90 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



in. long, 1-1 J in. wide. Fruit 1-2 in. long, f-lf in. 

 diam., at first ovate or subconical, often becoming sub- 

 truncate and obscurely 2, 3, or rarely 4 lobed with the 

 same number of shallow furrows, dark red; flesh about 

 fa in. thick, slightly pungent. Only moderately produc- 

 tive. Introduced in 1890. Plate 27, f . 2. 



* * Fruit pendent, 

 i- Changing from green to light yellow or straw -color before ripening. 



KALEIDOSCOPE.* Plants vigorous, about 2 ft. high, 

 spreading 2^-3 ft. Branches long, slender, loosely spread- 

 ing. Leaves medium large for the group, often smooth, 

 glossy, and thick ; petioles sometimes longer than the blade. 

 Peduncles slender, obscurely canaliculate, curved. Fruit 

 nodding or pendent, 1-1-J- in. long, ^-1 in. diam., oval or 

 elliptical, abruptly narrowing toward both ends, usually 

 mucronate, often with a rigid bristly projection at the apex, 

 subrugose, numerous shallow furrows extending a part or 

 the entire length, changing in color from green to yellow- 

 ish green, and yellowish red, finally a bright red; flesh 

 about % in. thick, moderately firm, mild. Introduced 1890. 

 Valuable mainly as an ornamental. Plate 25, f . 3, and 

 plate 26, f . 2. 



Capsicum erectum pyramidale majus. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 356. /. 



1640. 

 Capsicum erectum pyramidale minus. Parkinson, Theat. Bot. 357. /. 



1640. 



* Childs, Cat. 1891. German, Kaleidoscop. 



Piper Indicum fructu aculeato. Bauhin. Pinax 102. 1623. Eaius, 



Hist. PI. 1 : 678. 1686. 

 Capsicum sive Piper Indicum fructu aculeato majus. Morison, Hist. PI. 



Oxon. 8: 629. 1699. 

 Solanum urens fructu aculeato. Morison, Hist. PI. Oxon. Sect. 13. t. 2. 



/. 16. 1699. 

 Capsicum fructu aculeato, minori. Tournef. Inst. 153. 1700. Tillus. 



Cat. PI. Pisa. 30. 1723. 



Capsicum fructu aculeato, majori. Tournef. 1. c. 

 Piper Indicum rotuudum aculeatum. Hort. Eyst. 1. Aut. Ord. 1 : 12 /. 1 . 



1713. 

 Piper Indicum orbiculatum medium. Hort. Eyst. 1. c. /. 2. 



