996 ORD. XII. Solanacece, seu Luride. 
(from 5 to 10 grains) and not till after proper laxatives have been 
employed. 
Loureiro recommends it as a valuable internal fnedicine in fluor 
albus, for which purpose he roasts it till it becomes perfectly black: 
and friable, which renders its medicinal use safe without aeparing 
its efficacy. 
CAPSICUM ANNUUM. ANNUAL CAPSICUM, Or, 
| GUINEA PEPPER. 
SYNONYMA. Piper indicum. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Piper 
Indicum vulgatissimum. Bauh. Pin. p. 102. Raii Hist. p. 676. 
Piper Calecutium sive Capsicum oblongius. J. Bauh. Hist. vol. 
di. p. 943. Capsicum longioribus siliquis. Gerard. Emac. p. 364. 
Capsicum majus vulgatius, oblongis siliquis. Park. Theat. p. 355. 
Capsicum indicum, Burm. Thes. Seyl.p. 53. 
__«# Capsicum siliquis longis propendentibus. Tourn. Inst. 152. 
Long-Podded Capsicum. 
é Capsicum caule herbaceo, fructu rotundo glabro, ill. Dict. 
Cherry Capsicum. 
y Capsicum caule herbaceo, fructu ovato. Mill. Dict. 
Olive Capsicum. Aiton, Hort. Kew. vol. i. p. 253. 
Class Pentandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 252. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cor. rotata. Bacca. exsucca. 
Sp. Ch. C. caule herbaceo, pedunculis solitariis. 
THE root is annual: the stem is thick, roundish, smooth, crooked, 
branched, and rises four or five feet in height: the leaves are ellip- 
tical or egg-shaped, pointed, veined, smooth, and placed in no 
regular order upon long footstalks: the flowers are solitary, white, 
