Piper.] CXXIV. PIPERACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 89 
branchlets petioles peduncles and leaves beneath sparsely hirsute, leaves 
petioled rather coriaceous ovate ovate-oblong or -lanceolate obtusely acumi- 
nate 5-7-nerved from the rounded or subcordate equal or oblique base, 
spikes long slender, bracts orbicular. Cas. DC. in Prodr.xvi. 1. 366 ; Dalz. 
4 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 115. 
i d Concan and Canara; Mahableshwar and Bababoodan Hills, Law, Cleg- 
orn, &c. 
Branches stout, terete, angled when dry. Leaves 3-5 by 14-24 in., brownish 
when dry, glabrous above, nerves beneath slender, nervules transverse ; petiole 1-3 in. 
ale spikes 3-6 in., flexuous, peduncle equalling the petiole; bracts glabrous; 
Stamens 2, Fruiting spikes 3-6 in.; bracts sometimes adnate below and shortly 
decurrent ; scar glabrous within.—A distinct species, but the fruiting spikes are 
immature, and the bracts being sometimes decurrent, it should perhaps be removed to 
Sect, Eupiper. 
30. P. Schmidtii, Hook. f.; shrubby, quite glabrous, branches woody 
terete, leaves petioled very coriaceous ovate-oblong or -lanceolate acuminate 
ö-nerved from above the base, nerves alternate, base rounded or acute 
strongly reticulated on both surfaces, peduncles longer than the petioles, 
male spikes 4-6 in., female shorter fruiting with a very thick flexuous rachis, 
put globose or ovoid, bracts orbicular. P. arborescens, in part, Mig. Sys f. 
Pip. 320; Wight Te. +t. 1940, right-hand figure; Cas. DC. in DC. Pro " 
xvi. 1.359, the Nilghiri plant only. P. nigrum, Wall. Cat. 6643 D e. 
ower specimen only. ? P. arcuatum, y. quintuplinervium, Cas. DC.. c. 360. 
Niten Mrs., Schmidt, Wi, ht, &c. . 
À large shrub, clothing trunks of trees ; branches usually drying black. ae 
by 1-2 in., drying brown ; nerves beneath very stout, sometimes whitish benea " 
margin often recurved ; petiole stout, } in. Male spikes stout, peduncle. tuin 
long as the petiole; female stout, very dénse-fld. Fruiting spike varia EN M t 
tortuous, rachis usually very thick. Fruit in some very fleshy and descri this M 
ight as oblong, in others less fleshy and quite globose.—I cannot imagine 1 x re 
e what Roxburgh intended as the Moluccan P. arborescens, and or w ibes as 
says the peduncles arè about as long as the petioles, and which Miquel esori en 
;'In puberulous nervules beneath, and short male spikes. The Cer) on P »" 
(C. P. 2461), feferred to by Thwaites and Cas, DC. as P. arborescens, is J . T uro 
Phyllum. Wallich's 6643 E from Penang, referred by Miquel both em. 
cens (Syst. Pip, 320) and to P. attenuatum (p. 807), is P. porphyrophyttum. 
3l. P. nepalense, Mig. Syst. Pip. 318; shrubby, quite glabrous, 
leaves etioled membranous oF thinly coriaceous elliptic-ovate or -oblong or 
-lanceolate more or less caudate-acuminate 5-7-nerved above the "le lon 
95!Ique acute or rounded base, male spikes long slender, fruiting T me 
nore rachis densely tomentose, bracts orbicular, fruit ovoid GEO B 
hulate. Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 1. 357. P. peepuloides, Wall. Cat, 6690 B. 
Piper Nos. 5 and 20 (for the most part), Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. § T. 
i d UBTROPICAI, HriMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft., from Garwhal, Edgeworth, to Bhotan 
ne Mishmi, Griffith. Knasta Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. ely rounded 
ranches slender. Leaves very variable, 3-5 by 1-3 in. base rar T. s often 
or cordate ; petiole j-$ in. Spikes 2-7 in. ; bracts sessile. Fruiting spt es often 
"ai puberulous, straight or flexuous. Fruit j in. long, pointed. The “form with 
b Imalayan and Khasian species. No. 20 Herb. H. f. 4 T. appears to h a ter 
"oader and more coriaceous leaves, for the flowers and fruit afford no character. 
32. P. khasi in Prodr. xvi. 949, in part; glabrous 
v Peduncles and petioles died ay C cbascent, leaves petioled membranous 
anceolate or oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate 5-nerved above the equ 
