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114. PIPERACEEX. 365 
Commonly cultivated in India and Malaya, but uncertain 
where it is indigenous. 
3. Piper chinense, Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iw. 
p. 439; C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi.1, p.375; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. 
xii. p. 531. 
Cuina: without locality (Millett !). Herb. Kew. 
4. Piper Futokadsura, Sieb. in Sieb. et Zucc. FI. Jap. Fam. Nat. 
n. 455; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. iii. p. 139; C. DC. 
in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 346; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. 
p.443; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 582. 
Piper arcuatum, var., Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Iugd.-Bat. i. p. 135. 
Formosa: Tamsui and Takow (Oldham, 468, 469! Playfair!) ; 
Lucuu Arcuiretaco (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
Oldham’s 471, from Formosa, may also belong to this species. 
v 5. Piper ($ Eupiper sensu Benth. et Hook. f.) hainanense, 
Hemsl., n. sp., ex affinitate P. philippini. 
Herba vel frutex nanus, racemosus, cinereus vel pruinosus, 
undique glaber, ramulis floriferis gracillimis striatis. Folia gra- 
ciliter petiolata, coriacea, ovato-lanceolata, 3-4 poll. longa, 
acuminata, basi cuneata vel fere rotundata, sspe leviter obliqua, 
undulata, 5-7-nervia, utrinque pallida, petiolo semipollicari. 
Flores unisexuales, dioici, spicis elongatis gracilibus pendulis 
oppositifoliis; spice d usque ad 6 poll. longz, sed sepius bre- 
viores, densissimz, bracteis peltatis stipitatis ; stamina 4?; spice 
9 laxiuscule; ovarium sessile, stigmate obscure 4-lobulato. 
Bacca immatura, oblonga, circiter 23 lineas longa. 
Harwaw: small plant in beds of streams (B. C. Henry, 53, 
comm. Ford !), without locality (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 
6. Piper Hancei, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 533. 
Chavica leptostachya, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 301. 
KwaNaTUNG: on the trunk of a tree at the White Cloud 
monastery (Sampson, 822!), in woods at Tingushan (Sampson, hb. 
Hance, 13030!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
7. Piper puberulum, Marim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 532. 
Chavica puberula, Bent. Fl. Hongk. p. 335. 
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