138 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
of the Genus Capsicum * or in a later paper f, will be 
included. 
In the accompanying table the garden varieties are 
grouped under the botanical varieties recognized by Ivish. 
The number of normal fruits and the number which con- 
tained carpel-like bodies, as well as the percentage which 
the latter are of the total number examined are given for 
each variety. No attempt is made to classify these bodies 
according to form or origin. 
TABLE A. DISTRIBUTION OF ANOMALIES IN CAPSICUM. 
VARIETY. Normal. |Abnormal. Fhe 9 
Capsicum annuum acuminatum, 
CARN os, ae tks wlateas wt oe age 105 0 ie 
Long Cayenne ...... . 200 1 5 
Long Yellow Cayenne ... . 250 0 ee 
Yellow Nepal Chilli. ... . 176 1 5 
Capsicum annuum longum. 
COUNTY Bates fe eS es 200 0 
Long Red 6 6 ew te ce 165 0 
Capsicum annuum grossum. 
WEOUMURGG ib se fe eves 917 167 15.4 
Abra Ss 5 ies oo age rece 40 0 we eke 
Colger DAO a ae 73 6 7.5 
Bell Sat rai Dae oak ear ee ee 89 19 17.5 
ECOLGOR MIE cle bat oe te GON 150 33 18. 
Sguash, or Tomato Shaped . . 133 ll 7.6 
Capsicum annuum abbreviatum. 
ROCA ee eee a 250 0 EF 
Hed Were a oe ke ee 223 0 eae 
Burpee’s Mikado... . «ss « 258 88 25.4 
Capsicum annuum cerasiforme. 
Cherry FE ee ee 198 16 7.4 
pi Sa eg er ote 3,427 342 9. 
* Irish, H.C. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 953-110. pl. 8-28. 1899. 
t Irish, H.C. Proc. Soc. Prom. Ag. Sci. 23 3 63-64. 1902. 
