58 DIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Piper. 
7. P. Betle. Linn, sp. pl. ed, Willd. 159. 
Perennial, dicecous, creeping.” Leaves alternate, bifarious, 
cordate, from five to seven-nerved, smooth, entire. ——— 
aments sub-cylindric, drooping. ; 
P. qui saururus, &c. Burm. Zeyl. p. 193, t. 83. i 2. 
Beetla-codi. Rheed. Mal. 7, 29. t. 15. 
Sans, Tambooluvullee, Tamboolee, Naguvullee. 
Hind, and Beng. Pan. 
I have never met with this plant in its wild state, Itis— 
much cultivated over India and the Malay countries, 
Root woody, ramous. Stems woody, creeping on the 
earth, or rising up trees, poles, &e, when carefully trained 
to them ; smooth in every part; innumerable roots issue from 
the joints, by which the plant is well supported after they have 
taken hold. Leaves alternate, petioled, bifarious, from broad- 
cordate to obliquely ovate-oblong, somewhat pointed, from 
five to seven-nerved, entire, smooth ; from four to six inches 
long, and from two to four broad. Petioles of various lengths, 
and channelled. Stipules as in P. nigrum. Female aments 
leaf-opposed, peduncled, filiform, sub-pendulous, closely . 
imbricated with several spiral rows of scales, and corollets, — 
_ exactly as in P. trioicum. The male flowers 1 have n never | 
found, 5 
Obs, The plants are Sala raised from the slips, and 
cuttings, these are carefully planted in a rich moist soil, well 
inclosed, and shaded, so that they are in great measure, pro- 
tected from both sun and wind, In some places, small plan- 
tations of Zschynomene grandiflora, 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 pur- ‘ 
pose, they require to be frequently watered during the dry 
weather, Every history of India describes, and every body __ 
knows, the use the Hindoos of all ranks make of the leaves 
of see plant. 
