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Peduncles solitary, curved or straight either on the same 

 or on different plants, -J-l-g- in. long, stout, enlarging 

 toward calyx end. Calyx usually pateriform or funnel- 

 form, rarely embracing base of fruit except in the Ivory 

 Tusk variety, though sometimes where the calyx is slightly 

 larger than the base the fruit is obscurely inclosed by the 

 margin of the calyx. Corolla large, dingy white, spread- 

 ing |-1 in. Fruit 3-12 in. long (rarely more), f-lf in. 

 diam., tapering; base flat or slightly depressed ; flesh iV-i 

 in. thick, sometimes mild, sometimes extremely pungent. 

 The varieties differ from C. annuum acuminatum by 

 the stems and branches being larger and more stalky; 

 leaves larger, often pendent and involute ; calyx pateri- 

 form or funnel form ; fruit larger, and flesh thicker. 



+- Corolla more or less blotched with purple ; fruit at first nearly 

 black, afterwards becomiDg orange -red. 



BLACK NUBIAN*. Plant vigorous, 2-2^ ft. high, quite 

 loosely spreading 2-3 ft. Stem and branches smooth, 

 dark purple or purple striate. Leaves 2-3 in. long, IfIf 



* Childs, Cat. 1892. Purple or Sore-throat. Titford, Hort. Bot. 47. 

 1812. Purple or Slue Podded syn. Black Podded. Burr, Field & Card. 

 Veg. 623. 1863. Purple Capsicum. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 161. 1885 

 [Eng. ed. Robinson] . French, Piment violet, Piment noir. German, 

 Schwarzernubischer Pfeffer. 



Capsicum nigrum Willd. Enum. Hort. Reg. Berol. 1 : 242. 1809. Poiret, 



Enc. Meth. Suppl. 4: 414. 1816. 

 Capsicum purpureum Vahl ex Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 1: 224. 1813. 



Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 573. 24 Dec. 1831. Don, Hist. Dich. PI. 4: 



446. 1838. 

 Capsicum violaceum DC. Hort. Monsp. 87. 1813. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 



PL 3: 49. 1818. Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Capsici 23. 1832. Don, 



Hist. Dich. PI. 4: 447. 1838. Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 1 : 423. 1852. 

 Capsicum bicolor (Jacq.) , Bot. Mag. 43. t. 1835. 1816. Linn. Sp. PI. 



4: 564. 1819 [ed. Rom. et Schult.]. Link, Enum. PI. Hort. Reg. 



Berol. 1: 190. 1821. Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Capsici 15. t. 3.f. a. 



1832. Don, Hist. Dich. PI. 4: 446. 1838. Dunal in DC. Prodr. IS 1 : 



413. 1852. Seemann, Bot. Herald 401, 1852-57. Miquel, Fl. Ned. 



Ind. 2:660. 1856. 

 Capsicum Quitense Willd. Herb. Linn. Syst. 4: 809. 1819 [ed. Rom. et 



Schult.]. Fide Index Kewensis. 



