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CXV. PIPERACE7E. 
[Zippelia. 
Herb about i ft. tall; stems from rhizome unbranched. Leaves 
alternate, ovate sub-acute, base unequally cordate; nerves 7, 
radiating from base; 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. 
Racemes terminal, slender, 5 in. tall, base nude, above 12 or more 
distant flowers on pedicels nearly -i in. long. Fruit white, -i in. 
through. Hab. Local in forests, Perak, Ulu Batang Padang; 
Kwala Dipang (Ridley). Distrib. Tonkin, Java. 
2. PEPEROMIA, Ruiz and Pavon. 
Succulent small herbs often epiphytic or on rocks. Leaves 
exstipulate, alternate or opposite or whorled. Spikes very slender; 
peduncled, axillary or terminal. Bracts minute, peltate. Flowers 
sessile or nearly sunk in a depression of rachis. Stamens 2; anthers 
extrorse, 2-celled. Ovary free; stigma globular. Drupe minute. 
Species 800, all tropics. 
Leaves opposite or in threes and fours. 
Stem and leaves pubescent. 
Stigma below top of ovary; leaf elliptic . 
Stigma terminal; leaf obovate 
Stem and leaves glabrous. 
Stigma terminal; leaf obovate 
Leaves alternate. 
Leaves glabrous. 
Stigma oblique below top of ovary . 
Stigma terminal. 
Leaves fleshy, quite round . 
Leaves thin, ovate (weed) . 
Leaves densely hairy . 
(1) P. dindigulensis 
(2) P. Wrayi 
(3) P. portulacoides 
(4) P. Maxwellana 
(5) P. malaccensis 
(6) P. pellueida 
(7) P. kotana 
(1) P. dindigulensis Miq. Syst. Pip. 122; III. Pip. 19, t. 13; 
C. DC. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 290. 
Erect, puberulous or not, 1 ft. tall, succulent, sometimes 
branched. Leaves opposite, below ternate, above elliptic to 
obovate-elliptic, pubescent, base narrowed or round, *5 to 1-5 in. 
long; petioles -2 to -4 in. long. Spikes very slender, 3 to 4 in. 
long, glabrous on a shorter peduncle pubescent. Stigma oblique 
a little below the top of ovary. Hab. Limestone rocks, Pahang, 
Kota Glanggi Caves. Selangor, Batu Caves (Ridley). Distrib. 
S. India. 
(2) P. Wrayi C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 1; Journ. . 4 s. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 290. 
Stem decumbent, rooting puberulous; branches erect. Leaves 
opposite, puberulous on the edge on upper side ovate or rounded 
obovate, base acute, -75 in. long, *3 to -4 in. wide; petioles densely 
puberulous. Peduncles terminal. Spikes glabrous. Stigma ter¬ 
minal. Hab. Very rare on dead trees in forests, Perak, Batang 
Padang Valley (Wray). 
(3) P. portulacoides A. Dietr. Sp. PI, ed. vi. 1, 172; C. DC. 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng l.c. 291; Wight, leones, t. 1922. 
Succulent, glabrous herb. Leaves opposite, upper ones ternate 
