TRIGYNIA. 



PIPER. Sckreb. Gen. N.59. 



Aimut fiVi^orm, imbricated with peltate scales. Core/ none. Genn 

 one-celied with a single, erect oru/«OT. Berry one-seeded. Embri/o 

 inverse, and furnished with an ample perispernic 



1. P. nigrum. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1. 159- 



Leaves bifarious, obliquely ovate-cordate, acuminate, polished, 

 from five to seven-nerved. 



Pepper-vnie. Marsden'a History of Sumatra^ p. 105. 



Ivlolago-codi. Rheed. mal. 7- 23. t. 12. 



Sans. Ir^TaiJ^ ellojwng, y(^v!i Mwreechmig, JT^tu^j Mur/chmig, 

 %^^, Kolttkwng, ^QirTr^*> Ku'shm/mooshunMng, -^^fq-^i?, Dhur- 

 mi/pi/ttwnMng. 



Hind, and B ng. Mwrzcli, or Gol-mMrich. 



Tarn. Moloovoo-kodi. 



Pers. Pilpil. 



Arab. Filtil. 



Malay. Ladda. 



Cultivated in various parts of India, and its Islands. 



2. P. trioicnm. R. 



Trioecous, shrubby, rooting. Leaves bifarious, obliquely-ovate, 

 acuminate, from five to seven-nerved, glaucous. Aments leaf-opposed 

 cylindric, pendulous. 



Te/inS' Mwrial-tiga. 



Poofs long, striking deep into the earth. — ^S^em jointed, winding, 

 when old woody, and scabrous, running along the ground to a great 

 extent, or no trees, 8cc. when trained to them ; from each joint 

 issue roots which take firm hold of whatever ihey meet with. 

 Branches numerowi, alie'nate; the young ones smooth, the old ones 

 woody, and scabrous like the sfem. — T^eaves alternate, petioled, 

 cordate, broad-oval, ovate^, or oblong, pointed^ from five to seven 



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