Piper. DIANDRIA TRIGYNTA. 161 
Siems erect, from six to eighteen inches high, ramous:at top, 
jointed, and smooth. Sarmentose shoots’ of a great length, 
issuing im abundance from the top of the root, and the lower 
part of the stem, by which the plant is quickly propagated to 
any extent. Leaves alternate, the lower ones petioled, broad, 
re-entering, cordate ; the upper ones sub-sessile, obliquely-ob- 
long’; all are sitigott) on both sides, and shining on the upper 
one, Aments solitary, opposite to the leaves, short-peduncled, 
oblong, very small, being rarely more than a quarter of an 
inch long. ‘Germs oval, one-celled ; ovulum one attached by 
the base to the bottom of the cell. Fruit compound, sub-cy- 
lindric, about the size of an infant’s finger, when ripe softish, 
and of a dark green or livid colour. Berries numerous, most 
of the germs prove abortive, one-celled. Seed solitary, oval, 
attached to the bottom of the cell. Integuments single, thin, 
light brown. Perisperm conform to the seéd, friable. Em- 
bryo shape of ¢small broad inverted cone sang in the bea 
of the e pattie Radicle superior. 
Ve ee angusatfitiaat R. sss pacgultenaalala 
Scandent, or creeping, smooth. Leaves scasile, obliquels y- 
lanceolate, vey smooth. Aments leaf-opposed, short-pedun- 
cled,. 
A native ol the ney Archipelago, 
18. P. saxatile, Wail, 
_ Stems furrowed, creeping, with villous joints and fascicled 
sub-erect branches, Leaves sub-sessile quatern, obovate- 
cuneate, fleshy, convex and villous beneath, with three co- 
loured nerves, veinless, Spike terminal, —— —-* | 
A native of the neighbourhood 66 Kaaasilie dah Napela, . 
i hel sccm _~ first four 
sicled, soinetimes i cacte, opposite or Ce ate branches: ae 
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