A KEVISION OF THE GENUS CAPSICUM. 75 



Solanum urens siliqua propendente rubra. Morison, 1. c. Sect. 13. t. 2. 



f.2. 

 Piper Indicum propendentibus siliquis oblongis recurvis. Bauhin. 



Pinax 102. 1623. 

 Piper Indicum vulgatissimum. Bauhin. Pinax 102. 1623. Morison, 



Hist. PL Oxon. 3: 528. 16<J9. 

 Capsicum oblongum minus recurvis siliquis. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 357, 



/. 1,358. 1640. Sloane, Cat. PI. Jamaic. 113. 1696. 

 Capsicum majusvulgatius oblongis siliquis. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 855, 



366. /.J. 1640. Magnol, Hort. Monsp. 41. 1697. 

 Capsicum oblongum majus recurvis siliquis. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 



357, /. Id, 358. 1640. 



Capsicum erectumjmajus longurn. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 358. 1640. 

 Figures without name, in Hernand. Nov. Hist. PL 1 : 135-137. 1651. 

 Piper Indicum longiorib. siliquis rubr. Sweert. Florilegium 2: t. 35. 



f. 3. 1654. 



Piper longum majus surrectum. Jonstonus, Dendrog. t. 56. 1662. 

 Piper vulgatissima. Jonstonus, Dendrog. t. 56. 1662. 

 Capsicum Brasilianum fructu oblongo. Hunting, Waare Oeffen. 341. 



1682. 

 Solanum Capsicum dictum siliquis surrectis & oblongis. Hermann. Hort. 



Acad. Lugd.-Bat. 576. 1687. 



Solanum Capsicum dictum vulgatissimum. Hermann. Hort. Acad. Lugd.- 

 Bat. 574. 1687. 



Capsicum siliquis surrectis & oblongis. Magnol, Hort. Monsp. 42. 1697. 

 Capsicum sive Piper Indicum siliquis oblongis recurvis. Morison, PL 



Hist. Oxon. 3 : 529. 1699. 

 Capsicum sive Piper Indicum siliquis surrectis & oblongis. Morison, 



PL Hist. Oxon. 3: 530. 1699. 

 Capsicum siliquis longis, propendentibus. Tournef. Inst. 152. 1700. 



Tillus, Cat. PL Hort. Pisa. 30. 1723. Miller, Card. Diet. 1731 



[no. 1]. 



Piper Indicum medium. Hort. Eyst. 1. Aut. Ord. 1: 7. 1713. 

 Capsicum; fructu oblongo, nunc erecto, nunc nutante, rubro. Miller, 



Gard. Diet. 1731 [no. 9]. 



Capsicum. Piper indicum. Blackw. Herbal 1. pi. 129. 1737. 

 Solanum mordens medium. "Weinmann. Phyt. 4: 349. t. 927. f. e. 1745. 



Plants quite erect, stalky, 1^-2^- ft. high, tree like. 

 Stem green, sparingly hairy, stout. Branches few, large, 

 quite erect, green, purplish at nodes, often purplish stnate, 

 sparsely pubescent. Leaves ovate acuminate, deep green, 

 2-J-4in. long, 1^-2^ in. wide, slightly hairy on midrib be- 

 low; lower ones often pendent, sometimes involute and 

 more or less wrinkled ; upper ones smoother and more 

 erect ; petiole large, smooth, sometimes longer than blade. 



