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spherical, or subconical, 1-1 -J- in. diam., very smooth, 

 glossy, rarely obscurely wrinkled or furrowed; flesh about 

 -J- in. thick, dark red, very pungent. 



YELLOW OXHEART.* A yellow form of the Oxheart 

 variety has been known, but now seems to have dropped 

 out of cultivation. 



A A Shrubby, perennial. 



a Fruit oblong, acuminate, usually embraced by calyx. 

 O. FRTJTESCENS L. 



Capsicum frutescena Linn. Hort. Cliff. 60. 1737; Sp. PI. 189. 1753; 271, 

 1762 [ed. 2], (in part). Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 111. 1762. Miller, 

 Gard. Diet. 1771 [ed. 6. no. 9]. Aublet, Hist. PI. Guiane 1: 219. 

 1775. Linn. Syst. 14:227. 1784 [ed. 14. Murray] . Aiton, Hort. 

 Kew. 1:254. 1789. Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 1:128. 1790; 1: 158. 

 1793 [ed. Willd.]. Lam. Enc. Meth. 2:26. 1793 [no. 2395]. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 1: 1051. 1797 [ed. Willd.]. Miller, Gard. Diet. 1797 

 [ed. Martyn]. Poiret, Enc. Meth. 5: 326. 1804. Persoon, Syn. PI. 

 1:230. 1805. Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 1: 224. 1813. Kunth, Nov. 

 Gen. Sp. PI. 8:48. 1818. Linn. Syst. 4:563. 1819 [ed. Rom. et 

 Schult.]. Link, Enum. PI. Hort. Reg. Berol. 1 : 190. 1821. Moon, 

 Cat. Brit. Ind. 16. 1824. Fingerh. Monogr. 17. t. 4.f.c. 1832. 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 : 574. 1832. Nees von Esenb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 17: 63. 1837. Don, Hist. Dich. PI. 4: 446. 1838. Sendt. In Mar. 



Capsicum siliqua propendente, oblonga & cordiformi. Tournef. Inst. 



153. 1700. Tillus, Cat. PL Hort. Pisa. 30. 1723. 



Piper Indicum cordatum. Hort. Eyst. 1. Autum. Ord. 1 : 13. /. 2. 1718. 

 Piper Indicum cordatum oblongum. Hort. Eyst. 1. c. /. 1. 

 Capsicum; fructu Cordiformi, plerumque nutante rubxo. Miller, Gard. 



Diet. 1731 [no. 7]. 

 Solanum mordens fructu erecto cordiformi rubro. Weinmann. Phyt. 



349. t. 929. f. c. 1745. 

 Capsicum fructu cordiformi erecto. Haller, Hort. Gott. 216. 1753. 



* Capsicum cordiformc globosum Fingerh. Monogr. 30. 1. 10. f. c. 1832. 



Dunal in DC. Prodr. IS 1 : 427. 1852. 

 Capsicum strictum Fingerh. Monogr. 21. t. S.f. a. 1832. Dunal in DC. 



Prodr. 13 1 : 422. 1852. 

 Capsicum; fructu Cordiformi, nunc erecto, nunc nutante flavo. Miller, 



Gard. Diet. 1731 [no. 12]. 

 Solanum mordens, fructu erecto cordiformi, luteo. Weinmann. Phyt. 



349. t. 929. f. b. 1745. 

 Capsicum fructu cordiformi minori luteo. Browne, Hist. Jam. 176. 1756. 



