278 LXXXIX. SOL.VNACE.E. 



Cherry Pepper, cultivated occasionally iu the gardens of 

 Europeans. 



Vab. longum, Sendt. in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. 10 (1846-1856) p. 147. 

 Branches few, large, erect, green, often streaked with purple and 

 with purplish nodes. Leaves ovate, acuminate, with long petioles. 

 Pedicels solitary, g-l^ iu. long, curved or straight. Calyx hardly 

 embracing the base of the fruit. Corolla purjile, "or M'hite 

 blotched with purple. Fruit tapering, much longer than broad, 

 nearly black at first, afterwards becoming orange-red ; flesh 

 rather thick, usually mild in flavour. Irish, Eevis. Gen. Caps, in 

 Missouri Bot. Gard. Eep. 9 (1898) p. 73, t. 12, fig. 2. Ccqjsi- 

 cum purpureum, Vahl, ex Hornem. Hort. Hafn. v. 1 (1813) 

 p. 224; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1, p. 573. C. nigrum, Willd. Enum. 

 (1809) p. 242, a. nnnuum var. nigra. Brain, Beng. PI. (1903) 

 p. 749. Purple Chilli, occasionally cultivated in gardens. 



Capsicum frutescens, Linn. Hort. Cliff. (1737) p. 60. Shrubby 

 perennial plants 2|-6 ft. high ; branches angular. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, acuminate, usually wrinkled, more or less pubescent. Pedicels 

 slender, usually 2 or more together, 1-2 in. long. Calyx embracing the 

 base of the fruit, usually cup-shaped. Corolla white or greenish-white, 

 often with ochreous markings in the throat. Fruit red, ovoid, obtuse, 

 or oblong, acuminate. Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 159 ; Fingerh. Monogr. 

 Gen. Caps. (1832) p. 17, t. 4, fig. c; Irish, Revis. Gen. Caps, in Missouri 

 Bot. Gard. Eep. 9 (1898) p. 97, t. 9, fig. 1. Capsicum minimum, Mill. 

 Gard. Diet. ed. 6 (1752) n. 10; Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 17 ; C. B. 

 Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 239 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat, 

 V. 12 (1898) p. 173; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 139. The 

 Bird's-eye Chilli of Europeans, cultivated, but not extensively, often 

 found as an escape. — Yern. Lovungi-mirchi. 



Var. haccata, Irish, Eevis. Gen. Caps, in Missouri Bot. Gard. 

 Eep. 9 (1898) p. 99, A much-branched shrub. Leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, narrowing abruptly into the petiole. Pedicels usually 

 2 together, slender, I-I5 in. long, extra-axillary, erect. Calyx 

 short, not embi'acing the base of the fruit. Corolla small, 

 greenish-wliite. Fruit globose or nearly so, about \ in. in diam., 

 changing from green to blackish-spotted, finally ripening to a red 

 or yellow. Capsicum baccaium (sp.), Linn. Mantiss. (1707) p. 47; 

 Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Caps. (1832) p. 18, t. 4, tig. a ; Sendt. in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. v. 10 (1846-1856) p. 146. C. minimum, C. B. 

 Clarke, in Hook. f. F). B. I. v. 4, p. 239 in part. The Brazil 

 Pepper or Pimaitus, occasionally cultivated. 



Order XC. SCROPHULARIACE^. 



Herbs or shrubs (rarely trees), often semi-parasitic, rarely quite 

 parasitic on roots. Leaves all or the lower only opposite, rarely aU 

 alternate or whorled ; stipules 0. Flowers hermaphrodite, usually 

 irregular ; inflorescence centripetal or composite. Calyx inferior, 

 u-ually persistent, 5 (rarely 4) -merous. Corolla hypogynous, more or 

 less 2-lipped or occasionally personate, 4-5-lobed. Stamens usually 4 



