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plant, but as he mentions that Valli means a creeper, he sus- 

 pects in some degree, the accuracy of his information. 



Chavica, or Chavya mentioned under the same head is 

 a new species of Piper. 



3. P. Peepla. fi. 



Perennial, sub- parasitic, rooting' on trees. Leaves long-pe- 

 tioled, oblong, acuminate. Flowers sub-terminal ; florets ape- 

 talous, tetrandrous. 



Peeplee of the Hindoos of the Silhet district, where the 

 plant grows. Flowering - time, April and May. 



Stem rooting on trees, like the common Ivy of Europe, 

 scarcely so thick as the little finger, round and smooth, some- 

 what contracted between the leaves. Leaves petioled, alter- 

 nate, oblong, entire, smooth on both sides, dagger- pointed ; 

 length from four to twelve inches. Petioles as long as the 

 leaves, channelled, smooth. Peduncles sub-terminal, round, 

 smooth, the base inserted in sheaths from three to four inches 

 long. Spathe sub-cylindric, opening on one side, smooth, 

 acute ; length of the spadix. Spadix cylindric, obtuse, length 

 of the inside of the spathe; colour pale yellow, every part 

 completely covered with the fructification, without any pro- 

 per perianth, or corolla. Filaments about four to each germ, 

 and about half its length. Anthers linear. Germs numerous, 

 of a square, wedge shape, truncate, the whole of their sub- 

 stance replete with small pellucid, sharp bristles, which readi- 

 ly enter the skin, and produce pain and itching. Style none. 

 Stigma sub-rotund. 



4. P. gracilis. R. 



Scandent. Leaves lanceolate, entire, on short, round petioles 

 above their sheaths. Spadix peduncled, cylindric, scarcely 

 equalling its linguiform spathe. 



A native of Amboyna; it has a great resemblance to 

 Rumphius's Adpendix arborum, Hort. Amb. vol. v. t. 181. 

 f.2. 



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