A REVISION OF THE GENUS CAPSICUM. 83 
often swollen at the base, abruptly narrowing just above, 
gradually enlarging toward the calyx end. Corolla large, 
spreading 4-1} in., coarse, dingy white. Fruit large, ob- 
late, oblong, or truncated, deeply 3-4 lobed, usually with 
a basal depression, more or less suleate and rugose, 3-4 
celled; flesh ;4,—} in. thick, firm, and of a mild flavor. 
++ Fruit pendent, not usually oblate. 
= Fruit subconical, usually tapering to a narrow obscurely lobed or 
sometimes rounded apex. 
Emprror.* Plants about 2 ft. high, vigorous. Fruit 
8-5 in. long, 14-24 in. diam.,f tapering toward the 
apex, giving a broadly conical form, slightly furrowed; 
apex rounding or obscurely lobed; flesh medium thick, 
slightly pungent. 
= = Fruit subconical or prismatic, slightly tapering to a 8 to 4 
lobed apex, decidedly longer than broad. 
Monstrous.${ Plants 2-24 ft. high, vigorous, much 
branched and with a dense foliage. Peduncles curved or 
rarely straight. Fruit 3-6 in. long, 14-2} in. diam., 
cylindro-conical, 3-5 shallow furrows extending the entire 
length, often transversely sulcate and very rugose, 3-5 
lobed, 2~3 celled; flesh + in. thick, slightly pungent, dark 
red. A late but prolific variety, originated in France 
and introduced to notice in this country about 1867. — 
Plate 16. 
* Giant Emperor. Thorburn, Cat. 1883.— Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr. 
Col. 81: 40. 1887. 
+ Henderson, Cat. 1883, and Thorburn, Cat. 1884, give the size of the 
fruit as 3 by 14 in., which is evidently a mistake. 
} Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 153. 1885 [Eng. ed. Robinson].— Mon- 
strous, or Grossum. Henderson, Cat. 1876.— Spanish Monstrous. 
Thorburn, Cat. 1884.— Monstrosum. Burr, Cat. 1886.— Crimson Queen. 
Tillinghast, Cat. according to Dr. Sturtevant.—French, Piment mon- 
strueux.— German, Sehr grosser milder monstréser Pfeffer. 
Capsicum grossum monstrosum Hort. Vilmorin-And. Fl. Pleine Terre 
884. 1870 [8d ed.]. 
