— 5 — 



Herba? vel frutices vel arbores, prostrati vel scandentes radicantes. 

 Folia alterna petiolata vel sessilia, stipullata vel exstipullata. Spica 

 axillaris vel folium opposita pedunculata vel sessilis. Flores sessiles 

 hermaphroditi vel unisexuales. Perigonium nullum vel 1-seriale. Stamina 

 1-8 hypogyna. Antheraa 2-loculares. Ovarium sessile 1-loculare 1- 

 ovulatum. Ovulum e basi erectum. Bacca parva ovoidea vel globosa, 

 pericarpio succulento vel carnoso. Semina albuminosa. Albumen farino- 

 sum. Embryo minimum in apice fructus positus. Radicula supera. 



Genera 9 species supra 1,200 in regionibus tropicis et subtropicis adsunt. 



Piper [Theophrastus, Hist. PI. interpret Gaza IX, Cap. XXII, p. 

 339 (1528)— Matthiolus, Med. Sen. Comm. p. 282 (1552)— Bauhinus, 

 Pinax p. 411 (1623)— MORISON, Hist. Ill, p. 602 (1699)-LlNN^US, 

 Gen. PI. ed. 1, p. 333, no. 832 (1737)] ; Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 28 (1753) ; 

 Gen. PI. ed. 5, p. 18 (1754)— Jussieu, Gen, PL p. 405 (1789)-Schre- 

 ber, Gen. PL p. 26, no. 56 (1789), excl. Saururus— Giseke, Praelect. 

 p. 125 (1792) -GARTNER, Fruct. II, p. 67, t. 92, fig. 1 (1791)— Ven- 

 tenat, Tab. Ill, p. 541 (1799)— J. St. Hilaire, Exposit : II, p. 311 

 (1805)— Persoon, Syn. 1, p. 31 (1805) -Richard in Nov. Gen. & Sp. 

 PL I, p. 39 (1815)— Rcemer & SCHULTES, Syst. Veg. I, p. 62 (1817)— 

 Link, Handb. I, p. 290 (1829) -Endlicher, Gen. PL p. 265 (1836)— 

 Spach, Hist. Veg, XI, p. 12 (1842) -C. de Candolle, Prodr. XVI, pt. 

 1, p. 240 (1849)-Miquel, Syst. Pip. II, p. 305 (1844)-Baillon, Hist. 

 PL III, p. 493 (1892)-Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PL III, p. 129 

 (1880)— Engler in Nat. Pfianzenfam. Ill, 1, p. 6 (1886)— Ridley, Fl. 

 Malay-Penins. Ill, p. 27 (1924). 



Syn. Quebitea Aublet, PL Guian. Franc. II, p. 838, t. 327 (1775). 



Piperiphorum Necker, Elem. Bot. Ill, p. 294 (1790). 



Ottonia Sprengel, Neue Entdeck. PL I, p. 255 (1830). 



Piperidia Kostel, Allg. Med. Pharm. Fl. II, p. 455 (1831). 



Serronia Gaudichaud in Delessert, Icon. Select. Ill, p. 54 t. 90 

 (1837). 



Amalogo Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. p. 84 (1838). 



