I'rr-hiiiLL*. : 



P1PERAI l.l. 





Ordkb CXCVI. PIPER \'I..K. p 



l'i|*raee», 7?irA. in II ol. ft Kurt -uynn 



* mrureU, 



'/ jurl in Ann. & n t. 1 ». I hi. ; >tj> 



H08I8 /' .', iri7/i a MMYtVl 



vtidfas, and 



Shrubs or herbaceous plants. Stems articulated I 

 alternate in consequence of the abortion of one ol the pair of v aves ; -• | 



Fig. CC( 1.1 



pairs, or single and opposite the leaf. Flowers usually 

 sessile, sometimes pedicellate, in B] ikes which are either 

 terminal, or axillary, or opposite the leaves, naked, 0, 

 with a bract <>n tlir outside. Stamens - or more, arnu 

 on one side or all round the ovary ; anthers I- or 2- 

 celled, with or without a fleshy connective : pollen round- 

 ish, smooth » ivarj free, simple, I -celled, containing :i 

 single erect, orthotropal ovule ; stigma sessile, simple, 

 lather oblique. Fruit free, somewhat fleshy, indehiscent, 

 l-celled, l-seeded. Seed erect, with the embryo lying in 

 .1 fleshy sac placed at the apex of the Beed, on the outside 

 of the albumen. 



However distinct the exogenous and endogenous 



forms of vegetation may be in the majority of the plants 



rred to those classes, it is •••..•11 known that in certain 



ch differences are much enfeebled. Of this 



erworts are an instance. According to Kit-hard, 



they are monocotyledonous : an opinion in which Blume 



concurs, after an examination of abundant 



Hut ii the medullary rays constitute the great anatomii 



t the vegetable kingdom (and 1 know of no other whit 

 - are surely dicotyledonous, as is shown b\ Mi yer 

 and as may be ascertained by any one who will 1 

 to this, the vi ins ol the leavi -. tin ir distinct articu 



labor&ndi. 1. a cluster of flowers n 

 section of the same, showing the set >1 and j ■ siti in of 1 

 1 CCCLI1 Pepi romia blanda. 1. a 1 



hed ; •: a flower seen from the kick' - 

 the ovary, showing the ovule and its forai 

 the embryo lying In it* ritellus. 



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