152 DIANDRIA TRIGYNIA, Piper, 
Stamens none. Germ sessile, globose, immersed in the sub- 
stance of the ament. Style none. Stigma three-lobed, white, 
glandular. Pericarp,a small, round, red, somewhat eae 
berry. Seed one, globose. 
Obs, When I described the three vines included in this one 
species, I had not seen Piper nigrum, and took it for granted 
that this was it; but as soon as I had:an opportunity of see- 
ing that famous plant, | was immediately convinced that they 
were distinct species. In ¢riotcwm, the leaves havea glaucous 
appearance, which readily distinguishes it from P, nigrum, 
which has shining dark green leaves. 7 
This vine I have found wild amongst the chainof mountains — 
directly north from Coringa, in the Raja-mrundri Circar. It 
delights in a moist, rich soil, well shaded with trees; to them 
it adheres most firmly, by means of the roots which issue. 
from the joints, Flowering time, in their wild state, during 
the latter part of the wet season, September and October, 
The pepper ripenssin March, With me, inacultivated state, 
they flower almost all the year round, but chiefly AyORE the | 
fore-mentioned period. 3 
Lhave not met with any author, or any sort of informeatOh : 
that could lead me to think black pepper was the produce of 
a dicecous plant, (male and female on distinct vines,) till upon 
examination, I found it was so. ‘Attention to this circum- 
stance will, 1 think, render the culture of pepper much more - 
certain, and successful, viz, by planting to each prop tree a 
male and female plant, the male on the sides from whence — 
the most prevailing wind blows; and the female. on. the 
other, | rs 
The vegetable world is full of proofs ‘that the otha id 
system of the immortal ‘Linngeuas is founded. on the soundest 
principles; and not a single plant have I ever found in 
India, that does not corroborate this fact, The Arabians “i 
rom time immemorial knew, that to render the Srostet Hates 
