Flora Medica

PIPERACEJE.637- P. Chaba W. Hunter in As. res. ix. 391. Blume in act.bat. xi. 168. f. 7. Roxb. fl.ind. i. 156. Dietr. sp. pi.i. 672.Piper longum Humph, amboin. v. t. 116. f. 1. Islands of theIndian Archipelago. (Island Long Pepper.)Stem suffruticose, climbing, rooting. Leaves stalked, ovate or ovaloblongor lanceolate, taper-pointed, unequal at the base, triple or evenquintuple ribbed, netted, membranous, smooth. Spikes stalked, themales filiform, the females cylindrical-conical, erect at first, afterwardspendulous. Berries small, globose, reddish, grown together. Blume.Called in Sanscrit Chavica and in Hindi Chab ; its properties appearto be the same as those of Piper longum.638. P. sylvaticum Roxb. fl.ind. i. 156. Mountains on theNorth-west border of Bengal, where it is called Pahari peepul, orMountain Long pepper.Root perennial. Branches creeping on the ground, or rooting ontrees like Ivy; all the young parts polished. Leaves alternate, petioled,equally-cordate, obtuse, from 5 to 7-nerved, smooth. $.Spikes opposite a leaf, short-stalked, slender. Filaments generally 4,oval, fleshy, very short. Anthers 1-celled. $ Spikes on a differentplant, opposite the leaves, short, stalked, cylindrical. Used in Bengalboth green and ripe as long pepper.639. P. Amalago Mill. diet. No. 3. Swartz. obs. 19.(Sloane hist. i. t. 87. f. 1.) Hilly parts of Jamaica.Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, equal at the base, 5-nerved, rugose,smooth on each side. Spikes erect, as long as the leaves or nearly so.Fruit black, pungent, size of a mustard seed. Extremely like blackpepper in quality. Should be collected before it is quite ripe. Leavesand young shoots discutient; root in infusion resolutive, sudorific,diaphoretic. See Lunan hort.jamaic. i. 51.i. 64-0. P. anisatum HBK. n. g. el sp. pi. 58. SouthAmerica on the banks of the Oronoko.Branches round, striated, smooth. Leaves roundish, ovate, acuminate,deeply cordate, netted, 9-nerved, thin, membranous, with pelluciddots, with appressed hairs on the upper side, downy on the veinsbeneath, fringed with hairs at the edges. Leaves and fruit have thesmell and taste of Anise ; a decoction of the latter used to wash ulcers.64-1. P. Siriboa Linn. sp. pi. 40. Blume act. bat. xi. 208.f. ^. (Rumph. v. t. 117. f. 2. Siriboa) East Indies ; continentand islands.Stem climbing. Leaves stalked ovate-oblong, acuminate, scarcelyunequal somewhat cordate at the base, with from 5 to 7 ribs, reticuated,smooth. Spikes long, pendulous. Used in the same way as thefollowing species.64-2. P. Betle Linn. sp. pi. 40. Roxb. fl.ind. i. 158. Bot.mag. t. 3132. (Burm. zeyl.t. 82. f. 2. Rheede vii. t. 15.Humph, v. t. 116. f. 2.) Cultivated all over India and theMalay countries ;also in the West Indies. Once found wild by312