ORD. XLIII. PALMA. 
ORD. XLIV. PIPERITA. 
(From Piper, Pepper.) 
Plants acrid, or Peppery to the taste. 
PIPER NIGRUM. RLACK PEPPER. 
a 
SYNONYMA. Piper nigrum. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Gerard 
_Emac. p. 1538. Park. Theat. p. 1603. Piper rotundum nigrum. 
Bauh. Pin. p.411, Rati Hist. p.1341. Plukenet. Almag. p. 297. 
1.437, fig. 1. Piper nigrum. Camel. Phil. Trans. vol. 24. p. 1773. 
Molago codi. Hort. Malab. vol. 7. p. 23. tab. 12. Pepper Plant. 
Marsden’s History of Sumatra, p.105. Ic. Miller’s Illustr. 
Class Diandria. Ord.Trigynia. Zin. Gen. Plant. 43. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal.0. Cor. 0. Bacca monosperma. 
Sp. Ch. P. foliis ovatis septemmnerviis glabris, petiolis simplicissimis. 
THE root is perennial: the stems are round, smooth, jointed, 
swelling towards each joint, woody, slender, branched, scandent, 
-or trailing, and from eight to twelve feet in length: the leaves 
are ovate, entire, smooth, seven-nerved, of a dark green colour, 
and stand at the joints of the branches upon strong sheath-like 
footstalks: the flowers are small, white, and produced in terminal 
No. 529.—vor1. 4. 8 uv 
