300 piperacejE — salicacEjE. 



6. sylvaticum, Roxb. (Jl. ind. 1, p. 156; ed. Carey, \, p. 158; — Spreng. 

 syst. \, p. 413.) ^ vuc Khassya Mountains. Assam. Aments appear- 

 ing, and fr. R. S. 



7. cuneifolium, Jacq. (icon. rar. 2, t. 214; — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 115. — 

 Peperomia cuneifolia, Willd. en.) % Caracas. Introduced here a 

 year ago. Has not fl. yet. 



8. reptans, Roxb. {H. B. p. 4.) Moluccas. 5 Rooting. In H. C. G. 

 Aments appear and ripen R. and C. S. {Roxb.) 



9. sarmentosum, Roxb. (Jl. ind. I, p. 160 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 162 ; — Spreng. 

 syst. I, p. 117. — P. latifolium, Hunt; As. Res. 9, p. 392 ; not Forst.) 

 S Penang. Aments appearing, and ripening R. S. 



10. peepulo'ides, Roxb. (Jl. ind. I, p. 157; ed. Carey, 1, p. 159; — Spreng. 

 syst. I, p. 117) Silhet Long -pepper. B Rooting. Khassya Mountains. 

 Silhet. Introduced into H. C. G. in 181 1, but had not fl. up to 1814. 



11. clusicefo Hum, Jacq. (icon. rar. 2, t. 213.— Peperomia clusiaefolia, 

 Hook; B. M. 56, t. 2943.) 2^. W. Indies. Introduced in 1840. 



12. pereskiafolium, Jacq. (collect. 4, p. 126; — Pers. syn. 1, p. 34. — P. 

 peiresciaefolium, Spreng. syst. 1, p. 119. — Peperomia pereskiaefolia, 

 Humb. ; — Hook, exot.fi. t. 67.) % Caracas. Introduced in 1841. 



IZ.magnolicBfolium, Jacq. (coll. 3, p. 210; ic. rar. 2, t. 213.) 2/. 



Piper Malamiri, L. Rheed. 7, t. 16. S. Concan. Goalpara. — P. 

 lonchites, Rom. and Sch. (P. lanceolatum, Roxb. not Ruiz, and Pav.) 

 Moluccas. Penang. — P. stenophyllum, (P. angustifolium, Roxb. not 

 Lam.) Moluccas. — P. saxatile, Wall. Nepal. Khassya Mountains. — 

 P. ribesio'ides. Wall. ; pi. as. rar. 1, t. 91. Chappedong. — P. subpel- 

 tatum, Willd. Penang. Mauritius. — P. plantagineum, Buch. Goalpara. 

 — P. colubrinum, Lk. "b Brazil. — P. nitidum, Swz. "b Jamaica. — P. 

 acuminatum, L. ; B. M. 44, t. 1882. 2^. W. Indies. — P. reni/orme, 

 Poir. (Peperomia reniformis. Hook. exot. fl. t. 164.) ^ St. Vincent. 

 — Laurea tilicefolia, Gaudich, % Guiana. — Ottonia Anisum, Spreng. 

 S Brazil. 



ORDER CXXXI.— SALICACE^E, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 186. 



THE WILLOW TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, of 2 genera : Salix and Populus. Of these, Spreng. 

 syst. enumerates 75 species from Europe ; 36 from N. America ; 6 from 

 S. America and Mexico ; 3 from Dahuria ; 1 from Iberia ; 1 from Spitz- 

 bergen ; 1 from Siberia ; 1 from Melville Island ; 1 from Japan ; I from 

 Patagonia ; and I from Egypt. In the eastern and northern districts of S. 

 Africa have been found several species of Salix. That of the Gariep (S. 



