledge of rock. They
] are small, none being over six inches long, including the long
spikes. The stems are short, branching from near the decum-
bent base, somewhat channeled, smooth below, the upper part
and the branches, pubescent with short hairs that curve up-
ward. The leaves are in whorls of three, or sometimes the
/ lower ones opposite, on hairy petiolès of about one-fourth their
length. Including the petiole,. the largest are about an inch
long, obovate, or almost orbicular , in outline, thick, three?
nerved, these often obscured, granular punctate and green
above, but not pubescent, except sometimes along'the margin i
jUsei" at the junction with the petiole, the under side red, pubes-
cent, with short curved hairs, or occasionally merely granular;
spikes very long and slender, commonly as long or longer than
the rest of the plant.
July 1 (2478).
PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON TM£ ISLAND OF KAUAI, IN THE VALLEY OPPOSITE
GAY & ROBINSON’S HANAPEPE VALLEY HOUSE,
By A. A. Heller, July I, 1896.
HERBARIUM
COLUMBIA UNIV R3I Y.
NEW YORK.
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