E 383 
PIPERACEJE. 
i E : SCHIZONEPHOS. 
E Schizonephos glaucescens Gr. 
| a Caules articulati, articuli incrassates, fol. lanceolato-oblon- 
= f petiola acuminata glaberrime. coriacea supra lucida, sub- 
a . tus glauca, basin sub 3-venia, intra veniis reticulatis, conca- 
| viusculis. ! 
| Spicis terminalibus pendulis compositis luteis, divisiones 
| ftondiformi reniformes, breviter stipitati, margine anteriori 
| fissze floriferz. 
| Flores dioici masculi tantum visi, intra fissuram recondit 
~ pilisque obsiti, uniseriati. 
| Flos masc. e stamen 1, filamento crasso. Anthere termi- 
nales biloculares longitudinal, dehiscent. 
Aromatico pungens. 
Haw. Malacca at Ching. Scandens in Abor. Nhingull. 
Generally distinct from Piper; in the e bracteate flowers as 
in the inflorescence. 
Habitus Piperis, 
CHLORANTHACEZ. 
CHLORANTHUS. 
Chloranthi sp, Pl. DXLVII. 
The habit is that of Piperacee, the wood consists of a 
Continuous System with many medullary rays, the vessels 
are rather small, and the surrounding fibres punctuated. 
The pith abounds in amylaceous? granules, 
, ‘he external fibrous system is in juxta position with the 
bark And consists of several fascicles of irregular sizes, 
while the space between this and the ligneous system is 
filled up by very soft cellular tissue. 
