66 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Capsicum minus fructu parvo pyramidal! erecto. Sloane, Cat. PI. Jam. 



112. 1696. 

 Capsicum sive Piper Indicum oblongum minus. Morison, Hist. PL Oxon. 



3:529. 1699. 

 Capsicum siliquis surrectis & oblongis, exiguus. Tournef. Inst. 152. 



1700. 

 Piper Indicum minimum erectum. [Beslerus], Hort. Eyst. 1. Autumn. 



Ord. 1:8./. 1. 1713. 

 Solanum mordens minus erectum. Weinmann. Phyt. Iconog. 4 : 349. pi. 



930. f. b. 1745. 

 Negro-pepper. Hughes, Hist. Barb. 213. 1750. Fide Maycock, Fl. Barb. 



104. 1830. 

 Capsicum fructu minimo conico rubro. Browne, Hist. Jam. 176. 1756. 



Plants stiff rutescent, 1-2^ ft. high, diffusely spreading 

 l-2 ft. Stem and lower branches striate, green, spar- 

 ingly corky. Branches short between the nodes, often sub- 

 pubescent. Leaves numerous, ovate lanceolate, acuminate, 

 pubescent on midvein below, sparsely pubescent above, 2-3 

 in. long, J-2 in. wide, rarely larger, quite erect, smooth or 

 subscabrous, usually rather dark green; petioles f- f- in. 

 long, rather slender, pubescent or subglabrous. Peduncles 

 solitary or often in twos, usually slender, stiff, straight, 

 erect, slightly enlarged toward the calyx end. Calyx 

 obconical or cup-shaped, usually embracing base of fruit; 

 teeth obscure. Corolla greenish white, small, spreading 

 |-f in. Fruit erect, subconical or oblong cylindrical, acu- 

 minate or obtuse, usually shorter than the peduncles, f-l^ 

 in. long, -} J- in. diam., 2-3 celled, red or yellow, some- 

 times blotched with purple before ripening, mostly borne 

 above the leaves; flesh about -fa in. thick, extremely 

 pungent. 



CORAL GEM.* The habit of growth of this variety is, 

 apparently, subject to extreme variation in different locali- 

 ties, the plant in some places making a tender growth of 

 not more than a foot, while in other places it attains a 

 height of 2 ft. In the former case the branches are light 

 green, quite flexible, frequently decumbent with numerous 

 upright middle shoots, forming a rosette-like mass, and 



* Vaughan, Cat. 1889. 



