163 
. , nd pavtr- 
>ar, Java, Bengal, and also 
stems do not rise to any 
shrubby, innch branched. 
re commonly cordate, (but 
■ • r-i ;> 
atire, nerved, smooth. 
..tely on the stems upon 
mail, are produced in ier- 
ine parts of inilorescence, 
he Piper Nigrum already 
1 one-seeded pulpy berries. 
necomiog red when ripe. 
>f this species of pepper 
\inslie is called in 
1 
nu)i>t pungent in its 
imr 
;r<;en, and dried by the 
heai 
u or dark grey colour. 
the spik t 
^ualiy about one inch and 
a ht<* ' 
S- 
A-ong pepper 
as impor 
;te is intensely hot 
and 
According 
to 
- e, starch, a 
coloured 
ratty matter, in whicli 
the fiuw- 
substances, and a 
