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seed from the central spikes, each on a separate erect peduncle, 

 round, size of a plumb. Gardens at Hewra, Parell, &c. Native 

 of the Eastern Islands, also of Malabar. It is the common tree 

 from Tellicherry to the foot of the Ghauts. The fructification of 

 Manicaria saccifera, Lam. t. 774, and Gaert. t. 176, is somewhat 

 similar. It is placed among the Palms. Does it connect that 

 tribe with the Cycadeae ? 



ZAMIA, Dioecia Polyandria. From zemia, loss or damage (?). 

 In what language ? 



, 2. Z HoERiDA, Encephalartos allerstynii, Spr. syst. 3, p 998; 

 Jaq. Frag. t. 27 and 28. — A strange-looking, low plant, with 

 pinnate fronds; leaflets lanceolate, acute-pointed, glaucous, with 

 strong double teeth on the outside. Native of the Cape. One 

 plant has been 20 years at Hewra, and in that space of time has 

 neither flowered nor grown two inches. 



'; 3. Z (?) sp. — Leaves much larger than the last, with long 



leaflets from the upper extremity, each armed with two terminal 

 thorns, and from 1 to 3 on the sides of the leaflet. Sir Roger 

 D'Faria's garden, Mazagon. Received from Mozambique. 



LXXXVIII.— PIPERACEiE, Sweet. Hort. Brit, p 380. 



PIPER, Triandria Trigynia. From the Indian name. Lam. t. 

 23 ; Gaert. 2, t. 92. 



1. P LoNGUM, Roxb. Fl. 1, p 154 ; " Pepul," Latin Terpali. 

 Rheede Mai. 7,t. 14; Peeplee Mool, Pluk. Aim. t. 104, /. 4.— 

 Was cultivated at Poway, in Salsette, &c. {vide Graham's list, 1 st 

 edition, p 199). It does not appear, however, that it can be suc- 

 cessfully grown at a distance from the air of the Ghauts. The 

 roots " Peepula Mool" form rather an important article in the 

 Hindoo Materia Medica, and do doubtless possess considerable 

 medicinal powers. 



2. P Nigrum, Roxb. Fl. 1, p 150; Molaga-Kode, Rheede 

 Wal. 7, 1. 12; Bot. Mag. t. 3131 ; Pluk. Aim. t. 437,f. 1.— "Meeree," 

 " Kala Meeree," Black Pepper. Is cultivated in Caiiara and 

 Soonda, even to the limits of the Dharwar Zillah. North of these 

 provinces it can be grown within the Ghaut hne, but hardly with 

 profit, as it is the case further to the south. These southern 

 provinces have been famed for their Pepper gardens from the 

 earliest times of which we have any record. 



3. P Betle, Roxb. Fl. 1, p 158; Rheede Mai. 7, L 15 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3132 ; Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 1 16,/. 2; Burm. Zeyl. t. 82.— 

 "Pawn," Betel leaf; Tamboolee, the name of the seller; cultivated 

 chiefly above the Ghauts, from Kandeish limits to Soonda. The 

 leaves are sold in every bazar, and the export from the Deccan 



