IG^ 



DIANDn'A TRIGYNIA. Piper, 



T2. p. hnccolalum. R. 



Shrubby, creeping. Leaves short-petioled, broad-lanceolale, pro* 

 minently hve-nerved, smooth. Aments leaf-opposed, long-pedunded^ 

 jfilifoniu 



A nalive of the Molucca Islands, 



13. P. Malamiris. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Wiild. 160. 



Shrubb- , creeping. Leaves rather long-petioled, from salient to 

 re-entering, cordate, five, or seven-nerved. Aments leaf-opposed, 

 filiform, on peduncles that are generally shorter than the petioles. 



Amalago. Rheed, moL 7- t. 16. 



Siriuro. Humph, cmb. 5. t. liG.f. 2, is no doubt P. Beth, con- 

 sev^";>ptly must be excluded from the list of synonyms belonging to 

 this species. 



34. P. rostratiim. R. 



Creeping, tender parts hairy. Leaves short-petioicd, obovate, 

 cuneate, obtuse-pointed, villous, five or seven-nerved, downj^^ meet- 

 ing above the base. Aments leaf-opposed, short-peduncled. Ber- 

 ries beaked. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



15. P. difusum. Vahl. Emaner..PI. 1. S33. 



Leaves long-petioled, round-cordate, sharp-pointed, five or se- 

 ven-nerved, smooth. Aments cylindric, short-peduncled. 

 Shium J) igidum. Rumph. amh. 5. S45. t. 119./- 2. 

 A native of the Moluccas. 



16. P. sarmentosum. R. 



Erect, famous at the top, sarmenlose. Leaves from broad-cordate 

 to oblong, smooth, five-nerved, the superior ones sub-sessile. Aments 

 leaf-opposed, short-peduncled. 



P. lafifolmm. Hunter in Asiat. Res. ix. 392. 



Gadu. Cando, or Gadukh^ of the Malays. 



