88 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



YELLOW SQUASH.* Identical with the preceding ex- 

 cept that the fruit is of a bright yellow color. 



a a a Fruit subconical, ovate or elliptical, slightly longer than broad, 

 i-2 in. long; calyx not embracing base. 



C. annuum abbreviatum Fingerh. 



Capsicum annuum abbreviatum Fingerh. Monogr. 14. t. 2. f. 1. 



Plants suffrutescent, 1-2 ft. high. Branches numer- 

 ous, erect or in some varieties loosely spreading, deep 

 green, smooth, slender, distinctly angled, sometimes sul- 

 cate. Leaves broadly ovate, 2-4 in. long, l-J-2^ in. wide, 

 minutely ciliate, usually deep green above, much paler 

 below, extending slightly into the petiole, often puffed, 

 sometimes smooth and glossy. Peduncles 1-1^- in. long, 

 about as long as or longer than the fruit, rarely in twos, 

 medium slender, straight or curved in different varieties, 

 smooth, or on younger specimens subhairy. Calyx seated 

 on the base of the fruit. Corolla medium, spreading 

 about I in., dingy white. Fruit J-2 in. long, varying 

 much with different varieties, in general ovate, usually 

 more or less rugose except in the Etna variety, some- 

 times turbinate, red or yellow when ripe, often variously 

 blotched with brown or light yellow before ripening. 



Capsicum sive Piper Indicum latifolium Mali Aethiopici fructu magno- 



striato. Morison, Hist. PI. Oxon. 8: 529. 1699. 

 Capsicum seu Piper Indicum Pomi amoris forma. Morison, Hist. PI. 



Oxon. 3:529. 1699. 

 Capsicum fructu rotundo, maximo. Tournef. 153. 1700. Tillus, Pisa. 



30. 1723. 

 Piper Indicum rotundum maximum. Hort. Eyst. 1. Autum. Ord. 1: 10. /. 



1. 1713. 

 Capsicum ; latifolium ; Mali Aethiopici etc. Boerhaave, Index PL Lugd.- 



Bat. 2:69. 1727. 

 Solanum seu Piper Indicum maximum. Weinmann. Phyt. 4: 349. t. 928. 



f. d. 1745. 



* Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 626. 1863. French, Piment tomatejaune. 

 German, Liebesapfelfriichtiger gelber Pfeffer. 



Capsicum grossum lycopersicoides luteum Hort. Vilmorin-And. Fl. 

 Pleine Terre 884. 1870 [3d ed.]. 



