490 
Ind. dn $ 47 ; Irish, 9th Report, Missouri Bot. Gdn. pA ix ics 
Ver names.—Ata jije (Lagos, Dawodu); 
ae (H ausa, Parsons); Bembe (Sierra Leone, Seon Elliot); 
Busbas (Hadramaut, Lunt); Pimiento (Porto Rico, Cook and 
Collins). - 
Annual Capsicum or Pepper, Red Pepper, aies Pepper. 
Widely distributed in the Tropics of the Old and New Worlds. 
Capsicum baccatum, Linn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 252. 
Ill.—Rumpf, Amb. v. t. 88, f. 2; rey Ic. t. 108; Gilii and 
Xuarez, Rome, t. 23; Desc. Ant. vi. t. 423 ; Sloane, BH». Jamaica, 
i. € 146,1. 2: ; Pingerhuth, Monogr. Capsici, t. 4. f. a; Journ. Roy. 
T Soc. x v. p. 368. 
nac es.—Comorim (Ambriz, Welwitsch); Aji picante 
fore Mio; "Cook and Collins. — Bird Pepper, Berry Capsicum. 
Native of the East and West Indies; in Tropical Africa speci- 
mens are recorded only from Uganda and Angola. 
Uses much as under C. annuum; forms the e ingredient 
in the preparation * 'mandram ”’ t E West : 
Cultivated in Ambriz, S. W. à Hid: pee Welw. Afr. 
Pl. ini. p. 751) in Botanie Giddens: “Entebbe (Dawe, Rep. Bot. 
Miss. Uganda, 1906, p- 53). 
een grown in the gardens of this country since 1713, ee 
cultivated, for particulars and references, see end of genu 
Capsicum frutescens, Linn. ; oe Trop. Tap IV. Sect. 2, p. 251. 
ru —Rheede, Hort. Mal. . 56; mpf, Amb. v. t. 88, 
1, 3, 4; Lam. Encycl. t. T Gi RE Xuarez, Rome, t. 22; 
Fingerhath, Monogr. racine t. 4, f. c; Duthie, Field Crops, t. 74; 
Bentl. & Trimen, Med. Pl. t. 188 (C. fastigiatum); Z ourn. Roy. 
~ wies XXXV. P 368. 
ds filo (Madagascar, par dg Boro ni papalagi (Fi 
Seemann).—Shrubby Capsicum, €: ue Bird Pepper 
Guinea Pepper, *' Chillies’’ of Com 
Common throughout all tropical Wins. 
ses similar to those of C. annuum, the dried ripe fruits come 
into this country from Zanzibar, N yasaland, Japan. "This species 
is the one principally used for making ds Bas ie zi tdi 
also several special preparations such as ‘‘ Cayenne pepper ’’ made 
: grinding the ripe dried fruits to RC Bee Se pecia un ides 
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