252 XCI. SOLANACEE (WRIGHT). [ Capsicum. 
Leaves ovate-acuminate to oblong, 2—3 in. long, }-2 in. wide, pubescent 
on the under surface of the midrib; petiole about } in. long. Flowers 
solitary or in pairs; peduncle slightly enlarged upwards. Calyx cup- 
shaped, usually embracing the base of the fruit, obscurely toothed. 
Corolla about 4 in. in diam., greenish-white; lobes 5-6, ovate, 
acuminate, often inflexed at the apex. Ovary ovoid attenuate, smooth. 
Berry oblong-linear, acute, usually less than 14 in. long, on peduncles 
of about equal Jength.—Fingerhuth, Monogr. Caps. 12, t. 2; Dunal in 
DC. Prodr. xiii. i.412; Hook. Niger Fl. 472; Bentl. & Trim. Med. Pl. 
t. 189; J. Braun in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 175; var. 
conoides, Irish in Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1898, 65. C. conoides, Mill. 
Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 8; Dunal, l.c. 414; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 351. 
C’. conicum, var. orientale, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxix. 118.—Vallia- 
capo-molago, Rheede, Hort. Malab. ix. 65, t. 35. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vogel. Togo, Braun. Northern Nigeria: 
Nupe, Barter, 522! 
Wile Land. Soudan: Khartoum, Petherick! Abyssinia, Schimper, 2250! 
Uganda : Unyoro, Speke & Grant! near Lake Hafuru, 3000 ft., Dawe, 472! 
tea Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu; Munza, Schweinfurth, 
3360 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Amboni, Holst, 2707! 
Rhodesia: Sbesheke on the Zambesi, Kirk ! 
Var. vvoideum, Fingerhuth, l.c. 14, t. 2, fig. e. Fruit oblong-ovoid, obtuse, 
1} in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Freetown, Johnston, 51! 
Widely dispersed in the tropics ; probably originally from South America. 
+. C. baccatum, Linn. Mant. 47. A shrub 1-2 ft. high, erect; 
branches divaricate, obscurely angled. Leaves ovate or oblong, 
acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, up to 34 in. long and 1} in. we 
rounded and sometimes narrowly cuneate at the base ; petiole about 
lin. long. Flowers geminate, rarely solitary ; peduncles erect, about 
1 in. long, thickened upwards. Calyx shortly cup-shaped, glabrous ; 
teeth 5, spreading, subulate, obtuse. Corolla dirty white, 3 ™. 12 
diam.; lobes ovate-oblong, acuminate. Ovary smooth ; style slender, 
thickened near the apex. Berry globose-ovoid, scarlet, smooth, sur- 
rounded at the base by the enlarged calyx.— Fingerhuth, Monogr. 
Capsic. 18, t. 4, fig. a; Sendt. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 146; Dunal in De. 
Prodr xiii. i. 420; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 751. C. frutescens 
var. baccatum, Irish in Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1898, 99.—Capsioum 
minimis siliquis, Dodon. Stirp. Hist. Pempt. iv. cap. xxvi. 717. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Entebbe, Dawe, 113! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Ambriz; cultivated near Mubango and Quibanza, 
Welwitsch, 6068 ! Golungo Alto; forests of nearly all the Sobatos, and of Mata de 
Quibanga, Welwitsch, 6064! 6071! 
5. C. cordiforme, Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8, n. 2. Stem herbaceous, 
1-3 ft. high, 5-angled. Leaves solitary or geminate, ovate or oblenss 
acuminate, tapering into the petiole, glabrous. Peduncles solitary; 
