84 CXXIV. PIPERACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Piper. 
coriaceous oblong-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate 3-5-nerved at the very 
obliquely cordate auricled base penninerved above it, fruiting spike stoutly 
peduncled suberect conico-cylindric. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 156, and Ed. Carey 
& Wall.i.158. P. maritimum, Blume Herb. Lugd. Bat. P. longum, Blume 
Verh. Bat. Genoots. ix. 197, and Enum. Pl. Jav. i. 70 (excl. various syn.). 
P. callosum, Opiz in Relig. Henk. ii. 152. P. officinarum, Cas. DC. in 
Prodr. xvi. 356. P. Arnottianum, Cas. DC. l. c. excl. syn. P. glabrum, 
Roxb. Ic. pict. ined. P. peepuloides, Wall. Cat. 6650 E, F. Chavica offici- 
narum, Mig. Syst. Pip. 256, Ill. Pip. 39, t. 34, and Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 2. 444; 
Hayne Arnz. Gewachs. xiv. t. 21. C. maritima, Mig. Syst. 262. C. peepu- 
loides, Wight Ic. t. 1927 (not of Roxb.).—Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. 333, 
t. 116, f. 1. 
Cultivated in various parts of INDIA and the Malay Islands. : 
Branches flexuous, terete, hard, finely striate when dry, pale. Leaves 5-7 by 
24-8} in. rather shining above, pale when dry, base very variable, nerves 3-6 pair 
above the 3-5 basal; nervules arching; petiole 1-4 in. Fruiting spikes 1-2 in. long, 
4 in. diam., broadest at the base, obtuse, forming a fleshy cone of innumerable fruits 
1 in. diam.— The alternate nerves of the main portion of the leaf, all starting from 
the midrib, are very characteristic of this species. I have seen no certain male fl. 
Rumph's figure, quoted by Hunter, is very characteristic of the venation above the 
base, but it omits the basal nerves, 
15. P. sylvaticum, Roxb. Fl. Ind.i. 156, and Ed. Carey § Wall. i. 
158; glabrous, stem flaccid creeping angular and furrowed when dry, leaves 
membranous long-petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate acuminate 5-7- 
nerved from the base or the inner pair higher inserted, upper leaves elliptic 
or oblong-lanceolate shorter petioled, male spikes 2-3 in. slender, fruiting ` 
female short erect 3-1} in., fruit free. Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 1. 999; 
Wall. Cat. 6653 A, B. PP. Betle, Wall. Cat. 6652 C. P. Malamir, 
Roxb. ex Wall. Cat. 6642 A (not of Rozb..  Chavica sylvatica, M4. 
Syst. Pip. 248; Wight Ic. t. 1930.—Chavica, No. 19, Herb. Ind. 
Hook. f. & T. 
Upper and lower AssAM, Masters, Griffith, &c. Jheels of Bxxaar, J. D. H. § 
T. T. (? NEPAL) and Ava, Wallich. "TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith. : 
A low creeping species; stems succulent, several feet long, contracting much i 
drying; branches short, erect, or ascending, flexuous. Leaves rarely puberulous 0D 
the nerves beneath, lower 3 by 2}-3 in., nerves slender ; upper as long but narrower; 
petiole of lower 2—4 in. Spikes shortly peduncled; males as in P. peepuloides, but 
bracts larger; stamens generally 4 (Roxburgh, I find 2); anthers reniform, cells 
confluent, dehiscing over the crown, female always erect. Fruit -4 in. diam.— 
very distinct species, something like P. attenuatum with more the habit of P. longum; 
it is'probably not uncommon in marshy districts. It may be Roxburgh's P. Mala- 
miris, as Wallich’s ticket says; but the original of P. Malamiris of Linnæus (SP. 
Pl. Ed. i. p. 29) consists of a mixture of plants, for which he cites the Flora Zeylanic* 
Plukenet, and the Amalago of Rheede, giving as the native country both the East 
and West Indies, . 
16. P. petiolatum, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, branches stout, leaves 
large long-petioled thinly coriaceous rounded-ovate acuminate 7-netY 
nervules arching, fruiting peduncle very short spike short cylindric. Chavie@ 
petiolata, Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 1. 889 (excl. the Khasian plant). 
UPPER Assam; Mishmi Hills, Griffith. $ 
There are only 2 specimens, both in fruit ; each consists of a stout branch om 
long and with 4 leaves, each 6 by 34-5 in. with rounded bases, opaque above Wi 
the nerves obscure, the latter strong beneath, connected by the arching venules 
fruiting spike 1-14 in.; fruit globose, 3 in. diam., yellow, 
