Piper.] CXI. PIPERACER, 205 
nsland. Brisbane river, Moreton n F. Mueller, W. Hill, Dallachy ; 
Roc Ekhampton ME Rockingham bay, Dallac 
ort Macquarrie ay Perea n only). 
2 eee Cas. DC. Prod. xd i. 353, from Paramatta, Huegel, may prohetiy 
be the same species, at least I find no character given to distinguish it. Ihave 
no specimen for compari 
jd ] 
jin. Berries red, pot or incl rm pot to 2 
lines long, on stipules of about the same length.—Cas. DC. Prod. 
xvi. i. 849. 
Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander; Mackay and Murray rivers, 
aa n Dallachy 
triandrum, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 197. A “bushy climber,” 
quie: Pierod. Lenves shorty petiolate, ovate, acuminate, geris at 
base but scarcely cordate, membranous, quintupli- or septupli- 
nerved, 3 to 5 in. long. Male spikes pisce z pe 3. to 5 in. 
long. Bracts adnate to the rhachis , with a very small free margin sepa- 
rating the coils or rings of flow wers. Stamens 3, the sitter slightly 
pro truding. Female spikes unknown.—Cas. DC. "Prod. xvi. i. 965. 
Queensland. Mackay river, Dallachy. 
6. P. hederaceum, A. Cunn.; Cas. DC. Prod. xvi. i. 366. A “m 
nificent woody climber ascending to the tops of trees 150 to 180 
high," quite glabrous. Leaves yegi p T" rien shortly acumi- 
an 
ovaries sorti protruding, with 3 small stigmas. Very young berries 
not i geo 
D X Cunningham, Sadho: Sydney woods, Paris Exhi- 
bitien 655 Macarthur n. 
Pri. x 353, from Huegel's collection, is pow 
iq remarkable wed e firm Stair nce of its leaves, and very net in its 
floral characters. The suppo ar persistent — of the anthe -— on which account 
Casimir DO. placed the P hedera ceum in his pus on Apopiper, was in this instance 
DM on the observation of imperfect specimens s I learn from M. C. De Candolle 
2. PEPEROMIA, Ruiz and Pav. 
. Flowers hermaphrodite, the subtending bract peltate. Stamens 2 
anther-cells confluent at the apex, the whole anther opening in 2 ruled 
