206 CXI. PIPERACEZ. | Peperomia. 
1-celled with à single ovule. Stigma tufted or en Berries 
ss e a bap stipitate.—Herbs sometimes very sma 
Spi 
nal Iis or rarely leaf-opposed. Flower and Ren very small. 
"arm over the tropical m Weir iaculi f the New and the Old 
World d, but is is especially rich in American species. wo Australian H epos one 
is also in the Pacific i Av the other extends over nearly "ho "s area of the g 
Leaves usually opposite, pubescent, thin when dry . pP Liebe 
Leaves in whorls of four, glabrous or nearly so, coriaceous when dry ^ P. reflexa. 
1. P. leptostachya, Hook. and Arn. Bot. Beech. 90. Stems shortly 
> and rtg at the base, ascending or erect, from a few inches 
osed situ s, above li 
2 thinly membranous when dry, 5-nerved but the lateral nerves 
the margin and s t 
Prod. xvi. 5. 448; Miq. "Pip Nov. Holl. 6; . Bris 
baniana, x DC. Le. 414, 
maerens Brisbane river, — boy, F. Mueller ; ug n common 
scrubs, O' Shanesy, Bowman, Dallachy ; Rockingham bay, Dalla 
N. S. Wales. Newcastle, Hovey: ew England, C. Stuart; y PER A. 
agen species is also in the Pacific islands, and is very closely allied to an East Indian 
2. P. reflexa, A. Dietr.; Cas. DC. Prod. xvi. i. 451. A small erect 
or diffuse herb, said to be annual, 2-3-chotomously, brane hed, more 0r 
pu a cent. Leaves in 
4, very shortly petiolate or almost sessile, ovate donis 
S. Wales. Blue Mountains pe Athinacn, Woolls ; Newcastle, , Leia ; 
now England, C. Stuart; Hastings river, woe r; Tweed river, 
warra, A. Cunningham ; Lord Howe's island, € —Common in most vae 
countries. 
Orver CXII. ARISTOLOCHIACER. 
p hermaphrodite. Perianth herbaceous, adherent to the 
vary a bas superior variously shaped entire or lobed 
limb. die lobes valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, 6, 8 or more, inse 
