a 
Piper. | CXIII. PIPERACEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 147: 
5. P. pseudosilvaticum, (. DC. in Bol. Soc. Brot. x. 153. 
Glabrous. Leaves ovate, equally cordate at the base, acutely acuminate, 
7-nerved, when dry subopaque and pellucid-dotted, up to 24 in. long 
and 7 lin, wide ; petiole up to 7 lin. long, sheathing beyond the middle. 
Peduncle about as long as the petiole; male catkins shorter than the, 
leaves, 1 in. long, about 1 lin. in diam.; bracts orbicular, very shortly 
stalked; rhachis and pedicels slightly pilose; female inflorescence 
unknown. Stamens 2. 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas: Macambrara, 4250 ft., Moller. 
This is said to be allied to the Indian P. sylvaticum, Roxb., which differs in 
generally having 4 stamens. Although the female flowers are unknown, the other 
characters show such an affinity with P. Molleri, C. DC., that we place them in the 
same section. 
6. P. sclerocladum, (. DC. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 224. Branches 
smooth, glabrous. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 34 in. long by half as broad, 
acutely acuminate, symmetrical and acute at the base, subcoriaceous, 
Opaque when dry, glabrous on both sides, 5-nerved, the two lower 
arising from the midrib a little above the base, the two upper near the 
middle of the blade; petiole about 4 lin. long, sheathing at the very 
base. Peduncle leaf-opposed; spikes dense, much shorter than the 
leaf ; rhachis puberulous; bracts orbicular, glabrous, peltate. Berry 
Stalked, ovoid. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 327. 
7. P. brachyrhachis, (. H. Wright. A shrub 6-7 ft. high. 
Branches pubescent. Leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded at the base, 
5—7-nerved, densely villous beneath, glabrous above, 54 in. long, 3} in. 
Wide, one or two pairs of lateral nerves springing from the base, the 
other slightly above; petiole about 1 in. long, channelled above, villous. 
Peduncle slender, 9 lin. long, villous; spike 5 lin, long; bracts peltate, 
glabrous, white; flowers polygamous. Stamens 3; filaments com- 
planate; anther-cells distinct. Ovary ovoid, compressed; stigmas 2. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; between Mpata and the 
commencement of the Tanganyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte! Nyika Plateau, 
4000-7000 ft., Whyte, 199! 
2. PEPEROMIA, Ruiz & Pav.; Benth. et Hook. 
f. Gen. Pl. iii. 132. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, spicate. Perianth 0. Stamens 2 ; filaments 
short ; anthers transversely oblong or subglobose ; cells 2, usually con- 
fluent. Ovary sessile or subsessile, obtuse or acute ; ovule solitary, 
erect; stigma undivided, often penicillate. Fruit minute; pericarp 
thin. Seed similar in shape to the fruit ; testa membranous or coria- 
ceous; endosperm farinaceous.—Herbs, annual or perennial, sometimes 
