TAXONOMY 



enclosing a 'single upright seed with abundant perisperm (from 

 megasporangial tissue) and reduced endosperm (from matured 

 embryo sac). 



Botanical name 

 Piper Cubeba 



Official drug 

 Cubeba 



Part used 



Unripe fruit 



Piper 



Kava N.F. 

 Matico N.F. 



Habitat 

 Borneo, Java 

 Sumatra 

 Unripe fruit Piper nigrum Cochin- China, 



India 



Rhizome and roots Piper methysticum South Sea Islands 

 Leaves Piper angustifolium Peru, Bolivia 



PIG. 174. Willow (Salix). Leafy branch, bearing two pistillate catkins, 

 Staminate flower above, at the left; pistillate flower below, at the right. (Gager 

 after Britton and Brown.) 



II. Order Salicales. Salicacece or Willow Family. Shrubs or 

 trees of temperate or cold regions, with upright woody stems. Bark 

 often containing bitter principles (Salicin etc.). 

 ^Leaves alternate, simple, entire, stipulate; stipules rarely green, 

 persistent, usually functioning as winter bud-scales and falling in 

 spring. 



