Piper. DIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. : —. 161 
- dry weather. _ Every history of India describes, and every body 
knows, the use the Hindoos of all ranks make of the leaves of this 
plant. 
8. P. Cubeba. Gart. Carp. ii. 67. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 159. 
Shrubby, creeping. Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, Scarcely 
triple-nerved. Aments leaf-opposed, on peduticles longer than the 
petioles. Berries pedicelled. E. ee 
Piper canninum. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 98. f. 2. 
A native of Prince of Wales Island and the. countries to the east- 
ward of the Bay = euge s 
9. P. ohm R. guia. nu dem ee 
Creeping, every part very woolly. Leaves petioled, Suc 
late, scarcely three-nerved. Aments p anc one-peduncled, as 
~ long as the petioles. Berries pedicelled, clavat 
A native of the Malay Archipelago. 
. 10. P. methysticum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. 161. 
- Leaves short-petioled, from salient to obliquely re-entering, cor- 
bo, from seven to nine-nerved, entire, smooth. ; 
A native ofthe Malay Archipelago. There is no doubt but fisi B 
the Sirium decumanun. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 97. but whether it be the 
_ South sea Island intoxicating species, I cannot take upon me to saya 
The. leaves are often a foot long, by six or eight inches broad, on 
sheathing petioles not more than an inch long. I have not seen the 
fruit. : 
11. P. arborescens. R. 
...- Arboreous, creeping. | Leaves petioles, ovate-elliptic, acute, five- — 
: : nerved. Aments leaf-opposed, long i Seana PIMIMBE, on peduncles, 
about a as long as the petioles. i ; 
‘Sirium arborescens tertium. Rumph. amb. 5. t. oe fi i. 
A native of the Molucca Islands. 
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