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Peduncles solitary, curved or straight either on the same 
or on different plants, 7-14 in. long, stout, enlarging 
toward calyx end. Calyx usually pateriform or funnel- 
form, rarely embracing base of fruit except in the Ivory 
Tusk variety, though sometimes where the calyx is slightly 
larger than the base the fruit is obscurely inclosed by the 
margin of the calyx. Corolla large, dingy white, spread- 
ing j-1} in. Fruit 3-12 in. long (rarely more), 4-14 in. 
diam., tapering; base flat or slightly depressed ; flesh —} 
in. thick, sometimes mild, sometimes extremely pungent. 
The varieties differ from OC. annuum acuminatum by 
the stems and branches being larger and more stalky ; 
leaves larger, often pendent and involute; calyx pateri- 
form or funnel form; fruit larger, and flesh thicker. 
+ Corolla more or less blotched with purple; fruit at first nearly 
black, afterwards becoming orange-red. 
Buiack Nupian*. Plant vigorous, 2-2} ft. high, quite 
loosely spreading 2-3 ft. Stem and branches smooth, 
dark purple or purple striate. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 13-14 
* Childs, Cat. 1892.— Purple or Sore-throat. Titford, Hort. Bot. 47. 
1812.— Purple or Blue Podded syn. Black Podded. Burr, Field & Gard. 
Veg. 623. 1863.— Purple Capsicum. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 151. 1885 
[Eng. ed. Robinson].— French, Piment violet, Piment noir.— German, 
Schwarzer nubischer Pfeffer. 
Capsicum nigrum Willd. Enum. Hort. Reg. Berol. 1: 242. 1809.—Poiret, 
Enc. Meth. Suppl. 4: 414. 1816. : 
Capsicum purpureum Vahl ex Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 1: 224. 1813,— 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 573. 24 Dec. 1881.—Don, Hist. Dich. Pl. 4: 
446. 1838. 
Capsicum violaceum DC. Hort. Monsp. 87. 1818.— Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp, 
Pl. 8: 49, 1818.— Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Capsici 23. 1832.— Don, 
Hist. Dich. Pl. 4: 447. 1838.—Dunal in DC. Prodr, 181: 423. 1852. 
Capsicum bicolor (Jacq.).—Bot. Mag. 48. t. 1835. 1816.—Linn. Sp. Pl, 
4: 564, 1819 [ed. Rém. et Schult.].— Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Reg. 
Berol. 1: 190. 1821.— Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Capsici 15. t. 3. I. a 
1832.— Don, Hist. Dich. Pl. 4: 446. 1838.— Dunal in DC. Prodr. 18): 
413, 1852.— Seemann, Bot. Herald 401. 1852-57.— Miguel, Fl. Ned, 
Ind. 2: 660. 1856. 
Capsicum Quitense Willd. Herb.— Linn. Syst. 4: 809. 1819 [ed. Rém. et 
Schult.]. Fide Index Kewensis. 
