PIPERALS. 133 PEPPERWORTS. 
Quality. Acrid, aromatic, stomachic, stimulant of the urinogenital apparatus, aphro- 
_ disiac, diuretic. 
Uses. Gonorrhcea, cleet, leucorrhcea ; dyspepsia. 4} 
. O. canina Miquel.—(Cusess.) Fig. 
| 194. 
Leaves membranous, hairy ; fruit round- 
ish-ovate, almost longer than their 
stalks. 
Habitat. Java. 
Quality and Uses. According to Blume, this fur- 
nishes part of the Cubebs of the shops. 
ARTANTHE. Miquel. 
Woody. Spikes solitary, opposite the 
leaves. Flowers 6. Style0. Bracts 
peltate or cucullate. 
l. A. elongata Miquel. Piper angustifo- 
lium Ruiz and Pavon. — (Matico 
_  Puant.) Fig. 195. 
Leaves short-stalked, harsh, oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, tessellated on the 
upper side, because of the sunken 
veins. 
Habitat. Peru. 
pity: _ Powerful styptic. 
%63. Diseases of genital organs and rectum ; 
: haemorrhages ; also as Cubebs, ; 
Macrorirrer. Miquel. 
Woody. Spikes clustered, _ axillary. 
Flowers dicecious. 
embranous, equal-sided, broadly 
ovate, roundish, deeply cordate, with 
-10 nerves, 
itat. Society Islands, 
_ Stimulating narcotic, sudorific, aro- 
- Matic, 
Use. Chronic rheumatism ; venereal diseases. 
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Fig. 195.—Leaf of Artanthe elongata. — 
