90 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
in. long, 1-13 in. wide. Fruit 1-2 in. long, $—1% in. 
diam., at first ovate or subconical, often becoming sub- 
truncate and obscurely 2, 3, or rarely 4 lobed with the 
same number of shallow furrows, dark red; flesh about 
ry in. thick, slightly pungent. Only moderately produc- 
tive. Introduced in 1890.— Plate 97, t. S. 
** Fruit pendent. 
+ Changing from green to light yellow or straw -color before ripening. 
Katemoscopz.* Plants vigorous, about 2 ft. high, 
spreading 24-3 ft. Branches long, slender, loosely spread- 
ing. Leaves medium large for the group, often smooth, 
glossy, and thick ; petioles sometimes longer than the blade. 
Peduncles slender, obscurely canaliculate, curved. Fruit 
nodding or pendent, 1-11 in. long, 4-1 in. diam., oval or 
elliptical, abruptly narrowing toward both ends, usually 
mucronate, often with a rigid bristly projection at the apex, 
subrugose, numerous shallow furrows extending a part or 
the entire length, changing in color from green to yellow- 
ish green, and yellowish red, finally a bright red; flesh 
about } in. thick, moderately firm, mild. Introduced 1890. 
Valuable mainly as an ornamental.— Plate 25, f. 3, and 
plate 26, f. 2. 
Capsicum erectum pyramidale majus. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 356. tA 
1640, 
Capsicum erectum pyramidale minus. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 857. F; 
1640. 
* Childs, Cat. 1891.— German, Kaleidoscop. 
Piper Indicum fructu aculeato. Bauhin. Pinax 102. 1623.— Raius, 
Hist. Pl. 1: 678. 1686. 
Capsicum sive Piper Indicum fructu aculeato majus. Morison, Hist. Pl, 
Oxon. 8: 529. 1699. 
Solanum urens fructu aculeato. Morison, Hist. Pl. Oxon. Sect. 13. t. 2, 
f. 16. 1699. 
Capsicum fructu aculeato, minori. Tournef, Inst. 153. 1700.— Tillus, 
Cat. Pl. Pisa. 30. 1723. 
Capsicum fructu aculeato, majori. Tournef. 1. c. 
Piper Indicum rotundum aculeatum. Hort. Eyst. 1. Aut, Ord. 1: 12 fed. 
1713, 
Piper Indicum orbiculatum medium. Hort. Eyst. l.c. f. 2. 
