CXIV. NEPENTHACE Ai. 
25 
spotted purple red; upper pitchers funnel-shaped, narrowed at 
base, 8 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide at top, peristome and lid as 
in lower ones. Raceme 8 to 12 in. tall, stout, red-tomentose; 
flowers very numerous, dense, *5 in. across, green or purplish red, 
very tomentose on back; pedicels stout, red-tomentose. Staminal 
column as long. Capsules 1 in. long, tomentose at first. Hab. 
Wet spots on edges of woods; common in south, up to 3000 ft. 
altitude. Singapore (Jack); Bukit Timah; Kranji. Johor, Gunong 
Pulai and Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Mt. Ophir 
(all collectors, very large here); Merlimau (Cantley). Perak, 
Maxwell's Hill (Fox). Distrib. Bangka, Borneo. 
(10) N. phyllamphora Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 2, 874; Macfarlane, 
l.c. 287. 
Stout climber. Leaves coriaceous, petioled; petioles 2 to 3 in. 
long, winged to base; leaf 6 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide, oblong, 
shortly narrowed at both ends; tendril rather slender 3 in. long 
or more; pitchers cylindric, slightly dilate at base green, 5 in. 
long, 1*5 in. through, wings hardly elevate not ciliate or distinctly 
so; peristome rather narrow only slightly narrowed upwards Jo 
lid, red, ridges very fine; lid orbicular oblong, 1-25 in. long, *i in. 
wide. Racemes thick, 4 in. long on a long stout peduncle 10 in. 
long, pubescent. Pedicels -25 in. long. Perianth -4 in. across, 
tomentose outside, red. Capsule -75 in. long, broad and thick. 
Hab. Not very common in open places, Singapore, Changi (Wallich); 
Jurong. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, 
Tasek Gelugur (Curtis). Penang, Telok Bahang; Mt. Elvira 
(Curtis). Lankawi (Haniff). Distrib. Cochinchina. 
Order CXV. PIPERACE/E. 
Herbs or shrublets, often aromatic. Leaves simple herbaceous 
or fleshy. Flowers minute in spikes. Perianth 0. Stamens 1 to 10, 
Ovary i-eelled; 1 orthotropous ovule. Fruit indehiscent bristly 
or a drupe. Species 2000, tropics (Cas. DeCandolle, Journ. ds. Soc. 
Beng. lxxv. 288.) 
Fruit dry with hooked bristles . . . . . 1. Zippelia 
Fruit minute; stamens 2; stipules o, erect herbs . . 2. Peperomia 
Fruit pulpy; stamens 2 to 6; stipulate, often climbing . 3. Piper 
1 . ZIPPELIA, Bl. 
Erect herb rhizomatous. Leaves oblique cordate; petioles 
dilated into amplexicaul stipules. Flowers racemose, distant, small. 
Stamens 6. Ovary muricate. Fruit dry, globose with numerous 
hooked bristles. Species 1. 
(1) Z. lappacea Bl. R. & S. Syst. viii. 1614; Bennett, PI. Jav. 
Rar. 76, t. 16. Piper lappaceum C. DC. FI. Indo-Ch. v. 68; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 339. 
