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SPICES 



CHAP, 



intoxicating liquor in the Polynesian Islands, belongs to 

 the same genus. 



BLACK PEPPER 



\J31ack pepper is the dried fruit of Piper nigrum, L., 

 a native of the Malabar coast of India, whence it has 

 been diffused in cultivation in many parts of the world, 



Stamen 

 Bract 



Male Flower. 



Portion of Flower Spike 

 (enlarged). 



BLACK PEPPER. 



but Chiefly in the Malayan and Cambodian regions. 

 White pepper is obtained from the same plant, being 

 merely ripe seed of the black pepper freed from the outer 

 coat of skin and pulp. 



DESCRIPTION 



Piper nigrum, L., is a woody climber attaining a 

 very considerable length in a wild state. The stem, at 



