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160 DIANDRIA TRIGYNIA, Piper, | 
black-pepper (P. nigrum) obliquely oval ; pulp in small quantity, one- 
_celled.—Seeds solitary, conform to the berry.—Perisperm conform _ 
to the seed.— Embryo minute, lodged in a little hollow in the apex. S 
ef the. perisperm. 3 
3. P. Betle. Linn. Sp. Pi. ai: Willd. 1. 159. 
Perennial, dioecous, creeping. Leaves alternate, bifarious, c core 
date, from five to seven-nerved, smooth, entire. Female aments sub 
cylindric, drooping. : E 
P. qui saururus, &c. Burm. Zeyl. p. 193. t. 83. f. 2. E 4 
Deetla-codi. Rheed. mal. 7. 29. t. 15. : E 
Sans. qu qab Tambooluvullee, qu. «p Tamboolee, a 2M 
qu ^ Naguvullee. 5 MM 
* Hind. and Beng. Pan. | 
I have never met with this plant in its wild state. It is much ul a 
tivated over India and the Malay countries. 
Root woody, ramous.— Stems woody, creeping on the earth, or 
rising up trees, poles, &c. when carefully trained to them; smooth T 
in every part ; innumerable roots issue from the joints, by which the ie 
plant is well supported after they have taken hold.— Leaves alternate, i 
petioled, bifarious, from broad-cordate to obliquely ovate-oblong, | 
somewhat poiuted, from five to seven-nerved, entire, smooth; from 
four to six inches long, and from two to four broad.— Petioles of va- 
rious lengths, and channelled.—Stipules as in P. nigrum.—Female 
aments leaf-opposed, peduncled, filiform, sub-pendulous, closely. 
imbrica'ed with several spiral rows of scales, and corollets, exactly T 
as in P. trioicum.—The male flowers I have never found. 2 7 
Obs. The plants are constantly raised from the slips, and cuttings, 
ess are care 'ully planted in a rich moist soil, well inclosed, and sha ; 
ed, so that they are in great measure, protected from both sun and A 
wind. In some places, small plantations of Æschynomene grandi- d 
flora, are made to train them to, and to keep off the sun; in others | 
poles are employed for the first, and a thin shed of mats over them. 
for the latter purpose, they require to be frequently watered Bunt 
