454 ' TCTRANDRIA MOSOGYNIA. PolhoS. 



Chavica, or Chavya meationed under the same head isanewspe* 

 cies of Piper. 



3. P. Feepla, R. 



Perennial, sab-jjarasitic, rooting on trees. Leaves long-petioledj 

 oblong, acuminate. Flowers sub-termiual •,Jhrets apetalous, tetran- 

 drous. 



F^e/>/ee of the Hindoos in tiie Siiliet district, uhere the plant 

 grows. Flowering lime, April and Way. 



Stem rooling on trees, like tlie counuou Tvi/ of Europe, scarcely so 

 thick as the little linger, round and smooth, somewhat contracted 

 between the leaves. — Leuves petioled, aUtrnate, oblong, eiitiie, 

 Smooth on both sides, dagger-pointed ; length from four to twelve 

 inches. — Petioles as long as the leaves, channelled, smooth. — Fe- 

 duncles sub-terminal, round, smooth ; the base inserted in sheaths 

 from three to four inches long. — Spathe sub-cylindnc, opening on 

 one side, smooth, acute ,• length of the spadix.— ."^j^OfiM Cj Inidiic, 

 obtuse, length of the inside of tlse spathe ; colour pale yellow, every 

 part completely covered with the fructification, without any proper 

 perianth, or corolla. — I'i.a/ncni's about four lo each germ, and about 

 half Its length. Anihcrs linear. — Germs numerous, ol u square, wedge 

 shape, truncate, the whole of their substance replete with fcuiall 

 pellucid, sharp bristles, which readily enter the skin, and pro- 

 duce pain and inching, — Style none. Stigma sub-rotund. 



4. P. grucili., K.''= 



bcanueut. Leaves lanceolate, entire, on short, round petiole* 

 above their sheaths. Spadix peduncled, c)lindric, scarcely equalling 

 its linguiform spathe. 



A native of Amboyna; it has a great resemblance to Rumpliius's 

 Adpendix arhorura, IJort. Amb, vol. v. M81./. 2. 



• This name bcin- prc-occiipkd by a species described in Iliid-e's exceiJenl work, 

 Plantce Gnjana may l>e cbanged to (enera,— M. VV. 



