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Fig. 124. — Blafk Pfpp^'r iPiper nigrum, Pepper Fumiiy, Fiperacea:). A. 

 fruiting branch, l. B, part of a spike showing three flowers, f. 

 C. fruit, cut vertically to show the seed within, its minute embrj^o in 

 copious seed-food, 7. (Baillon.)- — A woody \'ine, tall-olimbing partly 

 by means of roots; leaves evergrepn: flowers minute: fruit red. Xative 

 home, India. 





Fig. 125, I. — Red Pepper (Capsicum annuum, ^sight5hade Family, Sulaiiu- 

 ce(E). Fruiting plant, g. (Vilmorin.) — An annual or biennial herb of 

 ilirubby appearance: leaves smooth: flowers whitish: fruit juicelesa, 

 red. yellow, or violet, verv' various in form and color. Xative home. 

 South America. 



