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nearly or quite lanceolate ; petioles as long as the leaves ; 

 the clustered peduncles ; the white corolla with deep and 

 narrow lacinese, and the shining green of the unripe berry. 

 The aspect of the plant is very distinct, the dark green 

 lanceolate leaves closely clustered and so dense as to over- 

 lap, the low and spreading compact, bush-like appearance, 

 the fruit crowded with the leaves, the bare and knobby- 

 looking stems where exposed to view. As grown by me 

 the plant was 1-1^ ft. high, and ripened its berries in 

 September of the year when sown." * 



BED CLUSTER.! This variety, and its yellow form, are 

 the only ones included in this group. Professor Bailey 

 alludes to it as one of the most distinct of any he ever 

 grew.J Catalogue descriptions sometimes allude to it as a 

 form, or sport, from Chilli. This is evidently true, as 

 variations toward the Chilli type have often been ob- 

 served. Plate 9, f. 4. 



YELLOW CLUSTER. Identical with the preceding except 

 that the fruit is of a bright yellow color. 



++ ** Leares and fruit not fascicled. 

 O. annuum acuminatum Fingerh. 



Plants herbaceous or suffrutescent, 1-J 2-J ft. high, 

 spreading 1^2 ft. Branches numerous, erect or spread- 

 ing, bearing a dense mass of foliage. Leaves solitary, 

 sometimes semifascicled, 2-3^ in. long, 1-2 in. wide, avg. 

 about 1-j- by 2*- in., ovate acuminate, deep green on upper 

 surface, much paler below, sparsely pubescent on veins 

 below ; margins subciliate especially on younger leaves ; 

 petioles medium stout, f-1 in. long, generally smooth. 

 Peduncles slender, enlarging toward calyx end. Calyx 



* Original description of the species fasciculatum. 



f Burpee, Cat. 1889. Japan Cluster. Dreer, Cat. 1891. French, 

 Piment a bouquet rouge. German, Bother Trauben-Pfeffer. Japanese, 

 Tenjikumamori, according to Stnrtevant, 1. c. 



t Bull. Mich. Agr. Coll. 31: 38. Nov. 1887. 



Haage & Schmidt, Cat. 1893. German, Gelber Trauben-Pfeffer. 



