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Fig. 124.—Black Pepper (Piper nigrum, Pepper Family, Piperacee). A, 
fruiting branch, 3}. 8B, part of a spike showing three flowers, 3. 
C, fruit, cut vertically to show the seed within, its minute embryo in 
copious seed-food, ¢.  (Baillon.)—A woody vine, tall-climbing partly 
by means of roots; leaves evergreen; flowers minute; fruit red. Native 
home, India. 
Fic. 125, I.—Red Pepper (Capsicum annuum, Nightshade Family, Solana-. 
cee). Fruiting plant, 3. (Vilmorin.)—An annual or biennial herb of 
shrubby appearance; leaves smooth; flowers whitish; fruit juiceless, 
red, yellow, or violet, very various in form and color. Native home, 
South America. 
