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afterward becomes a roundiJJo berry with one cell, contain- 

 hig one globular feed. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion 

 of J^innasus*s fecond clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofc flowers have two male, and three female parts 

 of generation. 

 The Species are, 

 I. Piper {Obtuftfolium) foliis obovatis enerviis. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 30. Pepper with obverfe oval leaves having no 

 veins, Saururus humilis, folio carnofo, fubrotundo. 

 Plum. Cat. 5 1 . Low Lizard's- tail withafloefhy roundiflo 



[Pelucidum) foliis cordatis petiolatis, caule 



ith heart -fhaped 



Pi- 



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leaf. 



2. Piper 



hcrbaceo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 30. Pepper 

 leaves having foot-fialks^ and an herbaceous ftalk. 

 per foliis cordatis, caule procumbente. Hort. Cliff. 6. 

 tab. 4. Pepper vnth heart -fhaped leaves and a tr ailing flalk. 

 Piper {Amalago) folis lanceolato-ovatis quinquencr- 

 viis rui^ofis. Lin. Sp. Plant.' 29. Pepper with rough,, 

 oval, fpcar-fljapcd leaves having five veins. Saururus 

 foliis lanceolato-ovatis quinquenervis rugofis. Hort. 

 Cliff. 140. Lizard' s-tail with rough,, fpear-fhaped^ oval 

 leaves, having five veins, 



4. Piper (Humilis) foliis lanceolatis ncrv^ofis rigidisfef- 

 filibus. Pepper with fliff, fpear-fJjaped, veined leaves 



fitting clcfe to the branches. Piper longum humilius, 

 fruftu e fummitate caulis prodeunte. Sloan. Cat. Jam. 

 45. Dwarf lo7tg Pepper, with the fruit coming out at the 



. end of the flalk. ' 



5. Piper (Peltatum) foliis pcltatis orbiculato-cordatis 

 .obtufis repandis, fpicisumbellatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 30. 



^ Pepper with target-formed leaves which are orbicular, 



' ' keart-fJjaped, obtufe,, recurved, and have fpikes growing 



in umbels, Saururus arborefcens, foliis amplis, rotun- 



dis & umbilicatis. Plum. Cat. 51. T^ree Lizard^ s-tail 



with large, round, navcl-floaped leaves. 



6. Piper {Lcurifolia) foliis lanceolato-ovatis nervofis, 

 fpicis brevibus. Pepper with fpear-fhapedy ovaly veined 



'-' leaves, and Jhort fpikes. Saururus frutefcens, lauro- 



P I P 



many fucculent herbaceous (talks almoftas lar^- as 

 man's little finger -, they arc jointed, and divide in^a 

 many branches, never rifmg above a foot hiah buc 

 generally fpread near the ground, putting out^'roots a" 

 each joint, {o propaga:e very fall, and foon cover a 

 large fpace of ground. The leaves are very thick 'M^A 

 fucculent; they are about three inches long and two 

 broad, very fmooth and entire. The foot-ila!k, whi- h 

 fuftains the fpike or tail, comes out at the end of the 

 branches ; this is alfo very fucculent, and the whole 

 length, including the fpike, is about feven inches. 

 The fpike is ftrait, ercft, and about the fize of a 

 goofe-quill, clofely covered with fm.all flowers which 

 require a glafs to be dillinguifhed, fo have no beauty'; 

 but the whole fpike much refembles the tail cf a 

 lizard, fur which Plumier gave it that title. 

 Thefe fpikes appear great part of the year, but thev 

 rarely have any feeds in England ; the plants increafe 

 very faft by their ftalks, which put out roots. It re- 

 quires a warm Hove to preferve it in England, and 

 Ihould have but little wet, efpecially in winter." If 

 the plants are plunged into the tan-bed in the ftove 

 the ftalks will put out roots into the tan, fo may be 

 cut off to make new plants. . . " -' ■'. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies ; 

 this is annual The ftalks are herbaceous and fuccu- 

 lent ; they rife about feven or eight inches high; 

 the leaves are heart-fhaped, an inch and a half loner, 

 and three quarters of an inch broad ; the fpikes of 

 flowers come out at the end of the ftalks ; they'are 

 flender, about an inch long, and ftrait -/the fiowers 

 are very fmall, and fit clofc to the foot-ftalk. Thcfe 

 appear in July, and are fucceeded by very fmall ber- 



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"icfe 



cerafi folio, fru(5lu breviore & crafllore. Houft. MSS. 

 : ^'-Shrubby Lizards-tail with a Laurel leaf ^ and a fjjorter 







i thicker fruit: v 



•7, Piper {Tomentofum) foliis ovato-lanceolacis tomen- 

 4. tofis, caule artorefcente. Pepper with oval, fpear- 

 ' fhaped, woolly leaves, and a tree-like flalk.. Saururus 

 «Varborefcens latifolia, villofa fruiStu gracili. ''Houft. 



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rics, each containing a fmall feed like duft. 

 feeds are permitted to fcatter on the pots near it, tfie 

 plants' will come up without trouble •, or if the feeds 

 are faved, and fown upon. a hot-bed.in thcfpring, the 

 plants will Tifeeafily. Thefe Should be tranfplq^nttrd 

 into' fcparate pots, and plunged in'to a hot- bed of 

 'tanners baric, treating them in the fame way as o^hcr 

 tender plants, but they Ihould not have much wet 

 The third fort grc5ws naturally in Jamaica' and Bar- 

 badoes. \This hath feveral crooked ftems, which rife 

 to the Jieight of twelve or fourteen feet, which are 



;fe divide into many 

 fmall branches, which are garnifticd with fpear-fhaped 



jointed, hollov/, and pithy ; 



theie 



;.\: MSS. ' Broad-leaved, tree-like, hairy Lizard's -tail, with J oval leaves about' three inches and' a half long, and 



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one and a half broad ; tliey are rough, and have five 

 longitudinal veins. The fpikes come. out atthcend^ • 

 of the branches -, they are ilender, and about three 



^:''a flender fruit. -\ -.-r: ^ - .'-..v 



-8. PiP£R. {Adtincum) foliis ovato-lanccolatis, nervis al- 

 ternis, fpicis uncinatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 29. Pepper with 

 ■i- cval fpear-fhaped leaves, having alternate veins and \ inches long; thefe have many fmall flowers fitting 

 ■crooked fpikes. Saururus arborefcens fruftu adunco. I- clofe to the foot-ftvilk, which arcTucceedcd by fmall 

 ,-. . Plum. Cat. 5 1 . Lizards-tail with a crooked fruit. I b 



9. Piper, (Decumanum) foliis cordato-ovatis nei*vofis 



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ernes. 



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n.'acuminatis, fpicis reflcxis. Pepper with oval, bcart- 

 ~ fhaped, nerved^ acute-pointed leaves, and reflexed fpikes, 

 Saururus frutefcens plantaginis folio ampliore, frucflu 

 breviore & graciliore adunco. Houft, MSS. Shrubby 

 *Lizard^s-tail with a larger Plantain leaf, ^and a porter 



• iff 



10. 



II. 



and flender er ttecked fpike. .-.^.^ s^^i: r "-. .j 



Piper {Siribod)' foliis cordatis fubfcptinervus've- 

 nofis. Flor. Zeyl. 29. Pepper with bear t-fhapcd leaves, 



which are veined^ and have almoji feven nerva* 

 Piper. (Retuulatum) foliis cordatis fcptemnervis 



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vu reticulatis. L\n.S^.Pht\i.2^, Pepper with hearf-Jhaped 



n Hefted leaves having feven veins., Saururus -botryc 

 C1I hlajor, foliis plantaginis. Plurti. Cat."^;!. Greater 



The fourth fort grows naturally, jn, Jamaica. ,The 

 ftalks of this are flender, and frequently trail upon 

 the ground, putting roots out from their joints like ^ 

 thefirft; they are garnifhed with^ftiff fpear-lhaped , 

 leaves five inches long, and two broad in the middle, 

 drawing to a point at each end; they have one ftrong 

 midrib, and on'thebackfide have^ feveral veins run- 

 _ning fr6m'thac to tHc fides. The fpike of flowers is'. 

 .very flender, and about five inches long, fliaped ILke 



. thojc of theibrrnqr^fbrts. , * / , \ '.r. Z'^ ''i:'"' 

 7Jie fifth fort grows naturally in Jamaica-, this hi^rna 

 'j pretty thick fpongy'ftalk which riles fifteen feet hi2;h, 



oites 



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and 



Zafd^s-tail with Plantain leaves. 



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'12. Piper (GVairw;;?) foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 I'w. glabris trincrviis. Pepper with oval, fpear-Jhapedyacutc- ^ 

 ,-\ pointed, fmooth leaves, having three veins. Saururus' 

 racemofus, feu botryides minor. Plum. Cat. 51.' Small 



: branching, or cluflered Lizards-tail. 



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13. Pjpzr {Racemofum) foliis lanceolato-ovatis rugofis, 



nervis alternis. Pepper with fpear-fhaped, oval, rough 



leaves,^ having dtertfate veins. ' Saururus racemcrfus,* 



^ feu botryltes major. Plum. Cat. 5 1 . Greater branchings 



0r clujlered Ltzard's-tail., \ u \ 



' The firft fort 'grows naturally in many of the iflands 



•in the Weft Indies. This fends out from the root 



dividing intofcvcral branches which are jointed, ^ 



* cithy ; 'the kaveS arc almoil: t,oui>d ^ the foot-ftalk is 

 faftened to the under fide, fo thai the upper furface ha^ 



■•a mark Uke'a navel wjicre the ftalk joins, and .roni 

 that center run out.the veins to tfie fide. Tb?leaycs 



..arc about a foot diameter; tficir lower part js^ m- 



,r dented like a hea'rt, but the other part is round and 

 , . tlic^ftalk being" fixed toward the, middle, the leaves 

 hav^ the ai^peafanc^e of .^ target^ Thc.lpikes are fmali, 



land grov/mfQrn:iof.an.umbel./^::, ^-j ^^i^r-^ -- 



TheTixth fort grows naturally at La Vera C.^^l^l 



Thfs hath fhrubby jointed ftafe^^^,^^ 

 , rife nine or ten feet ^^"^- ^:./^:-.^ ^nr. fmalkr 



', branches, which are 



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