PIPERACEAE 



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KEY TO THE GENERA. 



A. Stigmas 2 — 5. 



[Syn. Coccobryon and Cubeba in Harv. Gen.] P. capense (bospeper). Piper L. 

 Over 600 species, but 2 only in S. A. (forests). 



B. Stigma 1, terminal, penicillate. Stamens 2. 

 Over 400 species, 5 in S. A. 



(Small succulent herbs, growing in woods.) Peperomia Ruiz ex? Pav. 



Fig. 71. Stump of tree covered with epiphytes. 1/5 nat. size. Peperomia reflexa Dietr. 



Polypodium lanceolatum L. Hymenophyllum tunbridgense Sm. Lomaria attenuata Willd. 

 In a wooded ravine of Table Mountain. 



M. 17 



