EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
VOL TL 
1776-bis. NorHosxRva BRACHIATA (R. W. Pseu- 
danthus, R. W. non Lieber.) This plate was acci- 
dentally omitted in its proper place. Since the pub- 
lication of that Part (vol., v. Part 2d), I have learned 
that the name Pseudanthus is preoccupied, I therefore 
request that the name Noruoszeva may be substi- 
tuted (nothos, spurious), in allusion to its resem- 
blance to a true Ærva. 
PIPERACEE. 
This order in 1830, and for some years subsequent, 
was limited to 2 genera, Peperomia and Piper. Since 
then it has been carefully revised by Professor Miquel 
of Amsterdam, who in 1843, published his elaborate 
monograph of the order; in which he raised the 
number of genera to 20, and the species to about 600. 
Since the publication of that work he has made some 
further additions to the number of species, which may 
now be estimated at about 700. Of these 20 genera, 
illustrations, more or less perfect, of six will be found 
Section I. PEPEREA spurts, catkins aggregated on an axillary ee A m 
Section II. PIPERE® vera, stipules opposite the leaves and petiols, usually deciduous, catkins 
opposite the leaves, solitary, E 
A Dioicous— wee Tem < 
a Berries sessile, a 
1 Bracts pedicelled, peltate, 4-angled, styles none or rarely short, د‎ e ose 
i peltate with a long acumen, style long, Wis avs Ws 
2 Bracts 
3 Flowers from a fleshy cup opening transversely, 
b Berry contracted at the base into a pedicel, 
B Dioicous and hermaphrodite, bracts oblong, sessile, decurrent, it eee esi 
C Hermaphrodite, flowers pedicelled, berry hispid, leaves multiple-nerved, مه‎ ... 
in the following 25 plates. The number of species 
might have been increased had I felt sure that I had 
so far mastered the specific distinctions as to avoid 
errors of nomenclature. Of this, however, I did not 
feel sure and have therefore, with one or two excep- 
tions, limited my illustrations to species named by the 
accomplished author himself, and shall therefore ex- 
ceedingly regret, should I afterwards find that in 
these exceptions I have fallen into errors. 
Professor Miquel divides the order into two groups 
Peperomiee and Piperee. Of 4 genera referred to 
the first division, Peperomia is the only one yet found 
in India. Of the Pipereæ, 7 of their 16 genera have 
Asiatic representatives. Of these 7, five are here 
illustrated. Of these, Muldera has only recently be- 
come known as an Indian genus, the original species 
being from Java. Rhincholepis and Zippelia are from 
the same country, but as they also may yet be found 
in India, I introduce their character into the follow- 
ing synopsis. 
branch, 。 POTHOMORPHE. 
... 
... ... ... ... 
Cravica. 
RHYCHOLEPIS. 
MULDERA. 
CUBEBA, 
PIPER. 
ZIPPELEA. 
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... ... oon 
This synopsis is an extract, slightly abridged, from Miquel’s table. 
1921. PEPEROMIA DinDIGULENSIS (Miquel), erect, 
branches opposite, succulent, puberulous or rarely 
glabrous ; leaves shortly petioled, opposite (lower ones 
sometimes alternate and the terminal ones ternate) ; 
elliptic, obovate, or the larger ones rhombio-obovate, 
acute at the base, rounded, obtuse or shortly acumi- 
nate at the apex; 5-nerved, sparingly puberulous or 
sometimes glabrous: catkins terminal, short pedun- 
cled, filiform, erect; flowers somewhat remote, stigma 
puberulous: berries globose. 
In moist soil in woods often found forming dense ` 
tufts on old mossy branches of trees. In some point 
the specimen represented does not quite agree with 
the character, but as corres ing ones were named 
by the author, I have no doubt this is only a more 
luxuriant form than that from which the character 
wastaken. I have gathered it on the Pulney Moun- 
tains, Anamallay Hills and Neilgherries. 
1922-1. PEPEROMIA HEYNEANA (Miq.), erect, de- 
cumbent and rooting below, succulent, stem pilose or 
glabrous: leaves opposite, the upper ones in whorls 
of three or four, lanceolato-elliptie, obtuse or emar- 
ginate at the apex, acute or cuniate at the base, glab- 
rous, brown spotted, sometimes slightly ciliate at the 
apex, one-nerved with smaller vein-ribs (venuloso- 
costulatis), or somewhat 3-nerved from the 2 costulæ 
rising at the base: catkins (aments) axillary and 
terminal, peduncled, filiform, erect : flowers somewhat 
remote, ovary ovate, bearing the stigma on the apex. 
This like the former is a native of woods, growing 
on branches of trees or moist rocks. Also in open 
ground on rocks moistened by adjoining springs. 
or sub-spathulate, obso-‏ و 
illary and‏ 
terminal, solitary, longish peduncled, shorter than the 
peduncles, cylindrical, obtuse. 
Common in alpine stations, growing in thick tufts 
on moist rocks or branches of trees. This species 
is described from Mauritius specimens, but mine 
were named by Professor Miquel, and answer to 
the character. 
1923-1. PEPEROMIA REFLEXA (Dietr. and Miq.), 
succulent, coriaceous, rooting at the base, ascending, 
erect, di- or trichotomously branched, slightly puberu- 
lous or glabrous : leaves ternate or quaternate, (rare- 
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