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coslalis, pedunculis petiolo iongioribus, amentis femineis cy- 

 Hndricis brevibus vfcrsus apicem paullo atlenuatis, maluris 

 rubicuudis, ovario glabro, stigraatibus 3, semine globoso- 

 oblongo lenticulari-subletragono , masc, tereli-elongatis, flori- 

 bus diandric. 



Icon. Rumph. I. c. Tab. 116 fig. 1, mala ob foba opposita, amenta 

 basi calyculata rel. sed ex descriptionc certissima. — Blume 1, c. fig, 9 

 folia xylogr. 



Habitat in insulis Sundaicis, Philippinis, sponta«ea el cuU.i, 

 Terisiiniliter eliam in Bengalia, Nepalia. — wCopiose crescit 



in Java el Baleya uti et in Bengalo. In Amboina raro co- 



lilur, ad arbores Moringae vel Calappi scandens, baud ad fus- 

 tes. In ins. Oeliassera el ejus boreali sinu Hatoeana copiosior 

 csl quam aliis locis." (Runipb. 1. c.) — In Java insula inprimis 

 in regionibas maritimis colitur, sed spontanea eliam generalur 

 in Salak monte, incolis Tjabe prauw vel Tjabe aroy dicta 

 (Blurae! 1. c. et in Herb. Lugd. Bat). Teste rumphio malaice 

 Tsjabe, Lada Padjang, Java nice Tabe, Tjabe, Tabea, am- 

 boinice in Leytiraora Marisa Ammo el Mtiritsja Arame, 

 in Hiloea Malisa Camul, bengalice Pimpelin, cael. — Prope 

 Bataviam (Alph. De Less.! in Hb. De Less.), prope Sourabaya 

 (Herb. Venten.!), in sylvis humidis (Perotlel! Herb. De Less.), 

 in insulis Philippinis (Cuming! n. 1248 in Herb. reg. berol. 

 et De Less.), in insula Lucon? (Haenke 1. c.), in Bengal ia 

 (Roxburgh! nomine P. longum in Herb. De Less.), aliis locis 

 ibidem (Wallich n. 6656 E. cum P. peepuloide aliisquc mixta), 

 in insula Timor (Guicherot! apud Decaisne 1. c.) 



Adnotatio critica. Synonymia hujus spccici diversissimis erroribus in- 

 quilina, ad quam bene extricandam id primum tenendum, Piper Ion- 

 gum B0MPH. 1. c. spccici basin sistere. Icon Ruraphiana etsi mala et 

 negligcnter picta turn per sc, turn proj^ler descriptionem accuratiorem et 

 fusiorem de amcntorum usu medico disputationcm , duhia tamen non 

 relinquit, quare nescio quo infclici casu cl. blume duabus divcrsis- 

 que spcciebus idem synonymon adscripserit ; Chavicae sell. Ciiabac 

 (Piper Bl. nee Hnnt.), quae ibliorum i'onna, nervorum distributione et 

 amentis toto coelo differt, co nt videtur deceptus quod suum Piper Chaba 

 pro eodem ac homonymum Hunterianum (cui DUNTERUS memoralum rumphh 

 synonymon tanquam basin addidit), bahuerit; porro Piperi suo long© 

 synonymon bomonymum Runi]»hianum (1. c. p. 198) a(lsnril)ens figuras 



