84 cxxiv. PIPERACE^C. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Piper, 



coriaceous oblong-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate 3-5-nerved at the very 

 obliquely cordate auricled base penninerved above it, fruiting spike stoutly 

 peduncled suberect conico-cylindric. JSoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 156, and Ed. Carey 

 6f Wall. i. 158 P. maritimum, Bluwe Herb. Lugd. Bat. P. longum, Blume 

 Verh. Bat. G-enoots. ix. 197, and Enum. PI. Jav. i. 70 (excl. various syn.}. 

 P. callosum, Opiz in Beliq. Scenic, iii. 152. P. officinarum, Cas. DC. in 

 Prodr. xvi. 356. P. Arnottianum, Cas. DC. I. c. excl. syii. P. glabrum, 

 Roxb. Ic. pict. ined. P. peepuloides, Wall. Cat. 6650 E, F. Chavica offici- 

 narum^ Miq. Syst. Pip. 256, III. Pip. 39, t. 34, and Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 2. 444; 

 Mayne Arnz. G-ewaclis. xiv. t. 21. C. maritima, Miq. Sitst..^yl. 0. peepu- 

 loides, Wight Ic. t. 1927 (not of Roxb.}.Bumph. Herb. Ami. v. 333. 

 t.l!6,f.l. 



Cultivated in various parts of INDIA and the Malay Islands. 



Branches flexuous, terete, hard, finely striate when dry, pale. Leaves 5-7 by 

 2^-3^ in., rather shining above, pale when dry, base very variable, nerves 3-6 pair 

 above the 3-5 basal ; nervules arching; petiole \-% in. Fruiting spikes 1-2 in. long, 

 \ in. diam., broadest at the base, obtuse, forming a fleshy cone of innumerable fruits 

 3- in. diam. The alternate nerves of the main portion of the leaf, all starting from 

 the midrib, are very characteristic of this species. I have seen no certain male fl. 

 Rumph's figure, quoted by Hunter, is very characteristic of the venation above the 

 base, but it omits the basal nerves. 



15. P. sylvaticnm, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 156, and Ed. Carey ft Wall. i. 

 158 ; glabrous, stem flaccid creeping angular and furrowed when dry, leaves 

 membranous long-petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate acuminate 5-7- 

 nerved from the base or the inner pair higher inserted, upper leaves elliptic 

 or oblong-lanceolate shorter petioled, male spikes 2-3 in. slender, fruiting 

 female short erect f-l in., fruit free. Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 1. 355; 

 Wall. Cat. 6653 A, B. ?P. Betle, Wall. Cat. 6652 C. P, Malamiri, 

 Roxb. ex Wall. Cat. 6642 A (not of Roxb.}. Chavica sylvatica, Miq. 

 Syst. Pip. 248; Wight Ic. t. 1930. Chavica, No. 19, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 HooJc.f. # T. 



Upper and lower ASSAM, Masters, Griffith, &c. Jheels of BENGAL, J. D. H. $ 

 T. T. (? NEPAL) and AVA, Wallich. TENASSEKIM ; at Mergui, Griffith. 



A low creeping species; stems succulent, several feet long, contracting much in 

 drying ; branches short, erect, or ascending, flexuous. Leaves rarely puberulous on 

 the nerves beneath, lower 3 by 2^-3 in., nerves slender ; upper as long but narrower; 

 petiole of lower 2-4 in. Spikes shortly peduncled; males as in P. peepuloides, but 

 bracts larger ; stamens generally 4 (Roxburgh, I find 2) ; anthers reniform, cells 

 confluent, dehiscing over the crown, female always erect. Fruit - in. diam. A 

 very distinct species, something like P. attenuatum with more the habit of P. longum ; 

 it is probably not uncommon in marshy districts. It may be Roxburgh's P. Mala- 

 mirit, as Wallich's ticket says; but the original of P. Malamiris of Linnaeus (Sp. 

 PI. Ed. i. p. 29) consists of a mixture of plants, for which he cites the Flora Zeylauica,- 

 Plukenet, and the Anial&go of Rhecde, giving as the native country both the East 

 and West Indies. 



16. P. petiolatum, Hoojc. f. ; quite glabrous, branches stout, leaves 

 large long-petioled thinly coriaceous rounded-ovate acuminate 7-nerved 

 nervules arching* fruiting peduncle very short spike short cylindric Chavica 

 petiolata, Cas. DC. in Prodr. xvi. 1. 389 (excl. the Khasian plant] . 



UPPER ASSAM; Mishmi Hills, Griffith. 



There are only 2 specimens, both in fruit ; each consists of a stout branch 6 in. 

 long and with 4 leaves, each 6 by 3J-5 in. with rounded bases, opaque above with 

 the nerves obscure, the latter strong beneath, connected by the arching veuules ; 

 fruiting spike 1-1| in.; fruit globose, f in. diam., yellow. 



