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Seeies MICREMBRYE^3. 



Order PIPERACEJE. 



(Pepper Family.) 



Plants of this order possess pungent, acrid, and aromatic properties. 



T>TT>T7T) T ' TBIBE PlPEBE^. 



PIPEE, Linn. 



aduncum, WiHd. ; sh. ; Jamaica. B. 



angustifolium, R. et P. (Artantlie elongata) ; sh. ; Peru. B. 



This furnishes one of the articles known by the Peruvians as matico. It is used as a mild 

 aromatic. A portion of the leaf, or the leaf reduced to powder, is very effectual in arresting 

 haemorrhage. 



cubeba, Linn.f. ; sh. ; Java. A. 



excelsum, Forst, ; Ka vra-kawa ; sli. ; New Zealand. A. 

 lcmgifolium, Ruiz et Pav. ; sh. ; Peru. A. 

 nigrum, Linn. ; Black Pepper; cl. ; East India. A.B. 

 "Black pepper " consists of the dried unripe berries ; " white pepper " is the ripe fruit deprived 

 of its rind by macerating. 



PEPEKOMIA, Ruiz et Pav. 

 ari folia, Mia. 



var. argyreia ; Brazil. A.B. 

 leptostachya, HooJc. et Am, ; her. per. ; East India and Australia. A.B. 

 renexa. A. Dietr. ; epi. ; Australia. A.B. 



Order CHLORANTHACEJE. 

 CHLOEAOTHTTS, Sw. 



officinalis, Sw. ; Java. B. 



The roots of this plant are said to be a valuable medicine in cases of t3~phus and intermittent 

 fevers. It is given in infusion, and often combined with a decoction of bedrela Toona, our red 



Order MYRISTICE^. 

 MYEISTICA, Linn. 



fragrans, Houtt. ; JSTutmeg ; tr. ; Moluccas. A.B. 

 The fruit of this tree consists of a fleshy exterior, which is edible and splits into two. disclosing 

 the solitary seed or nutmeg surrounded by the scarlet aril, which latter is the spice called mace. 

 The United Kingdom's annual importation of nutmegs amounts to about 560,000 lbs. 



Order MONIMIACEJE. 



The bark and leaves of some of the plants of this order are aromatic and fragrant. 



Tbibe Monimie^;. 

 XIBAEA, Endl. 



macrophylla, Benth. ; tr. ; Queensland. A.B. 



Tbibe Atheeospebme^:. 

 DOEYPHOBA, Endl. 



sassafras, Endl. ; tr. ; Eastern Australia. A. 



Seeies DAPHNALES. 

 Order LAURINEJE. 



The plants of this order, besides furnishing spice and medicinal products, also produce some 

 excellent timbers. 



Tbibe Pebseace^;. 

 CEYPTOCAEYA, R. Br. 



australis, Benth. ; tr. ; Australia. A.B. 

 triplinervis, R. Br. ; tr. ; Australia. A.B. 



