Ertjthnna. diadelpiiia decandria, 251 



the hottest months of the year, "vvhich slielters the vines from 

 tlie intense heat of the sun, and keeps the ground moist. As 

 soon as the hottest weather is over, llie leaves drop and ex- 

 pose the vines to the sun and weather during the cool sea- 

 son, which I conceive renders them more healthy, and of 

 course more productive. Tliey must be kept in a dwarf state, 

 by topping, and cutting off the lateral branches, for if allowed 

 to grow without interruption, they would soon arrive at very 

 great height, which would be very unfavourable for collect- 

 ing' the pepper. 



The innnense quantity of large leaves that fall annually 

 from these trees, manures the ground below them, which be- 

 comes more and more fertile, the longer it remains in this 

 slate; so that when the vines have done bearing, the land 

 must be in a much better condition than when first planted. 

 Daily experience proves the truth of this. 



2. E. stricUi. 



Arboreous, armed m ith innumerable white prickles. 

 Leaves unarmed. Racemes terminal, horizontal. Cali/x 

 minute, spathaceous, entire. Winr/s sub-tri;inguliU', minute. 

 Leynines lanceolar, from two to three-seeded. 



Eii-mouricou, the vernacular name at Anjenga, and Pen- 

 mouricou that of E. hidica, Avhich this resembles much. 



A native of Malabar ; from Anjenga the seeds were receiv- 

 ed into the Botanic garden, under the Canara name En-moti- 

 ricon, at the same time, seeds of E. indlca were received un- 

 der the name Pen movricoit. Both grew rapidly, for in two 

 years the latter flowered in April, and in three, the former 

 began to blossom early in March, and ripened its seed by the 

 middle of April. 



Tnink perfectly straight, in our young trees eir>hteen 

 inches in circumference, four feet (rom the ground ; branches 

 few, and covered with smooth olive-coloured bark, all are 

 well armed with numerous, short, sharp, light green prickles, 

 height about t^^enty feet. On the Malabar coast it grows to 



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