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EKUMEEATION Oi' \_Piyperacece. 



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CXXXIX. PIPE11ACE.E. 



1. PEPEEOMIA, Euiz and Pav. 



1. P. reflexa, A. Dictr. (Miq. Fl. Ind. Eat. vol. i., pai^s altera, p, 436, 

 cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 11*23-1.)— c.p. 2462. 



Hab. Commou in the Ceutral Province, up to an elevation of 6000 

 feet. ^ 



3. P. Heyneana, Miq. (Wight, Ic. 1. 1922-1,)— An P,Dindyfftdensh, 

 Miq. Syst. p. 112 ; Illust. Piper, p. 19, t. 13 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1921?— 

 c.p. 2956. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the Central and Southern Provinces. ^ 



Varies greatly in the amount of pubescence and in the shape and size of the leaves. 



3. P. Courtallensis, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 549; 



Wight, Ic. t. 1923-2.— An P. portulacoides, A. Dietr. ; WigJit, Ic. t. 



1922-2 ? An P. Zeylmiica, Miq. 1. c. p. 550 ?— c.p. 2173. 



^^ar. /3; foliis majoribus acutioribusque, sa?pius alternis. — c.p. 2172. 

 An species distincta ? 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



2. POTHOMORPHE, Miq. 



L P. subpeltata, Miq. (Wight, Ic. t. 1925.)— c.p. 2714. 

 Hab. Common in damp shady places, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 

 Norn. vulg. " Mala-laboo." 



3. CHAVICA, Miq. 



1. C. RoxburgLii, Miq. Syst. Piper, p. 239; Illust. Piper, p. 33. 

 t. 30; Wight, Ic. t. ld2S,— Piper longum, Linn.— C.P. 2953. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, not very common ; also in native 

 gardens. Norn. vulg. "Tippili." 



2. C. Siriboa, Miq. FL Ind. Eat. vol. i., pars altera, p. 438, cum syn. 



■Piper Siriboa, Linn.— c.p. 3690. 

 Hab. Cultivated in native gardens as a masticatory, and considered 

 not indigenous. Norn. vulg. '*Eata-boolat-wel," " Siribo." 



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A species (c.p. 3691), called by the Ciiighalcse '' Secwiya-wel," evidently very 

 closely allied to the present, if not, as I suspect, a mere form of it, occurs upon large 

 trees and on rochs, neai- the banks of rivers and streams, in the Central Trovince; 

 but I have not yet been so fortunate as to meet with specimens in flower. The 

 leaves are rather firmer in texture and less suddenly acuminated than in the cultivated 

 C. SlriLoa, but in other respects are very similar in character to those of the latter. 



3. C. Betle, Miq. 1. c. p. 439, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1926.— P(p^ 

 Pe/^e, Linn.-c.p. 3692. ^ > h ^ 



^ Hab. Cultivated very generally, as a masticatory, in native gardens 

 m the warmer parts of the island, but not truly wild. Norn. vulg. 

 *' Boolat-wel." ^ 



4. PIPER, Linn, 



1. P. nigruTO, Linn. (Miq. Illust. Piper, p. 50, t. 50; Wiglit, le. I. 

 1934.) -c.p. 2176. 11^'^ 



