PIPEBAGEJE. 



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Piper (EncJcea) discolor. 



to some six hundred, of which some still seem to be of doubtful 

 autonomy, 1 natives of the hot countries in all quarters of the 

 globe. 



All the Piperea were formerly 

 included in the genus Piper. The 

 other genera, after having been 

 inordinately multiplied, are now 

 reduced to very few, and are 

 only distinguished by charac- 

 ters of but slight importance, 

 such as the behaviour of the 

 floral bract, the dehiscence of 

 the anther, the mode of division 

 of the style into stigmatiferous 

 lobes, and even the consistency 

 and structure of the stems. 

 C/tavica, 2 with the same stem- 

 structure as Piper, has extrorse 

 bivalve anthers, from two to 

 four in number ; 3 Peperomia* 

 (figs. 518-515), and Verhuettia, 6 have a different histological struc- 



Fig. 511. 

 Inflorescence. 



Fig. 512. 

 Portion of inflorescence, 

 enlarged (£). 



(part.)]. Flowers hermaphrodite. Bract free. 

 Stamens 3, one posterior. Inflorescences leaf- 

 opposed (22 sp.). — 5. Steffensia [K., in Linncea, 

 xiii. 609; — C. DC, Prodr., 251; — Schilleria 

 K., loc. cit,, 676 ; — EncJcea K., loc. cit. (part.) ; — 

 Ottonia Speeng., loc. cit. (part.) ; — Serronia 

 Gaudich. & Guillem., in Beless. Ic. Sel., iii. t 

 90 ;—Peltobry on Kl. (ex Miq., Syst., 369); — 

 Artanthe MlQ., loc. cit. (part.) ; — Zippelia Bl., 

 in Poem, et Sch. Syst., vii. 1614, 1651 ; — Brachy- 

 stachys C DC, in Seem. Journ. (1866) ; — Macro- 

 stachys C. DC, loc. cit. (part.)]. Inflorescences 

 leaf-opposed. Flowers sessile or stipitate. Bract 

 distinct frorn the flower. Stamens 4 (315 sp.). — 

 6. Enchea [K., in Linncea, xiii. 590 (part.) ; — 

 C. DC, Prodr., 243 (part.); — Callianira MlQ., 

 Syst., 344]. Char, of Steffensia, with herma- 

 phrodite flowers, and 5, 6 stamens with articulate 

 anthers surrounding the ovary (30 spo.). — 7. 

 Nematanthera (MlQ., in Linneea, xviii. 606, t. 

 2 ; — C DC, Prodr., 367). Flowers monandrous, 

 hermaphrodite. Anther articulate. Bract free 

 (2 sp.). — 8. Schizonephos (Gbiff., Notul., iv. 

 383;— C DC, Prodr., 211 ;— Mulder a MlQ., 

 Comm., 34). Flowers enclosed in a cupule 

 formed (?) of connate bracts, polygamous or 1- 



scxnal. Anthers articulate. Inflorescences leaf- 

 opposed (9 sp.). 



1 C DC, Prodr., loc. cit, 211-380, 384-389, 

 492. 



2 Miq., Syst., 222 (part.).— C DC, Prodr., 

 388. 



3 All are natives of Tropical Asia and the East 

 Indies, especially the mountainous districts of 

 Silhet, Khasia, Sikkhim, Java, and the Moluccas 

 (5 sp. ; Miq., in Zoll. et Mor. Verz., 84; Fl. 

 Ind.-Bat., i. p. ii. 42. — Diete., Sp., i. 145. — 

 C DC, loc. cit.). 



4 R. & Pav., Prodr., 8 ; Fl. Per. et Chil., i. 

 29.— Tuep., in Diet. Sc. Nat., Atl., t. 293, 

 294.— H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec, i. 60.- 

 Miq., Syst., 63.— Endl., Gen., n. 1820 a.— 

 C. DC, Prodr., 392. — Dugagelia Gaudich., in 

 Freycin. Voy., Pot., 513, 514.— C DC, Prodr., 

 471. — Acrocarpidium MlQ., in Biar. List. 

 Nederl. (1842). — Tildenia MlQ., loc. cit. — Eras- 

 mia Miq., loc. cit. — Phyllobryon Miq. Syst., 50. 



5 Miq., Syst., 47 (part.) ; III., 5, 1. 1, fig. a. — 

 C DC, in Mem. Soc. Geneve, xviii. p. ii. t. 1, 

 fig. 58; Prodr., 391. — Mildea Geiseb., Cat. 

 PI. Cub., 63. — Piperoides C DC, in Seem. 

 Journ. (1866), 161. 



