. 9,954.96 

 20,000 



112,912.95 Cr. 



. 13,549.55 

 20,000 



146,462.50 Cr. 



.. 17,575.50 

 20,000 



184,038.00 Cr. 



68 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



10th Year, Interest 



10th Year's crop 



11th Year, Interest 



11th Year's crop 



12th Year, Interest 



12th Year's crop 



2. Piper be tie. 



Leaves obliquely cordate, acuminate, waving, seven - 

 nerved, smooth. Willden p. 15. Betela-codi Hort. Mai. 7, 

 p. 29, t. 25. Mai. Seeree. 



Of this the Malays reckon live varieties, among which are 

 these three, Seeree Malayo, Seeree Cheena, Seeree Oodang. 

 The specimen of which the leaf is above described was the 

 Seeree Cheena. The Seeree Oodang, they say has the petioles 

 and nerves red. 



Cultivated, but in no great quantity. A larger quantity 

 is imported from the neighbouring coast. 



3. P. siriboa. Willden p. 161. Siriboa, Eumph 5, p. 340, t. 



117, f. 2. Mai. Bakee. 

 The fruit is nearly as long as a finger, and tastes like the 

 Betel leaf. It is used as a substitute for it, especially at sea, 

 where the fresh leaves of Betel cannot be procured. (No doubt 

 " Bakek " Piper miniatum Bl. is intended). 



4. P. chaba, H. 



Leaves, alternate, petioled, lance-ovate, oblique at the 

 base, with veins opposite. Spikes : leaf-opposed, peduncled, 

 sub-cylindric, compact. Piper Longum. Tsjabe Eumph : 5, 

 p. 333, t. 16, f. 1. Mai. Chabatadee. 



Cultivated and used as long pepper, but a very distinct 

 species from the Malabar or Bengal long pepper. 



5. P. latifolium? {Piper longum L.). 



Fruit: like the former. Leaves: alternate, deeply cordate, 

 obtuse, nine nerved. Mai. Gadoo or Gadookh. The leaves are 

 used as a pot herb. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



