. Contributions from the Hull Botanical Laboratory. Plants. 1916] HOFFSTADT—PIPER METIIYSTICUM 117 called Ava or Kava, the natives extracting from its roots the national beverage bearing that name. It becomes a shrub in height and is propagated mostly by cuttings. No seedlings were obtainable. The leaves are ovate, 18-25 cm. in diameter, with a deep cordate base and a short accuminate apex. The blade is bright green, smooth above, and bears tine multicellular hairs on the veins beneath. It is distinctly petioled, the petiole having a sheathing base and. Fig. 1.—Piper methysticupi gro
. Contributions from the Hull Botanical Laboratory. Plants. 1916] HOFFSTADT—PIPER METIIYSTICUM 117 called Ava or Kava, the natives extracting from its roots the national beverage bearing that name. It becomes a shrub in height and is propagated mostly by cuttings. No seedlings were obtainable. The leaves are ovate, 18-25 cm. in diameter, with a deep cordate base and a short accuminate apex. The blade is bright green, smooth above, and bears tine multicellular hairs on the veins beneath. It is distinctly petioled, the petiole having a sheathing base and. Fig. 1.—Piper methysticupi growing in Same a deciduous stipule. The leaves are alternate and the dense flower clusters are borne opposite them. The internodes are 7-10 cm. long, the nodes being swollen, smooth, and in the older ones irregularly spotted. Both old and young stems have an herba- ceous appearance. The largest nodes examined were cm. in diameter, and the smallest were 2 mm. For the sake of comparison Piper umbellatum (Heckeria umbel- late Kunth) was used, the material being obtained from plants brought from Mexico. In shape and size the leaves resemble those of Piper mclltystieiim. The petiole has a sheathing base;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hull Botanical Laboratory. [Chicago : University of Chicago Press
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