. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . o which nearly fills the fruit, in the wall of which are numerousminute volatile oil cavities. (Xiedenzu.)—Tree 10 m. or more inheight with leathery aromatic leaves black-dotted beneath; flowerswhite; fruit fleshy, containing one or two seeds. Native to the WestIndies and Central America, where they are often planted in rowscalled pimento walks. beautiful color when a single drop let fall upon a broadsurface of perfectly clean water. The curious shapes assumedby the films are called cohesion figures. The amount of volatile oil present in
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . o which nearly fills the fruit, in the wall of which are numerousminute volatile oil cavities. (Xiedenzu.)—Tree 10 m. or more inheight with leathery aromatic leaves black-dotted beneath; flowerswhite; fruit fleshy, containing one or two seeds. Native to the WestIndies and Central America, where they are often planted in rowscalled pimento walks. beautiful color when a single drop let fall upon a broadsurface of perfectly clean water. The curious shapes assumedby the films are called cohesion figures. The amount of volatile oil present in a spice is often ex-ceedingly small, even when the aroma is .strong. Ginger andblack pepper have each about 1-2^^; allspice ; nut-meg 2-8%. Cloves are remarkable in having 18% of volatileoil. Oil of cloves is well known as a powerful drug, as is alsothe volatile oil of cinnamon. If taken in considerable quan-tities they act as The volatile oil of nutmeg is simi-larly poisonous if taken in more than small amounts. It is SPICES 131. Fig. 124.—Black Pepper (Piper nigrum. Pepper Family, Ptpcruceaj. A,fruiting branch, J. B, part of a spike showing three flowers, {.C, fruit, cut verticallj- to show the seed within, its minute embryo incopious seed-food, -f. (Baillon.)—A woody vine, tall-climbing partlyby means of roots; leaves evergreen; flowers minute; fruit red. Nativehome, India.
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