80 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



m. ++ m. Calyx usually seated in a basal depression. 



ELEPHANT'S TRUNK.* Evidently a large form of Cardi- 

 nal. Fruit 6-9 in. long, rarely about a foot, 2-3 in. 

 diam., deeply furrowed and wrinkled, tapering gradually 

 from the base to a prominently 3-4 lobed apex, often much 

 curved and twisted, dark red; flesh somewhat pungent. 

 Introduced about 1892. Plate 13, f. 2. 



PROCOPP'S GIANT. f Fruit 5-8 in. long, l}-2^ in. diam. 

 at base, very rugose and irregular in form; flesh quite thick 

 (about -j- in.), slightly pungent. Introduced about 1888. 



Because of the many peculiar contortions it ordinarily 

 assumes it is often considered a monstrosity. Plate 14, f. 

 2, and plate 15, f . 1. 



++ ++ ++ -H. Calyx usually cup-shaped and inclosing base of fruit. 



IVORY TusK.J Plant quite a rank grower. Peduncles 

 slender. Fruit 3-(5 in. long, -J-J- in. diam., pendent, 

 straight or slightly curved, usually smooth at first, the ripe 

 fruit often with few shallow longitudinal furrows, the 

 glossy surface of the unripe fruit resembling a tusk, often 

 of an ivory white sometimes tinged with green, finally 

 becoming a deep red; flesh medium thin, moderately 

 pungent. Introduced in 1894, and not yet very gen- 

 erally disseminated. Plate 11, f. 2. 



a a Fruit oblate or oblong, truncated, deeply lobed, furrowed and 

 wrinkled; flesh mild, ^y-i in. thick. 



C. annunm grossum Sendt. 



Capsicum grossum Linn. Mant. 47. 1767. Thunb. Fl. Jap. 93. 1784. 

 Linn. Syst. 226. 1784 [ed. 14. Murray] . Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1 : 254. 



* Senary, Seed Cat. 1895. French, Trompe d j Elephant. German, 

 Elephanten- RUssel . 



Capsicum annuum proboscideum. Haage & Schmidt, Gartenflora 41 : 582, 

 583, /. 125. 1892. 



t Benary, Seed Cat. 1894. German, Procopp's riesen Pfeffer. 

 % Childs, Cat. 1894. 



Capsicum ceratocarpum. Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Capsici 22. t. 6. f. c. 

 1832. Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 1 : 423. 1852. 



