PIPF.BITAE. _\X_l. PIPERACEAE. 



1*1!». CliloraiiUtns.W/i/iTZ. Flore 

 hcrnniphroclili, laxc spioati, singuli intra l>ra 

 ctcain navieularem sessiles. Stamina S, ovarli 

 supra basiin anticc inscrta; filaiucnta carinata 

 hasi oonnatn , latcralia minora , a n I h e r a unilti 

 ciilari, saepc aliortiva; intermcdium anthcra liiln 

 cnlari , luculis introrsis appnsitis longitudinalilc 

 dchiscentibus. Ovarium ovatum, unilorulare 

 OtiiIiihi pcniluluin, orlholropuni. Stigma scs 

 sile, sulieapitatuni v. deprossuni, snlc atn-eiiiarglna 

 tum. Drupa monospcTma, staminis eioatriee gili 

 bnsa, putaminc tcnui, frac.il!. Senicn prnHu 

 luni; lcsta meiutiranacca. Embryo anlitropns 



ar.u 



alhu 



cllIS 

 wffruli, 



fcra. Ilerbae 



picam incolentes, ramosi; ramis uodaso-arlicvtatis, 

 foliis oppositis petiolalis, rcliculato-vcnosis, inlctrt 

 rimis v. scrratis . petiolis bnsi dilatalis cvni stipvtis 

 intra axillaribus in ochrcam lariusculam connatis, spi- 

 cis axillaribus v. lcrminalibus simplicibus atit ramosis. 

 Ciilornnthua Svrnrti in Fhitosoph. Transact. I.XXrill. 

 p. 359. R.Brown in Bot.Mag.t.21S0. Blome Flor. Jav.fasc. 

 S. t. 1.2. Nigrin» ThunLerg. Aov. gen. 58. Jct. Upsal. 

 VII. 142. Creodus l.onreir. Fler. Cochinch. I. 112. Cry 

 p haen Hnniilt. in Edinb. Journ. of sc. 1S2S, ~ 



. II e 



sp. 212. Stropha Noroula J 



Ordo //XXXJ. Viperaceae. 



PIPERACF.AE L. C. Rithnrd in Ilumloldt, Bonpl et Kunlh 

 Kov. gen. et sp. I. 39. E. Meyer de Uoultujnia el Saurur. 

 9. Banling Ord. nat. SS. Lindley inlroduct. cdit. II. p. 1SS. 



IIerbae anntiae v. perennes, saeptes stiecu- 

 lentae , vasortim fasciculis intra caulem spar- 

 sis , v. frutices vasornm fascictilis ir.tra 

 lnedullam solitariis, in ligno radialis , zrnis 

 arnotinis vix distirgtiendis. Canles simpli- 

 ccs v. ramosi, teretes, nodoso -artioulati, ra- 

 mis axillaribus solilariis v. oppositifoliis, run- 

 qtiam verticillatis. Folia opposita v. vertieil- 

 lata, atit interdum folio allero abortivo alterna, 

 slmplicia, integra et inlegerrima, nervosa, re- 

 ticulato- venosa , vernatione semel eomplieata 

 v. convoluta. Petioli, interdum brevissimi, 

 basi vaginantes. Stipttlae nitflae. 



Flores hermaphrediti v. abortn stamintim 

 dioici, nudi (perigonio destituli) , bractca 

 peltata v. adnato- docurronte snfTiilti, in spa- 

 dice earncso subcylindrico sessiles, v. cjusdcm 

 foveolis scmiimmersi, rarissime pedicello hre- 

 vissimo crassiiisoiilo insidcnies, Spadices 

 solitarii v. fascieulali, terminales attt oppesiti- 

 folii, nudi v. spa th a brevi foliacea (petioli 

 vagina) stipati. 



Stahina dtto, dextrum sinistrnmqne latus 

 ovarii stipantia, v. raritts tria, duo lateralia et 

 tcrtium posticum, saepius plura, sena v. inde- 

 finita, nonnulla tunc abortiva , difformia. F i- 

 lamenta brcvissima, linearia, hasi ctim ova- 

 rio connata. An th era e ovatae, extrorsae, bi- 

 loculares v. rarius unilootilares, loculis adna- 

 tis, appositis v. oppositis,longitudinaliter dehis 

 centibtts. Pollinis granula laevia , suhglo- 

 bosa, pellueida. 



OvARinii itnicnm , scssile , ovato- snhgle- 

 hostim, uniloculare. Ovtilum uniciim , basi- 



lare , orthotrepum , mioropyle verticem ovarii 

 spectante. Styltis nulltis. Stigma tcrminalc 

 v. suhobliqiium, brcve v. subiilato- elergalt m 

 v. crhirulalum, inditistim v. (ri - qiiadrilobuni, 

 glahrum v. hispitiuni. 



Fbictls baccatus, monospermits , parre 

 carr.esus. 



Skmf.iv e basi ercetum, subglcbcstim, 

 testa tenui, cartilagirea. Albumen densc 

 carnostim v. fere oarlilagineum, centro sacpius 

 cavum. 



Embryo in apice seminis antilreptis, 

 in ratilate alhuminis superfeiali oentenlus, et 

 intra s accnl u m amnictioitm persistentem in- 

 clusiis, parvus, ttirbinalus v. kntionlaris. Co ty- 

 1 e d o n e s duae hrevissimae, orassiuscnlae. lt a- 

 d i c u 1 a seminis umbilieo basilari c diametro 

 opposita, supera. 



Pipcraceae intertrop i co s utriusqne 

 hemisphaerae obviae, terrestres v.sttper arberum 

 Iruncis pseudoparasiticae , in regionibns 

 s u b t r o p i c i s li e m i s p h a c r a e australls 

 ct etiam in Afrira tropica rarae, inselita 

 caiilis intcr plnntas Aoramphibryas strtictnra 

 notabiles, hiae 1] r t i cac e i s, illine Polygo- 

 naceis affines stirt, a quihtis perigonii dc- 

 fectu et cnibryopc respeetti albuminis extrario 

 superficiali, intra saocultim amnitlioum inoluso 

 differunt. A C h 1 oran t h a c e i s et Sanru- 

 reis prnxime aff nihus ovario simplioi, otulum 

 unicunie basi orthotrepum conlinente, einhryo- 

 nisqtte radirttla stipera facillime tlistingtnintur. 



Qnalitates irstint aromatieae stimulanles. 

 Nonntillarum iugentes in organismum animalem 

 vires. 



ISSO. Fllier LINN. Spadix florihus te- 



tus. Bractcae peltalac v. adnato -dccnrrcntcs. 



tamina 2 v. plura; antherac extrnrsae, uni- 



iloculares, lueulis apposilis. Ovarinm uniloru- 



lare. Ovulum unicum , Iiasilarc, nrthotropum. 



S t i g nt a sessile, capilalum v. dcprcssum, inilivi- 



sunt v. trilobiiiu, puliesoens. Bacca monospcrma. 



S i in e n crectum. Emliryo in apicc alhuminis 



antitropus, rarlirula supera. _ Herbae v. svffruli- 



ces,ut plurimvm tropici, ercctiv. scandcntcs, intcrtium 



repentes v. rarivs acavtes; foliis oppositis, altcrnis 



i. verticillatis . spadicibus oppositifaliis v. axillari- 



bus , in acaulibvs radicalibvs , solitariis, srcminis v. 



'nterdum fascicvlatis ant subracemosis.' 



Piper I.inn. gcn. n.43. Ogrtii. //. «?. I. 92. Jacq. Ic. rar. 



212_216. Bot. TVIr-K. t. 2.04J.lloofc. Exot. Flor.t.21 _23. SS. 



07. 92. 164. 105. Wnllith Fl. As. rar. t. 91. Blnnie in *'ec 



handt. Itatav.Cenotsc. IX. 16S.F ip e r et P eperoniia Rliii 



Pnv Flor. Ferav. t. 44_64. Kunlh in Ilumb. et Sonpl. Sov. 



m. et tp. t. 3. 



a. PEPEROMIA Caudich. Eratt pellalM crassae. 



Peperomia Cnurlieh. ad Freyc. 513. 



b. DCOAGELIA Caudich. Hractrnr foliacene, «essiles. 

 S t i g m n tapitato - suhglobosum , pilosum. 



II ngagel ia Oaudicli. ad Frerc.513. 

 e. PIPER Gaudich, Bracteae foliaceae peltalae . sessl- 

 lesv. decurrentes. Sliema trl- qaadrlndmn. puL-ei i.liim. 

 P i p e r Gaudich. ad Frejc. 113. 



ISSl. Zlitpelin HLVM. Flnres hcr 

 niaphroilili ilcnse spicali, inavilla liractcac niriii 



