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Piper. DIANDRIA TRIGYNIA, 159 | 
8. P. Cubeba, Gert. Carp. ii. 67. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd, 
. 159. 
Shrubby, creeping. leben petioled, gitabmte 
' scarcely triple-nerved. ments leaf-opposed, on peduncles 
longer than the petioles, Berries pedicelled,. 
Piper canninum, Rumph, Amb. 5. t. 28.,f. 2. 
A native of Prince of Wales’ Island and the countries to 
the eastward of the Bay of Benet; ; 
9. P: a R. 
Creeping, every part very woolly. Leaves nolioled; ovate- 
lanceolate, scarcely three-nerved. .Aments leaf-opposed, one- 
peduncled, as long as the petioles, Berries pedicelled, 
clavate. 
A native of the Malay Archipelago. 
10. P. methysticum, Linn. sp, pl. ed. Willd. 161. 
Leaves short-petioled, from salient to obliquely re-enter- 
ing, cordate, from seven to nine-nerved, entire,smooth, =~ 
A native of the Malay Archipelago. There is no doubt 
but this is the Sirium decumanun. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 27. but 
whether it be the South Sea Island intoxicating species, I 
_ cannot: take upon me to say. The leaves are often a foot 
“Jong, by six or eight inches broad, on sheathing petioles not 
more than a an inch long. Ihave not seen ees fruit. 
“11. P. arborescens. R. 
Arboreous, creeping. Leaves petioled, ovate-elliptic, acute, — 
five-nerved. .Aments leaf. opposed, long, slender, cylindric, ‘ a 
on peduncles about as long as the petioles. 
Sirium arborescens tertium, iyi ae Amb. ba “ , 28, ee 
A. native of the Mou ca Islands. egos 
2 * Shrubby, sigan Leaves shor-petle, broad-tanecoe 
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