320 



9. Piper arborescens Roxburgh FL Indie. Tom. L 

 p. 169. Blume! in Verh. Batav. Genoots. Tom. XI. p. 182. 

 Enum. pi. Javae fasc. I. p. 67. Sirium arborescens tertium 

 Humph. Herb. Amb. Tom. V. p. 46. Canle fruticoso scandente, 

 foliis junioribus raembranaceis , adultis crasso-coriaceis supra 

 nitidis^ sublus glaucescentibus in nervulis puberulis, ellipticis 

 vel ovato-ellipticis, suboblique breviter acuminalis, basi inae- 

 quali subrotundatis , quinlupli- Tel sabseptuplinerviis, pedun- 

 culis petioles circiter aequantibus , araentis luasc. brevibus 

 leviter carvatis, bracteis orbicularibus, brevissime pedicellatis, 

 diandris, feraineis filiformibus pendulis tandem longissimis, 

 bracteis lineari-oblongis sessilibus, stigmatibus 3—4, baccis 

 oblongis. 



Icon. Rumph. 1. c. Tab. 28. fig. 1. (amentis javcnilibus.) Blume 1. c. 

 fijj. 12 folia xylogr. 



Habitat ubique in sylvis Amboinensium, praesertim in sinu 

 prope Batu luban, Ayer Guro Guro, in parvis scopulosis in- 

 sulis, inter Araboinam et Javara, in toto Archipelago St. Lazari 

 (Rumph. 1. c. Roxb. 1. c); in Javae sylvis ad pedem montium 

 elevatiorum occidentalium (Blume! 1. c. et in Herb. Lugd. Bat. 

 Schmidt ! in Herb. reg. berol.); in montibus Nil-Gherries (Per- 

 rottet ! in Herb. De Less,); in Penang (Wall.! List. n. 6643 E.) 



Malaice Siri Utan, Tjabe Utan, ob corticem amarum, 

 amboiniceAramelauntallanlaunmanUjCamuMaate (Rumph.), 

 in Java Badas Outan, Sirie Lewink, Rinis Manok vocalur 

 (Blume 1. c.) 



Frutex altissime scandens a pollice ad brachium infantis crassus. Rami 

 dichotomi divaricati, flexuosi, striulati, nodoso-tumidi , verruculosi, 

 ram nil striati, squamulosi et tenerrimc puberuli, internodiis 3 — 7 

 cent, longis. Folia membranacea, demum crasso-coriacea rigidaque, 

 snpra nitida, glabra, laevia, lineata , subtus glaacescenti-pallida et in-! 

 primis in nems pubescentia, petiolis glabris antice canaliculatis, versus 

 basin stipulis angustis membranaceis auctis, infcrioribus superiores duplo 

 superantibus fere 3 cent, longis sustenta , elliptica vel ovato-oblonga , basi 

 inaeqnali rotundata, rarius (inferiora et stirpis juvenilis) fere aequalia , 

 apicc obliquius ct bre^iter acuminata, 10 — 14 cent, longa, 5 — 7J lata, 

 quintuplincrvia , nervis lateralibus infcrioribus c basi ortis ad | alt. d'le- 

 tis , reliquis supra basin ortis ad apicem pcrtingentibus. Plcrumque nervuli 

 duo tennissimi ad imam basin acccssorii folium septnplincrvc sistunt. 



