252 xci. solanacezE (weight). [Capsicum. 



Leaves ovate-acuminate to oblong, 2-3 in. long, |— 2 in. wide, pubescent 

 on the under surface of the midrib ; petiole about J in. long. Flowers 

 solitary or in pairs ; peduncle slightly enlarged upwards. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, usually embracing the base of the fruit, obscurely toothed. 

 Corolla about \ in. in diam., greenish-white ; lobes 5-6, ovate, 

 acuminate, often infiexed at the apex. Ovary ovoid attenuate, smooth. 

 Berry oblong-linear, acute, usually less than 1| in. long, on peduncles 

 of about equal length. — Fingerhuth, Monogr. Caps. 12, t. 2; Dunal in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 412 ; Hook. Niger Fl. 472 ; Bentl. & Trim. Med. PL 

 t. 189; J. Braun in Mitth. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 173; var. 

 conoides, Irish in Hep. Missouri Bot. Garcl. 1898. 65. G. conoides, Mill. 

 Gard. Diet. eel. 8, no. 8; Dunal, I.e. 414 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 351. 

 G. conicum, var. orientate, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 118. — Vallia- 

 capo-molago, Rheede, Hort. Malab. ix. 65, t. 35. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vogel. Togo, Braun. Northern Nigeria : 

 Nupe, Barter, 522 ! 



Nile land. Soudan: Khartoum, Petherick ! Abyssinia, Schimper, 2250! 

 Uganda : Unyoro, SpeTce Sf Grant ! near Lake Hafuru, 3000 ft., Dawe, 472 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State : Monbuttu : Munza, ScMoeinfurth, 

 3360 1 



XVXozamfo. Bist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Amboni, Hoist, 2707 ! 

 Rhodesia: Sbesheke on the Zambesi, Kirk! 



Var. ovoideum, Fingerhuth, I.e. 14, t. 2, fig. e. Fruit oblong-ovoid, obtuse. 

 lj in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Freetown, Johnston, 51 ! 



Widely dispersed in the tropics ; probably originally from South America. 



4. C. foaccatum, Linn. Mant. 47. A shrub 1-2 ft. high, erect; 

 branches divaricate, obscurely angled. Leaves ovate or oblong, 

 acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, up to 3^ in. long and If- in. wide, 

 rounded and sometimes narrowly cimeate at the base ; petiole about 

 1 in. long. Flowers geminate, rarely solitary ; peduncles erect, about 

 1 in. long, thickened upwards. Calyx shortly cup-shaped, glabrous; 

 teeth 5, spreading, subulate, obtuse. Corolla dirty white, J in. in 

 diam. ; lobes ovate-oblong, acuminate. Ovary smooth ; style slender, 

 thickened near the apex. Berry globose-ovoid, scarlet, smooth, sur- 

 rounded at the base by the enlarged calyx. — Fingerhuth, Monogr. 

 Capsic. 18, t. 4, fig. a; Sendt. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 146; Dunal in DC. 

 Prodr xiii. i. 420; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. l. 751. C.frutescens 

 var. baccatum, Irish in Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1898, 99. — Capsicum 

 minimis siliquis, Dodon. Stirp. Hist. Pempt. iv. cap. xxvi. 717. 



Uile land. Uganda : Entebbe, Dawe, 113 ! 



lower Guinea. Angola : Ambriz ; cultivated near Mubango and Qnibanza, 

 Wehoitsch, 6068 ! Golungo Alto ; forests of nearly all the Sobatos, and of Mata de 

 Quibanga, Wehoitsch, 6064 ! 6071! 



5. C. cordiforme, Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, n. 2. Stem herbaceous, 

 1-3 ft. high, 5-angled. Leaves solitary or geminate, ovate or oblong, 

 acuminate, tapering into the petiole, glabrous. Peduncles solitary, 



