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Capsicum minus fructu parvo pyramidali erecto. Sloane, Cat. Pl. Jam, 
112, 1696. 
Capsicum sive Piper Indicum oblongum minus. Morison, Hist. Pl. Oxon. 
8: 529. 1699. 
Capsicum siliquis surrectis & oblongis, exiguus. Tournef. Inst. 152. 
1700. 
Piper Indicum minimum erectum. [Beslerus], Hort. Eyst. 1. Autumn. 
Ord. 1: 8.7.7. 1718, 
Solanum mordens minus erectum. Weinmann. Phyt. Iconog. 4: 849. pl. 
930. f. bd. 1745. 
Negro-pepper. Hughes, Hist. Barb. 213. 1750. Fide Maycock, Fl. Barb. 
104. 1830. 
Capsicum fructu minimo conico rubro. Browne, Hist. Jam.176. 1756, 
Plants suffrutescent, 1-2} ft. high, diffusely spreading 
13-2 ft. Stem and lower branches striate, green, spar- 
ingly corky. Branches short between the nodes, often sub- 
pubescent. Leaves numerous, ovate lanceolate, acuminate, 
pubescent on midvein below, sparsely pubescent above, 2-8 
in. long, 4-2 in. wide, rarely larger, quite erect, smooth or 
subscabrous, usually rather dark green; petioles $-§ in. 
long, rather slender, pubescent or subglabrous. Peduncles 
solitary or often in twos, usually slender, stiff, straight, 
erect, slightly enlarged toward the calyx end. Calyx 
obconical or cup-shaped, usually embracing base of fruit; 
teeth obscure. Corolla greenish white, small, spreading 
3-¢in. Fruit erect, subconical or oblong cylindrical, acu- 
minate or obtuse, usually shorter than the peduncles, 3-14 
in. long, 3-4 in. diam., 2-3 celled, red or yellow, some- 
times blotched with purple before ripening, mostly borne 
above the leaves; flesh about 34 in. thick, extremely 
pungent. 
Corat Gem.* The habit of growth of this variety is, 
apparently, subject to extreme variation in different locali- 
ties, the plant in some places making a tender growth of 
not more than a foot, while in other places it attains a 
height of 2 ft. In the former case the branches are light 
green, quite flexible, frequently decumbent with numerous 
upright middle shoots, forming a rosette-like mass, and 
* Vaughan, Cat. 1889. 
