Piper.] ; PIPERACE. 893 
Bracts orbicular-peltate, margin free all round; leaves 5-7-nerved ; 
shru ubby . Hamiltonii 
Bracts ead siaedeniles more or less adnate to the rachis ; scandent :— 
Bracts of female spike forming a short hemispheric cup a 
the ovary ; bracteoles forming a semilunar ridge above the ovary ; 
d 
leaves 5-~9-nerve nigrum 
Bracts of female spike adnate to rachis, with sli ail raised, 
decurrent margins, which are confluent with bracteoles either 
Side of the ovary ; leaves 3-5-nerved ........ssssseseeee- rhyt nese ‘pum. 
1756. een CuaBa Hunter; F. I. i. 156; F. B. I. v. 83; E. D. 
P. 797. 
Cultivated generally. 
A stout climber, with flexuous branches. © Hind. Chab, 
chava; Beng. Cho 
1757. Preer Betie APTN Bo. 4.1583 Bde He Oes BD. 
Ea Wy fs a 
Cultivated. 
A stout climber. Vernac. Pan, Bonwit oe 
1758. Preer synvaricum Roxb. PE 156) F.-Bi is ve O43 
E. D. Pp. 821. 
E. Bengal. 
A low creeper. Beng. Pahari pipal. 
1759. Piper pEEPULOIDES Roxb, ; F. 1. i.:15T; ¥. BT. v. 83, 
Chittagong. 
A slender bush. Vernac. Pipal. 
1760. Piper toncum Linn.; F. I. i. 156; F. B. I. v. 83; E. D. 
PP. 8 
N. aici: E. Bengal; C. Bengal; Behar. 
A slender creeper with erect flowering shindte. Beng. 
Pipla, pipla-mul ; Hind. Pipul-mul; Santal. Ralli. 
1761. Piper Hamironu C. DO. : FBT. ¥ 
A shrub, creeping below. 
1762, pep Nicgkum Linn.; F. I. i. 150; F. B. I. iv. 90; E. D. 
P. 811. 
Generally cultivated. 
A climber. Vernac. Gul-mirich, kala-mirich. 
Pieper RuyTIpocarpum Hook. f.; F. B. I. v. 92. 
Chittagong. 
A climber. 
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