CXV. PIPERACE^. 
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Peperomia.] 
obovate to elliptic rhomboid, base acute, 1 in. long, 75 in. across ; 
petioles *12 in. long. Peduncles -5 in. long; spikes slender, 2-5 in. 
long. Bracts round with a very short pedicel. Ovary turbinate; 
stigma terminal. Hab. Rare on limestone rocks, Selangor, Batu 
Caves (Ridley). Distrib. Mascarenes, S. India. 
(4) P. Maxwellana C. DC. Rec. Ind, Bot. Survey, vi. 1; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 291. 
Stem decumbent rooting at nodes. Leaves alternate sub- 
coriaceous, elliptic blunt, base cuneate, edges at top minutely 
ciliate, 1*5 in. long, 75 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Peduncles 
terminal and axillary, *3 to -4 in. long. Spikes -25 in. long. 
Bracts orbicular, sub-sessile. Ovary obovate; stigma glabrous 
oblique. Hab. Perak, Maxwell’s Hill, Thaiping Hills, in mountain 
forest (Ridley). 
(5) P. malaccensis Ridl. Kew Bulletin , 1895, p. 186; C. DC. 
Journ. ds. Soc. Beng. l.c. 291. 
Succulent herb, diffuse prostrate. Leaves ovate cordate, 
round, 1-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, dark green to coppery brown, 
beneath silvery; petioles *5 in. long. Spikes solitary, terminal, 
1-5 in. long; flowers sunk in pits. Bracts cuneate oblong rounded. 
Ovary globose; stigma penicillate, purple. Hab. Rare on rocks, 
Malacca, Batu Tiga (Derry). 
(6) P. peilucida Korth, H.B.K. Nov. Gen. i. 64. Piper pellu- 
cidum Linn. Sp. PI. i. 163. Peperomia exigua Miq. Syst. Pip. 77. 
Annual branched, glabrous, bright green, up to 8 in. tall. 
Leaves alternate ovate or deltoid, cordate, thin 75 in. long, -5 in. 
wide; petioles -i in. long. Spikes very slender, 1-5 in. long. Bracts 
round, sub-sessile. Ovary globose. Hab. Naturalised in gardens 
and waste ground. Common over nearly all the tropics, native 
of S. America. Singapore, Perak, Tringganu, Penang. 
(7) P. kotana C. DC. Rec. Bot, Surv. Ind. vi. 2. 
Creeping and roofing slender herb all hairy, stem and leaves 
both sides, about 1 ft. long, ascending to 8 in. tall. Leaves alternate, 
round, obovate, base narrowed acute, *5 to 1 in. long, *4 to *5 in. 
wide; petioles -2 in. long. Peduncles -5 in. long; spikes very 
slender, 2 in. long. Bracts obovate sub-sessile. Stigma obliquely 
set. Hab. Local on rocks, Pahang, Kota Glanggi (Ridley). Johor, 
Pulau Tiuman, Juara Bay (Burkill). 
3. PIPER, Linn. 
Aromatic shrubs erect or climbing, rarely herbaceous; nodes 
dilated. Leaves with stipules on the margin of the petiole sheath. 
Spikes unisexual rarely bisexual, peduncled opposite a leaf. 
Flowers unisexual, sessile. Stamens 2, rarely 3 to 4, hypogynous; 
anthers usually 4-valvate. Bracts orbicular or oblong, often 
stalked. Ovary free or errd)edded in rachis; stigmas 2 to 6. 
Drupes globose or oblong or ellipsoid, pulpy-red or yellow, free 
