Piper. DIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 159 



8. P. Cubeba. Gcert. Carp. ii. 67. Linn. up. pi. ed. Willd. 

 159. 



Shrubby, creeping-. Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, 

 scarcely triple-nerved. Aments leaf-opposed, on peduncles 

 longer than the petioles. Berries pedicelled. 



Piper cannimun. Rum ph. Amb. 5. /. 28. /*. 2. 



A native of Prince of Wales' Island and the countries to 

 the eastward of the Bay of Bengal. 



9. P. lanatum. R. 



Creeping', every part very woolly. Leaves petioled, ovate- 

 lanceolate, scarcely three-nerved. Aments leaf-opposed, one- 

 ped uncled, as long- as the petioles. Berries pedicelled, 

 clavate. 



A native of the Malay Archipelago. 



10. P. methysticum. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1 01. 

 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 

 long, by six or eight inches broad, on sheathing- petioles not 

 more than an inch long. I have not seen the fruit. 



1 1 . P. arborescens. R. 



Arboreous, creeping. Leaves petioledj ovate-elliptic, acute, 

 five-nerved. Aments leaf opposed, long-, slender, cylindric, 

 on peduncles about as long- as the petioles. 



Sirium arborescens tertium. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 2S./*. 1. 



A native of the Molucca Islands. 



12. P. lanceolatum. R. 



Shrubby, creeping-. Leaves short-petioled, broad-Ianceo- 



