JQO PlA-NDRIA TRIGYNIA. Piper.. 



black-pepper (P. nigrum) obliquely oval ; pulp in small quantity, one- 

 £g|jed. — Seeds solitary, confuna to ihe berry. — Perisperm confoim 

 to the seed. — E,nhryo minute, lodged ni a little hollow in the apex ' 

 of the perisperm. 



7. P. Beth. Linn Sp. PI. ed. Willd. 1. 159. 



Peienuidi, dioecous, creeping. Leaves alternate, bifarious, cor- 

 date, rroai (ive to seveiwieived, smooth, entire. Female aments sub- 

 Cylindric, drooping. 



p. qui sauruius, &c. Bwrm. Zeyl. p. 193. ^ 83./. 2. 



Beetla-codi Rheed. mal. 7- 29- t. lo. 



6a«5.crJ^,i,^:, TamboolMVMllee, cJlJ^T^t* Tamboolee, ijtit 

 g-^', NagMvwUee. 



Hind, and Ben^. Pan. 



I have never met with this plant in its wild state. It is much cul- 

 tivated over India and the Malay countries. 



Root vv()'>d , ramous.— Sterns woody, creeping on the earth, or 

 rising up tree-, p >les, 8cc. when carefully trained to them; smooth 

 in every part ; lu.iuinerdble roots issue from the joints, by which the 

 plant is well s-ippoi ltd alter they have taken hold. — Leaves alternate, 

 petioled, bifanous, from broad-cordate to obliquely ovate-oblong, 

 somewhat pointed, from five to seven-nerved, entire, smooth ; from 

 four to six inches long, and from two to four broad. — Petioles of va- 

 rious lengths, and cliannelled.— 6^i>«/es as in P. nigrum.— Female 

 aments leaf-opposed, peduncled, filiform, sub-pendulous, closely 

 imbricaied with several spiral rows of scales, and corollets, exactly 

 as in P. trioicnm.— The mahjiozoers I have never found. 



Obs. The plants are constantly raised from the slips, and cuttings, 

 these are carefully planted in a rich moist soil, well inclosed, and shad- 

 ed, so that they are in great measure, protected from bo h sun and 

 wind. In some places, small plantations of JEschijnomene grandi- 

 Jlora, are made to train them to, and to keep off the sun; in others, 

 poles are employed for the first, and a thin shed of mats over them 

 for the latter purpose, they require to be frequently watered during the 



