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spherical, or subconical, 1-14 in. diam., very smooth, 
glossy, rarely obscurely wrinkled or furrowed; flesh about 
4 in. thick, dark red, very pungent. 
YeLLow Oxueart.* A yellow form of the Oxheart 
variety has been known, but now seems to have dropped 
out of cultivation. 
A A Shrubby, perennial. 
a Fruit oblong, acuminate, usually embraced by calyx. 
©. FRUTESCENS L. 
Capsicum frutescens Linn. Hort. Cliff. 60. 1737; Sp. Pl. 189. 1753; 271, 
1762 [ed. 2], (in part).— Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 111. 1762.— Miller, 
Gard. Dict. 1771 [ed. 6. no. 9].— Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 219. 
1775.— Linn. Syst. 14: 227. 1784 [ed. 14. Murray].— Aiton, Hort. 
Kew. 1: 254. 1789.— Loureiro, Fl. Cochin, 1: 128. 1790; 1: 158. 
1793 [ed. Willd.].— Lam. Enc. Meth. 2:26. 1793 [no. 2395].— 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1: 1051. 1797 [ed. Willd.].— Miller, Gard. Dict. 1797 
(ed. Martyn].—Poiret, Enc. Meth. 5: 825. 1804.— Persoon, Syn. Pl. 
1:230. 1805.—lHornem. Hort. Hafn. 1: 224. 1813.— Kunth, Nov. 
Gen. Sp. Pl. 8:48. 1818.— Linn. Syst. 4: 563. 1819 [ed. Rém. et 
Schult.].— Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Reg. Berol. 1: 190. 1821.— Moon, 
Cat. Brit. Ind. 16. 1824.—Fingerh. Monogr. 17.t. 4. f. ¢. 1832. — 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 574. 1882.— Nees von Esenb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 
17: 68. 1837.— Don, Hist. Dich. Pl. 4: 446. 1838.— Sendt. in Mar. 
Capsicum siliqua propendente, oblonga & cordiformi. Tournef. Inst. 
153. 1700.— Tillus, Cat. Pl. Hort. Pisa. 30. 1728. 
Piper Indicum cordatum. Hort. Eyst. 1. Autum. Ord. 1:13. f. 2. 1718. 
Piper Indicum cordatum oblongum. Hort. Eyst.l.c. f. 7. 
Capsicum; fructu Cordiformi, plerumque nutante rubro. Miller, Gard. 
Dict. 1731 [no. 7]. 
Solanum mordens fructu erecto cordiformi rubro. Weinmann. Phyt. 
849. t. 929. f.c. 1745. 
Capsicum fructu cordiformi erecto. Haller, Hort. Gott. 216. 1753. 
* Capsicum cordiforme globosum Fingerh. Monogr. 30. t. 10. f. ¢. 1832.— 
Dunal in DC. Prodr. 18': 427. 1852, 
Capsicum strictum Fingerh. Monogr. 21. t. 5. f. a. 1882.— Dunal in DO. 
Prodr. 13!: 422. 1852. 
Capsicum; fructu Cordiformi, nunc erecto, nunc nutante flavo. Miller, 
Gard, Dict. 1731 [no. 12]. 
Solanum mordens, fructu erecto cordiformi, luteo. Weinmann. Phyt. 
849. 2.929. f.b. 1745. 
Capsicum fructu cordiformi minori luteo. Browne, Hist. Jam.176. 1756. 
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