SOLANACEA, 423 
9. CAPSICUM. 
Capsicum, Linn. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 252; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p- 892. 
Herbs or undershrubs. Upwards of fifty species have been described, very many of 
which are varieties of garden origin. Several of the species are now generally diffused 
in tropical countries, and commonly cultivated ; but-it is probable that they have spread 
from Tropical America. The Mexican species should, perhaps, be reduced to two or 
three. | 
1. Capsicum annuum, Linn.; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p- 412; Fingerh. Monogr. 
p. 12, t. 2. | | . 
Mexico, Papantla (Schiede).—TropicaL AMERICA ete. 
2. Capsicum baccatum, Linn.; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 420; Fingerh. Monogr. 
p. 18, t. 4. fig.a@; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 436; A.Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 231. 
Capsicum microphyllum, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 421; Fingerh. Monogr. t. 4. fig. 5. 
In nearly all tropical countries, including Mrxico and Centra, America. Hb. Kew. 
3. Capsicum chlorocladum, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 415. 
Souta Mexico, Tampico (Berlandier). 
4. Capsicum frutescens, Linn.; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 413; Fingerh. Monogr. 
p. 17, t. 4. fig. ¢; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 436. 
Mexico and CentraL AMERICA,—and nearly all Troprcat Countrizs. Hb. Kew. 
5. Capsicum hispidum, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 419. 
Trxas.—MeExico, around Tampico (Berlandier). 
[C. milleri, Roem. et Schult. Syst. iv. p. 563, C. cerastforme, Mill. non Willd., was 
probably founded on a Mexican plant. | 
10. BRACHISTUS. 
Brachistus, Miers, in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, iii. p. 264, et Ill. S. Am. Pl. ii. p.6; Benth. et Hook. 
‘Gen. Plant. ii. p. 892. 
Fregirardia, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 502. 
From ten to fifteen shrubby species, restricted to Tropical America. 
1. Brachistus diversifolius, Miers, Ill. 8. Am. Pl. ii. p. 13. 
Witheringia diversifolia, Klotzsch; Walp. Rep. iii. p. 29. 
MEXxIco. 
2. Brachistus? (Fregirardia? ligustrina, Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1. p. 507). 
Souta Mexico, Desierto Viejo (Berlandier). 
Brachistus neesianus, Miers, Ill. S. Am. Pl. ii. p. 138; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 688. 
Brachistus ? linneanus, Miers, loc. cit. 
Physalis arborescens, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 261. 
MExIco. 
