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Piper NicrumM. Brack, or Common 
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Class daa Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Pireraces. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Spadix floribus undique tectus. Flores hermaphroditi, 
singulus squama suffultus. Stamina numero indeterminata. 
Anthere biloculares. Ovarium uniloculare, ovulo solitario, 
erecto. Stigma tri- aut multifidum. Bacca—Frutices, ; 
rarius arbores, aromatice, ramis articulatis, nodosis. F olia < 
alterna, integra, integerrima, sepe nervosa. Spadices bast — 
Spatha instructi, oppositifolii, rarissime terminales, cylin- — 
dracei, nonnunquam subglobosi. Kunth. © 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
* IPER nigrum ; monoicum vel polygamum, foliis lato-ova- 
tis acuminatis 5—7-nerviis subcoriaceis nitidis, geni- — 
culis nodosis. “ ers 
Pirer nigrum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.40. Vahl, Enum.v.1.p. — 
328. Willd. Sp. Pl. p. 159: Roxb. Fl. Ind.v. 1. p. — 
153. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. p. 69. Roem. et — 
“Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 307. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
v. 1. p. 112. Dict. des Sc. Nat. cum Ic. | 
Pirer aromaticum. Poir. Enc. Meth. »v. 5. p. 458. 
MOLAGO-copi. Rheed. Mal. v.7. p. 23. t. 12. 
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| Descr. Stem trailing or climbing, shrubby, flexuose, : 
and dichotomously branched, jointed, swelling at the joints, — 
and often throwing out radicles from the joimts, which — : 
adhere to bodies like those of ivy, or become roots striking e 
mMto the ground. Leaves from four to six ue iong, — 
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