80 CXXIV. PIPERACEA. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Piper. 
MALACOA ; at Ching, Griffith. 
. Branches "very slender, e. stiff; nodes much thickened. Leaves 3-5 by 
1-2 in., base unequal ; petiole stout, }-}in. Spikes 6-7 in., very slender ; receptacles 
reniform, about 4, in. diam., tomentose within.—Cas. DC. unites with this a Javan 
plant in fruit which is named by Junghuhu P. Cubeba, possibly rightly ; but the 
leaves are more narrowed at. the tip and the spike is not hoary. I have altered 
the misprint * Schizonephos" to **-nephros," as in Griffith's mss., the derivation 
from veppds a kidney being obvious. 
2. P. Maingayi, Hook. f.; leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic-ovate or 
lanceolate acuminate 5-7-nerved quite glabrous, male spikes finely tomen- 
tose, receptacles stipitate not recurved 3—5-androus. 
SINGAPORE and MALACCA, Maingay. i 
Branches stout. Leaves 4-5 by 2-24 in., nerves prominent on both surfaces, 
nervules obsolete; petiole 1-3 in. Spikes 1-2 in.; peduncle short. Receptacles of 
male peltate, Jj in. diam.; of female minute, cupular. Berry about j in. diam.— 
The leaf is like P. firmum, but the pubescent spikes very different. 
3. P. galeatum, Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 242 ; quite glabrous, leaves 
thinly coriaceous elliptic-ovate or lanceolate finely acuminate 3-nerved from 
the very base, male spikes slender, receptacles distant stipitate recurved 
diandrous. Muldera galeata (in part), Miquel in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
v. 557. M. Wightiana, Wight Ic. t. 1949, right-hand figure only ; 
Miquel l. c. . 
TRAVANCORE ; at Courtallam, Wight. 
Branches slender, nodes thickened. Leaves 3-5 by 11-2. in., nervules distinct 
beneath; petiole 1-3 in. Male spike 6-10 in., quite glabrous; receptacles obliquely 
kidney-shaped, recurved, longer than the stipés, mouth very small.— Miquel describes 
female flowers, but I find none in Wight’s Herbarium. Some authentically-nam 
specimens in Arnott's Herbarium ticketed M. Wightiana-are identical with galeata, 
** Receptacle of male spikes sessile or unknown. 
4. P. trichostachyon, Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 1.242; glabrous, 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate moderately coriaceous with 3 basal 
nerves and 2 subopposite from the midrib above them, spike stout hoary: 
. male receptacles sessile globose diandrous. Muldera trichostachya, Mique 
in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 556; Wight Ic. t. 1944. 
- Deccan PENISSULA; The Concan and Canara, Stocks, &c.; Kandella, Dalzell. 
NiLGHERRY and SHEVAGHERRY HILLS, Wight. . 
Stem stout, woody; branches stout or slender. Leaves 5-6 by 1-2 in., 2ud pait 
of nerves often stronger than the first, nervules slender. Spikes stout, 3-4 in. Re- 
ceptacles tomentose at the mouth, Fruit globose, } in. diam. 
9. P. pachyphyllum, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves shortly petioled 
very thickly coriaceous oblong or orbicular-obovate or elliptic acute OT 
acuminate, nerves broad faint 2-3 pairs basal and one higher up, all lost 
above in the thick texture of the leaf, fruiting spike very stout, sunk in 
the fleshy rachis. 
Matacoa, Griffith. 
Leaves 4-6 by 2-4 in., probably fleshy, pale yellowish when dry, nerves obscure ; 
petiole }-} in., very stout. Fruiting spike 2} in. ; peduncle much longer than the 
petiole, very stout; rachis glabrous, bract and bracteoles forming a ring round 
base of the smooth globose fruit.—I place this in Muldera from its resemblance t0 
P. Maingayi in foliage, but which has a very different fruiting-spike. I have see? 
no male or female flowers, . 
