80 oxxiv. PIPERACE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Piper. 



MALACCA ; at Ching, Griffith. 



Branches very slender, terete, stiff; nodes much thickened. Leaves 3-5 by 

 1-2 in., base unequal ; petiole stout, \-\ in. Spikes 6-7 in., very slender ; receptacles 

 reniform, about T ' 5 in. diam., tomentose within. Gas. DC. unites with this a Javan 

 plant in fruit which is named by Junghuhu P. Cubeba, possibly rightly ; but the 

 leaves are more narrowed at the tip and the spike is not hoary. I have altered 

 the misprint " Schizonephos " to " -nephros," as in Griffith's mss., the derivation 

 from ve<ppos a kidney being obvious. 



2. P. BXaing'ayi, Hook.f. leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic-ovate or 

 lanceolate acuminate 5-7-nerved quite glabrous, male spikes finely tomen- 

 tose, receptacles stipitate not recurved 3-5-androus. 



SINGAPORE and MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches stout. Leaves 4-5 by 2-2 in., nerves prominent on both surfaces, 

 nervules obsolete ; petiole |- in. Spikes 1-2 in. ; peduncle short. Receptacles of 

 male peltate, ^ in. diam. ; of female minute, cupular. Berry about J in. diam. 

 The leaf is like P.jirmum, but the pubescent spikes very different. 



3. P. g-aleatum, Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 242 ; quite glabrous, leaves 

 thinly coriaceous elliptic-ovate or lanceolate finely acuminate 3-nerved from 

 the very base, male spikes slender, receptacles distant stipitate recurved 

 diandrous. Muldera galeata (in part), Miguel in Hook. Lond. Journ. Sot. 

 v. 557. M. Wightiana, Wight Ic. t. 1943, right-hand figure only ; 

 Miquel I. c. 



TRAVANCORE ; at Courtallam, Wight. 



Branches slender, nodes thickened. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., nervules distinct 

 beneath ; petiole |-| in. Male spike 6-10 in., quite glabrous ; receptacles obliquely 

 kidney-shaped, recurved, longer than the stipes, mouth very small. Miqnel describes 

 fetnale flowers, but I find none in Wight's Herbarium. Some authentically-named 

 specimens in Arnott's Herbarium ticketed M. Wightiana are identical with galeata. 



** Receptacle of male spikes sessile or unknown. 



4. P. trichostachyon, Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 1. 242 ; glabrous, 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate moderately coriaceous with 3 basal 

 nerves and 2 subopposite from the midrib above them, spike stout hoary, 

 male receptacles sessile globose diandrous. Muldera trichostachya, Miquel 

 in Hook. Lond. Journ. Sot. v. 556 ; Wight Ic. t. 1944. 



DECCAN PENIN T SULA; The Concan and Canara, Stocks, &c. ; Kandella, Dalzell. 

 NILGHERRY and SHEVAGHEERY HILLS, Wight. 



Stem stout,, woody ; branches stout or slender. Leaves 5-6 by 1-2 in., 2nd pair 

 of nerves often stronger than the first, nervules slender. Spikes "stout, 3-4 in. Re- 

 ceptacles tomentose at the mouth. Fruit globose, in. diam. 



5. P, .pachyphyllum, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves shortly petioled 

 very thickly coriaceous oblong or orbicular-oboyate or elliptic acute or 

 acuminate, nerves broad faint 2-3 pairs basal and one higher up, all lost 

 above in the thick texture of the leaf, fruiting spike very stout, sunk in 

 the fleshy rachis. 



MALACCA, Griffith. 



Leaves 4-6 by 2-4 in., probably fleshy, pale yellowish when dry, nerves obscure ; 

 petiole \-% in., very stout. Fruiting spike 2\ in. ; peduncle much longer than the 

 petiole, very stout ; rachis glabrous, bract and bracteoles forming a ring round the 

 base of the smooth globose fruit. I place this in Muldera from its resemblance to 

 P. Maingayi in foliage, but which has a very different fruiting-spike. I have seen 

 no male or female flowers. 



