442 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



152. (Fig. 150.) PIMENTA. Pimenta. 



Coarse powder, as a spice. 



Allspice, E. Nelkenpfeffer, Neugewiirz. Englisches Gewiirz, G. 

 Piment de la Jamaique, Touteepice, Fr. 



The fruit, nearly ripened, of Pimenta officinalis Lindley, Myrtaceae. 



Dull reddish brown, somewhat oily. 



Aromatic; recalling cloves. 



Very pungent. 



Epidermis of pericarp of small cells; some short, simple, single 

 celled, more or less bent and twisted, thick-walled trichomes. Paren- 

 chyma cells with small, simple, spherical and compound starch gran- 

 ules, rather small aggregate crystals of calcium oxalate and resin 

 bearing cells. Large resin reservoirs. Larger and smaller thick- 

 walled, very finely porous sclerenchyma cells. Endosperm cells with 

 starch and resin. 



Ash 4 per cent. 



Adulterated with various vegetable substances. 



