CONDIMENTS AND SPICES. 



N. O. 207. PIPERACE.E. PEPPERWORTS. 

 Chavica rcxburghii. Mig, Long Pepper. 



Linn. Syst. Dianciiia Trigynia. 



The dry immature fruit, Long Pepper. 



Vernacular. Pippuli, Krishna-pippuli ? Sans. Pippul, Pilpul, 

 Felfildraz, Hind. Pippitie, Dec. Tipilie, Tarn. Can. Peepal 

 Pippuloo, Tel. Tippili, Cey. Darjiljil, Arab. Filfildras, Pers. 

 Peik-khyen, Burmah. Chabai-jawa, Tabee, Malaya. 



Habitat. India. 

 Remarks. Probably the TreVept pa<pov of Dioscorides. 



Piper nigrum. W. Black Pepper. 



Linn. Kyst. Diandria Trigynia. 



The dry immature berry, Black Pepper ; and the same husked,- 

 White Pepper. 



Vernacular. Vellajung, Miireechung, Kolukung, Muricha, Sans. 

 Beng. Goolmurich, Filfilgird, Mirch, Hind. Choca, Kaly-mir- 

 chingay, DC. Mellaghoo, Tarn. Moloovoohodi, Mirialoo, Tel. 

 Gammiris, Cey. Filfiluswud, Arab. FiJfil-sceah, PUpil, Pers. 

 Babaree, Syria. Nya-yoke-koun, Burmab. Lada, Malaya. 



Habitat. East Indies. Cultivated also in the West Indies. 



Remarks. To TreVepi (rrpoyyv\ov of Theophrastus, Trenepi TO jJLf\av of 



Dioscorides, and Piper of Pliny. See " Drugs." The following articles 

 have been substituted for Pepper, viz : the seeds of Nigella sativa, Fennel ; 

 the fruit Xylopia aromatica. Piper ^thiopicum ; the fruit of Xanthoxylon 

 Badrunya, X. piperitium, and X. Rhetsa ; the fruit x>f Vitex Negundo, V. 

 bicolor, and V. trifolia ; the fruit of Myrtus communis ; and the fruit of 

 Tasmania aromatica, a Magnoliad, 



N. O. 230. OIICHIDACE/E. ORCHIDS. 

 Vanilla planifolia. H. K. Fragrant Vanilla. 



Linn. Syst. Gynandria Monandria. 



The fruit, Vanilla. 

 Vernacular. 



Habitat. West Indies, Cultivated in Bourbon and Mauritius with 

 other species, aud successfully reared in Bombay. 



Remarks. This is the Bombay species. V. aromatica, Swartz, also 

 yields a pod which passes for true Vanilla, but the best Mexican Vanilla 

 is from V. planifolia. V. guianensis, Spiltberger, yields the large 

 Vanilla of Guiana, and V.Pompona^ Schiede, and F.palmarum, Liad. are 

 also productive. 

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