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Pirer Berte. Beret Perrer. 
Jeb Sbbbeekieek 
Class and Order. 3 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Pireracea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spadix floribus undique tectis. Flores hermaphroditi, — 
singulus squama suffultus. Stamina numero indeterminata. — 
Anthere biloculares. Ovarium uniloculare ; ovulo soli- 
tario, erecto. Stigma tri- aut multifidum, Bacca—Fru- 
tices, rarius arbores, aromatice, ramis articulatis, nodosis. 
Folia alterna, integra integerrima, se@pe nervosa. Spadices _ 
basi spatha wstructi, oppositifolii, rarissime terminales, — 
eylindracei, nonnunquam subglobosi. Kunth. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pirer* Betle; dioicum, foliis alternis bifariis cordatis 5—T- 
herviis integerrimis glabris, amentis foemineis subcy- 
lindricis cernuis. Roxb. ee : 
Piper Betle. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 40. Fi. Seyl. n. 27. Vahl, 
Enum. v. 1. p. 328. Willd. Sp. Pl.v. 1. p. 159. Roxb. 
Fl. Ind. v.11. p. 160. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. p. 
69. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 307. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 115. ee 
Pier, qui Saururus foliis septinerviis oblongo-acuminatis. 
Burm. Zeyl. p. 193. t. 82. f. 2. : : 
Beerie Copr.  Rheed. Hort. Mal. v. 7. p. 29. t. 15. 
Sinn folium, &e. Herb. Amb. v. 5. p. 336. t. 116. f. 2. — 
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Descr. Stems shrubby, much branched, running along 
the ground or climbing to a great height, throwing out 
roots from the numerous joints. Leaves alternate, disti- 
chous, cordato-ovate, more or less broad, oblique at the 
ase, acuminated at the point, four to seven inches long, — 
Slabrous, five to seven-nerved, nerves connected by ae : 
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* In Arshan babar h Latin, piper, &c. But Dr. 3 
» ‘y, whence the Greek w:mep, Lat, piper, aS ee 
'LLIAM Hunrer (see Asiatic Researches, vol. 9, 8vo. ed. p. 384,) considers: Be 
a 
the Sanserit word papali, (the name of the long Pepper,) to be the origi 
Betle or Betel is derived from the Malabar beetla-codi. oe 
