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CASE Some fine specimens of Hydrostachys imbricata^ A. Juss., 



93. from Madagascar, are here shown. 



No. 409. Salt, called Caarura^ from the Uapes 

 branch of the Amazon. Prepared from a Podostemacea. 



CASE Pepper Order (Piperaceae). A large family of jointed 



94. herbs or shrubby plants, with minute flowers borne on 

 spikes. They grow in the hottest countries of the globe, 

 chiefly Tropical America and India. Many species are- 

 pungent and aromatic. 



On the upper shelves of the first compartment observe 

 African Cubebs (Piper Clusii, C. DC), and Ashanti 

 Pepper or Dojvie (Piper guineense, Schum. & Thonn.). 

 The fruits of both species are employed by the natives of 

 the West Coast of Africa as condiments. Note also 

 Cubebs, dried fruits of Piper Cubeba^ L. fil., and Cubeb 

 oil and Cubebine used in medicine. 



No. 410. PEPPER; Black and White. The fruit 

 of Piper nigrum, L., a climbing Indian shrub, cultivated 

 in India, Straits Settlements, Malaya and elsewhere in the 

 tropics. Black Pepper consists of the dried unripe 

 berries ; White Pepper is the ripe fruit deprived of its 

 rind by macerating. Various specimens of both Black 

 and White Pepper are exhibited. 18,563,635 lbs. of 

 Pepper of the value of £481,371 were imported into the 

 United Kingdom in 1905. Nearly half of this quantity 

 came from the Straits Settlements. 



Observe Long-Pepper, the dried unripe fruit-spikes of 

 Piper Ghaba, Hunter, and P. longum, L., Indian shrubs. 



No. 411. Matico. The coarse leaves of A^er an^i^s- 

 tifoliiim, R. and P., a Peruvian shrub, used as a mild 

 aromatic. A portion of the leaf or the leaf reduced to 

 powder is very effectual in arresting haemorrhage. 



No. 412. Kava root (Piper methysticum^ Forst.), 

 used in the Society and South Sea Islands, in the prepa- 

 ration of a beverage, prepared by chewing the root and 

 ejecting the saliva into large bowls, in which it is fer- 

 mented, &c. In the Society Islands the plant is cultivated 

 with great care, the root, which is dried and looks 

 something like very large horse-radish, is pounded 



