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nearly or quite lanceolate; petioles as long as the leaves; 
the clustered peduncles; the white corolla with deep and 
narrow lacinew, and the shining green of the unripe berry. 
The aspect of the plant is very distinct, the dark green 
lanceolate leaves closely clustered and so dense as to over- 
lap, the low and spreading compact, bush-like appearance, 
the fruit crowded with the leaves, the bare and knobby- 
looking stems where exposed to view. As grown by me 
the plant was 1-1} ft. high, and ripened its berries in 
September of the year when sown.’’ * 
Rep Cxvuster.t This variety, and its yellow form, are 
the only ones included in this group. Professor Bailey 
alludes to it as one of the most distinct of any he ever 
grew.$ Catalogue descriptions sometimes allude to it asa 
form, or sport, from Chilli. This is evidently true, as 
variations toward the Chilli type have often been ob- 
served.— Plate 9, f. 4. 
YeLLow Ciuster.§ Identical with the preceding except 
that the fruit is of a bright yellow color. 
++ ++ Leaves and fruit not fascicled. 
C. annuum acuminatum Fingerh. 
Plants herbaceous or suffrutescent, 13-2} ft. high, 
spreading 14-2 ft. Branches numerous, erect or spread- 
ing, bearing a dense mass of foliage. Leaves solitary, 
sometimes semifascicled, 2-3} in. long, 1-2 in. wide, avg. 
about 14 by 22 in., ovate acuminate, deep green on upper 
surface, much paler below, sparsely pubescent on veins 
below; margins subciliate especially on younger leaves ; 
petioles medium stout, 4-1 in. long, generally smooth. 
Peduncles slender, enlarging toward calyx end. Calyx 
* Original description of the species Sasciculatum, 
+ Burpee, Cat. 1889.— Japan Cluster. Dreer, Cat. 1891.— French, 
Piment & bouquet rouge.— German, Rother Trauben-Pfeffer.— Japanese, 
Tenjikumamori, according to Sturtevant, 1. c. 
t Bull. Mich. Agr. Coll. 31: 38. Nov. 1887. 
§ Haage & Schmidt, Cat. 1893.— German, Gelber Trauben-Pfefer. 
