246 Piperacez. [ Piper. 
This was partly based on Ceylon specimens. A. anguicida Jacq. in 
a tropical American species. 
ee 424.— 
Piper longum Linn. 
Vettilai is given as the Tamil name by Gamble, but Trimen refers 
it to P. Betle Linn. 
Page 429.—For Piper subpeltatum Willd. read: 
1a. HECKERIA Kunth (non Raf.). 
(Pothomorphe Miq.) 
Perennial, more or less succulent herb; 1. alt., entire; 
petiole sheathing; stipules wanting; fl. very minute, her- 
maphrodite, sessile, in panicled, axillary spikes; bracts pedi- 
celled, peltate; perianth 0; stam. 2; anth. small, 2-celled; 
ovary free, 1-celled, with a solitary erect ovule; stigmas 3; 
fruit a small, indehiscent, trigonous, flat-topped berry; seeds 
solitary; albumen copious, flowery.—Sp. 8; mostly S. Ameri- 
can, I in the Old World. 
Heckeria umbellata Kunth, in Linnea XIII, p. 569 (1839). 
Piper umbellatum Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 30 (1753); Bak. & Wight in FI. 
Trop. Afr. VI, p. 144 (1909). Heckeria subpeltata Kunth in Linnza 
mld p. 573 (1830) ; Engl. in Engl. u. Prantl. Nat. Pao ieee 
(1894) ; Gamble Fl. Madr. p. 1208 (1925). Piper subpeltatum Willd. 
Sp. Pl. I, p. 166 (1798). Pothomorphe subpeltata Mig. Comm. Phyt. 
P- 37 (1840). 
2. PEPEROMIA Ruiz. & Pav. 
L. glabrous : 
L. fleshy; not cordate at base: 
L. alt., elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 
nerved at base : 1. P. PSEUDO-RHOMBEA. 
LL. (alt: Jor opp,, rotundate- elliptic, ob- 
scurely veined . 2. P. WIGHTIANA. 
L. opp. or whorled, elliptic to oblong- 
elliptic, 3-nerved at base ‘ 3.. PL CONPUBA: 
L. thin, succulent, cordate and 5- -nerved at 
base : : ; 3 : : . 3a. P, Praseri. 
L. pubescent : 
L. opp., prominently 3-nerved P. DINDIGULENSIS. 
4. 
L. whorled or rarely opp., nerves invisible . 5. P. REFLEXA. 
3a. P. Frasert C. DC. in Journ. IV, p. 140 (1866). ?P. pellucida 
H. B. K. Nov. Gen. and Sp. I, p. 64 (1815). 
A herb, about 8 in. high; 1. broadly ovate, 5-7-nerved from 
the base, thin, succulent; laminal-glabrous, 1 in. long, petiole 
2 in. long; spikes leaf-opposed, 1-14 in. long; fils. rather 
distant, not sunk in the rachis; fruits small, blackish-green. 
A common weed in shady places near houses in the low moist 
region. Fl. Aug.; pale green with yellow anthers. 
Part ITI. 
