438 ANIMADVERSIONES IN PIPERACEAS. 
4-64 lata; nervis subtus prominentes, 3 medii ad apicem 
ducti, adstantes per anastomoses fere eo usque continuati, 
reliqui tenues, anastomoses subhorizontales prominule. Sti- 
pule oppositifolie decidue lineares puberule petiolo bre- 
viores. Pedunculi 1} cent. amenta baccifera 8 cent. longa. 
4. P. nigrum, p. 308.—Ceylon, (Walker, n. 1397), in Cayenna 
cult., (Martin.) 
5. P. trioicum, p. 310. Assam, Madras ex Madura sub 
nomine P. nigri, Mool lagoo indigenis dictum, stirps mater 
P. albi off. ex teste schedula eadem etiam que in Malabaria 
ad P. album colligendum colitur, (Griffith.) 
6. P. sylvestre, p. 314, mas. Mauritius (Barclay,) ftem.? (Cey- 
lon, Walker ;) folia paullo majora, ovata basi vix inæquali-ro- 
tundata, 8-11 cent. longa, 43-61 lata, nervo laterali uno vel 
2 paullo supra basin liberis. Peduneuli 12-2 cent. longi, 
amenta 10-12. Bracteæ ut in mare, stigmata 4-5 linearia 
acuta reflexa. 
7. P. Nepalense, p. 318, Khasiya, (Griffith ;) folia paullo cras- 
siora et fortius reticulata. 
8. P. arborescens, p. 320. Java, (Zollinger, n. 915.) 
9. P. nigrescens, p. 325. Java, (Zollinger, 875.) 
In specimine suppetente folia superiora basi obtusa vel 
acuta. Amentum hermaphroditum pedunculo 1-2 cent. longo 
sustentum, 4 cent.longum, densiflorum. Bracteæ pedicellato- 
peltatæ extus glabre. Ovarium ovatum, stigmata 3. Sta- 
mina 2 lateralia, filamentis crassis, antheris globosis parvis 
bilocularibus. ; 
10. P. muricatum, p. 326. Java, (Lobb.) 
11. P. Walkeri; ramulis petiolisque adultis glabris, foliis cras- 
siuscule membranaceis subtilissime pellucido-punctulatis, 
supra glabris opacis subtus præsertim in nervis sparsissime 
pilosulis æquilateris vel subinæquilateris elliptico- vel ovato- 
lanceolatis lanceolatisque acuminatis, acumine acuto vel ob- 
tusiusculo basi leviter inæquali obtusis septuplinerviis, — 
nervis 3 mediis ad 4-4 alt. a basi liberis ad apicem ductis, - 
pedunculo petiolum æquante vel paullo superante, amentis — 
