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afterward becomes a roimdifh berry with one cell , contain- 
ing one globular feed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedfton 
of Linnseus’s fecona clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have two male, and three female parts 
of generation. 
The Species are, 
1. Piper (Obtufifolium) foliis obovatis enerviis. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 30. Pepper with cbverfe oval leaves having no 
veins. Saururus humilis, folio carnolb, fubrotundo. 
Plum. Cat. 51. Low Lizard' s-t ail with a ftjeftjy roundifh 
leaf. 
2 . Piper ( Pelucidum ) foliis cordatis petiolatis, caule 
herbaceo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 30. Pepper zvith heart-ftoaped 
leaves having foot-ftalks , and an herbaceous ftalk. Pi- 
per foliis cordatis, caule procumbente. Hort. Cliff. 6. 
tab. 4. Pepper with heart-jhaped leaves and a trailing ftalk. 
3. Piper ( Amalago ) folis lanceolato-ovatis quinquener- 
viis rugofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 29. Pepper with rough , 
oval , fpear-fhaped leaves having five veins. Saururus 
foliis lanceolato-ovatis quinquenervis rugofis. Hort. 
Cliff. 140. Lizard' s-t ail with roughs fpear-fhaped , oval 
leaves , having five veins. 
4. Piper ( Humilis ) foliis lanceolatis nervofis rigidisfef- 
filibus. Pepper with ft iff, fpear-fhaped , veined leaves 
fitting clofe to the branches. Piper longum humilius, 
fru&u e fummitate caulis prodeunte. Sloan. Cat. Jam. 
45. Dwarf long Pepper , with the fruit coming out at the 
end of the ftalk. 1 
5. Piper' ( Peltatum ) foliis peltatis orbiculato-cordatis 
obtufls repandis, fpicis umbeliatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 30. 
Pepper with target-formed leaves which are orbicular , 
heart-jhaped , obtufe recurved , and have fpikes growing 
in umbels. Saururus arborefcens, foliis amplis, rotun- 
dis & umbilicatis. Plum. Cat. 51. Tree Lizard' s-t ail 
•with large , round, navel-Jhaped leaves. 
6. Piper ( Laurifolia ) foliis lanceolato-ovatis nervofis, 
fpicis brevibus. Pepper with fpear-fhaped , oval, veined 
leaves , and jhort fpikes. Saururus frutefcens, lauro- 
cerafi folio, fruftu breviore & crafflore. Houft. MSS. 
Shrubby Lizard' s-t ail with a Laurel leaf and a fhorter 
thicker fruit. 
7. Piper (foment of um) foliis ovato-lanceolatis tomen- 
tofis, caule arborefcente. Pepper with oval , fpear- 
fhaped, woolly leaves , and a tree-like ftalk. Saururus 
arborefcens latifolia, villofa fructu gracili. Houft. 
MSS. Broad-leaved , tree-like , hairy Lizard' s-t ail, with 
a f ender fruit. 
8. Piper ( Aduncum ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, nervis al- 
ternis, fpicis uncinatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 29. Pepper with 
oval fpearf japed leaves, having alternate veins and 
crooked fpikes. Saururus arborefcens frudtu adunco. 
Plum. Cat. 51. Lizard' s-t ail with a crooked fruit. 
9. Piper ( Decumanum ) foliis cordato-ovatis nervofis 
acuminatis, fpicis reflexis. Pepper with oval, heart- 
Jhaped , nerved , acute-pointed leaves, and reflexed fpikes. 
Saururus frutefcens plantaginis folio ampliore, frudtu 
breviore & graciliore adunco. Houft. MSS. Shrubby 
Lizard' s-t ail zvith a larger Plantain leaf, and a fhorter 
and ftenderer crooked fpike. 
10. Piper ( Siriboa ) foliis cordatis fubfeptinerviis ve- 
nofis. Flor. Zeyl. 29. Pepper with heart-jhaped leaves 
which are veined, and have almoft feven nerves. 
11. Piper ( Reticulatum ) foliis cordatis feptemnervis 
reticulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 29. Pepper with heart-ftoaped 
netted leaves having feven veins. Saururus botryoites 
major, foliis plantaginis. Plum. Cat. 51. Greater Li- 
zard's-tail with Plantain leaves. 
12. Piper (GlabrUm) foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 
glabris trinerviis. Pepper with oval, fpear-fhaped, acute- 
pointed, ftnooth leaves, having three veins. Saururus 
racemofus, feu botryides minor. Plum. Cat. 51. Small 
branching, or cluftered Lizard' s-t ail. 
13. Piper ( Racemofum ) foliis lanceolato-ovatis rugofis, 
nervis alternis. Pepper with fpear-fhaped, oval, rough 
leaves, having alternate veins. Saururus racemofus, 
feu botryites major. Plum. Cat. 51. Greater branching, 
or cluftered Lizard' s-t ail. 
The ftrftfort grows naturally in many of tihe Hands 
in the Weft Indies. This fends out from the root 
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many fucculent herbaceous (talks almoft as large as a 
man’s little finger; they are jointed, and divide into 
many branches, never riling above a foot high, but 
generally fpread near the ground, putting out "roots at 
each joint, fo propagate very fait, and loan cover a 
large fpace of ground. The leaves are very thick and 
fucculent •, they are about three inches long and two 
broad, very fmooth and entire. The foot-ftalk, which 
fuftains the fpike or tail, comes out at the end of the 
branches ; this is alfo very fucculent, and the whole 
length, including the fpike, is about feven inches. 
The fpike is (trait, erect, and about the five of a 
goofe-quill, clofely covered with (mail flowers which 
require a-glafs to be diftinguifiied, fo have no beauty ; 
but the whole fpike much refembles the tail of a 
lizard, for which Plunder gave it that title. 
Thefe fpikes appear great part of the year, but they 
rarely have any feeds in England ; the plants increale 
very faft by their (talks, which put out roots. It re- 
quires a warm itove to . prefer ve it in England, and 
fliould have but little wet, efpecially in winter. If 
the plants are plunged into the tan-bed in the ftdve, 
the (talks will put out roots into the tan, fo may be 
cut off to make new plants. 
The lecond fort grows naturally in the Weft- In dies - s 
this is annual. The (talks are herbaceous and fuccu- 
lent ; they rife about feven or eight inches high ; 
the leaves are heart-fhaped, an inch and a half long, 
and three quarters of an inch broad ; the fpikes of 
flowers come out at the end of the (talks - s they are 
(lender, about an inch long, and (trait •, the flowers 
are very fmall, and fit clofe to the foot-ftalk. Thefe 
appear in July, .and are fucceeded by very fmall ber- 
ries, each containing a fmall feed like duft. If thefe 
feeds are permitted to fcatter on the pots near it, the 
plants will come up without trouble •, or if the feeds 
are faved, and fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, the 
plants will rife eafily. Thefe (hould be tranfplanted 
into feparate pots, and plunged into a hot-bed of 
tanners bark, treating them in the fame way as other 
tender plants, but they (hould not have much wet. 
The third fort grows naturally in Jamaica and Bar- 
badoes. This hath feveral crooked (terns, which rife 
to the height of twelve or fourteen feet, which are 
jointed, hollow, and pithy ; thefe divide into many 
fmall branches, which are garniftied with fpear-fhaped 
oval leaves about three inches and a half long, and 
one and a half broad •, they are rough, and have five 
longitudinal veins. The fpikes come out at the end 
of the branches •, they are (lender, and about three 
inches long •, thefe have many fmall flowers fitting 
clofe to the foot-ftalk, which are fucceeded by fmall 
berries. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Jamaica. The 
(talks of this are (lender, and frequently trail upon 
the ground, putting roots out from their joints like 
the firft ; they are garniftied with ftiff fpear-fhaped 
leaves five inches long, and two broad in the middle, 
drawing to a point at each end ; they have one ftrong 
midrib, and on the backfide have feveral veins run- 
ning from that to the (ides. The fpike of flowers is 
very (lender, and about five inches long, fhaped like 
thofe of the former forts. 
* The fifth fort grows naturally in Jamaica; this hath a 
pretty thick fpongy ftalk which riles fifteen feet high, 
dividing into feveral branches which are jointed, and 
pithy •, the leaves are almoft round ; the foot-ftalk is 
fattened to the under fide, fo that the upper furface has 
a mark like a navel where the ftalk joins, and from 
that center run out the veins to the fide. The leaves 
are about a foot diameter ; their lower p art is m- 
dented like a heart, but the other part is round, and 
the ftalk being fixed toward the middle, the leaves 
have the appearance of a target. The fpikes are fmall, 
and grow in form of an umbel. 
The fixth fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz in 
America. This hath fhrubby jointed (talks which 
rife nine or ten feet high, dividing into fmaller 
branches, which are garniftied with fpear-fhaped oval 
leaves feven inches long, and three broad, ending 
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