724 ORD. XLIV. Piperite. 
it always felt warm on his stomach, and heated his whole body; 
and he thinks it was owing to the frequent use of Pepper that 
Gaubius did not experience the same effects.° 
Black Pepper is generally used as an aromatic and stimulant. 
It has been successfully employed in some cases of vertigo, and 
paralytic and arthritic disorders.‘ Given in large doses it has 
been found a remedy for intermittents ; but its use in these has, 
in some instances, poe fatal consequences." 
e Mat. Med. vol. 2. p 208. 
* Hoffman. Rem. domest. §. 26. and others. 
8 Obs. phys. & lit. vol. 3. p. 449. ® See Act. Soc. Med. Hav. vol. i. p. 386. 
PIPtr LONGUM.. =." "TONG PEPPER 
SYNONYMA. Piper longum. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Gerard. 
Emac. p. 1539. Park. Theat. p. 1604. aii. Hist. p. 1343. 
Rumph. Amb. vol. 5. p. 333. t. 116. f. 2. Pis. Mant. Aromat. p. 
182. Clus. Exot. p. 20.183. Piper longum orientale. Bauh. 
Pin. p. 412. Piper longum pistolochiz foliis absque pediculis, 
maderaspatanum. Pluk. Alm. p. 297. t. 104. f.4. Cattu-tripali. 
Rhecd. Hort. Mal. V. 7. p. 27. t. 14. 
Class Diandria. Ord. Trigynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 43. 
Ess. Gen, Ch. Cal. 0. Cor. 0. Bacca monosperma. 
Sp. Ch. P. foliis cordatis petiolatis sessilibusque. 
THE root is perennial: the stems are shrubby, round, smooth, 
branched, slender, and climbing ; but do not rise to any consider- 
able height: the leaves differ — in size and form; they are 
commonly heart-shaped, pointed, entire, smooth, nerved, of a 
deep green colour, and stand alternately upon footstalks: the 
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