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DIAND. TRIGYNIA. 73. Piper. 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA: zJiyles. 
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73. PIPER. Calyx O', corolo'. berry 
Pepper. 
Leaves ovate, mollly 7-nerved, glabrous : petioles very 
fimple. 
India. Blackiu. /. 348. Woodv. Plenck. ic, 25. 
Stem trailing, rooting at the joints ; leaves alternate, on flteath- 
like footllalks: flowers feflile, lateral and terminal. 
The berries are t.ne common Black Pepper, and when deprived 
of their Ikin and llccped in water, arc the White Pepper. 
Leaves ovate, rather oblong, pointed, 7-nerved: petioles 
2-ioothed. 
India. Barm. Zeyl. t 83 f. 2. Rheed. Mai. t. 15. 
Stems ftriatc angular: leaves a little oblicjue at the bafe, alter- 
nate: cylindrical : /rrr'o/r channelled. 
The leaves of this Ipecies, inclofing a few bjts cf the Areca, arc 
what the Afiatics fo univerlally chew. 
Leaves obliquely ovate, or oblong, veined, acute : fpike 
folitary, pedunclcd, oppofite the leat: irujt pediceiled. 
Java. Guinea, Befler Muf "J t 'i- 
Stem jointed, fle xuous : leaves unequal at the ’^afe. 
The pediceiled berries are die Cttbebs of the fliops. 
Leaves obovate, obtufc, veined : fpike fodtary, terminal. 
Welt Indies. Jcicq. ic. rar. 2. /. 212. 
Leaves alternate ; Jpike round, ered, green, on a putp'ilh pe- 
duncle. 
‘optme. 
^“lamkif. 
Leaves ovate, nerved, pointed ; the nerves villous. 
Cape of Good Hope. Zeinsol' the under iurface viJious, 
Leaves ovate, rather acute, rough underneath with 5 raifed 
nerves. 
^’^xlagg. 
Indies. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. ii6.y. 2. Rheed. Mai. 7. t. 16. 
Stems llriate, twining: /eaves I'ubcinereous underneath. 
Leaves broad-ovate, 5- nerved, glabrous, difcoloured on the 
hind-part : fpikes more lax : florets more remote. 
Jamaica. Shrub with alternate jointed branches. 
Leaves ovate, pointed, oblique, fomewhat heart-fhapeJ at 
the bafe, 5-nerved; fpikes axillary, nodding. 
j/aej ic. rar. 1. tah 8, 
Leaves alternate, 3 or j-nerved : y^/Lr oppofite the leaves. 
Leaves lanceolate-ovate, 5-nerved, wrinkled. 
Jamaica, Sleatte 'Jam, i. t 87.7. t. Pluk. am- t. 215, fl. 2. 
Leaves alternate, not oblique: fpikes filiform, many-llowered. 
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