748 BENGAL PLANTS. [Capsicum. 
{Fruit globular, extremely pungent [p. ek -ANnUUM Var. cerasiformis. 
{Flowers purple; berries at first dark purple, afterwards becoming 
orange-red, much longer than broad, pat ightly ie ; calyx 
hardly enclosing the base [p. 747] . nigra, 
*Pedicels 2 or ere erect ; fruit pihuid erect, red, shorter than dhs pedi- 
ps pungent; plants perennial ; flowers white :—[p. 747 
Berries sionastal, tapering, base ee by the calyx......frutescens. 
Berries globose or nearly so, base seated on the calyx 
Jrutescens var. baccata. 
13938. CapsicuM ANNUUM Linn.; E. D. C. 448. 
Cultivated Eee in gardens of Europeans. 
A shrubby her 
This includes the eee of the mild forms of Chillie, usually 
raised from European seed 
1393/2. Var. AcuminatTaA Fingerh. C. frutescens F. I. i. 574; 
F. B. I. iv. 289; EH. D.C. 455. 
Cultivated generally. 
A shrubby her 
The forms with erect fruits are the true Red and Yellow Chillies ; 
these are hardly known in the fields of our provinces: those 
with pendent fruits are the Gachh mirich or Lal gachh mirich, 
e 
English names are either Red or Vill! ‘chiens? which the 
plants properly are not, or Red or Yellow ‘‘ Nepal Peppers. 
er 0 thern ; 
origin, there is little doubt that the forms have been evolved 
i annuum was first introduced to India, for in America 
they are only known as having been raised from Indian seed. 
1393/3. Var. ABBREVIATA Fingerh. C. annuum F. I. i. 573. 
Cultivated sparingly in gardens of Europeans. 
A shrubby herb. 
This includes the majority of the pungent forms of Chillie 
usually raised from European seed. 
1393/4. Var. arossa Sendt. C. grossum F. 1.i. 574; F. B. I 
iv. 239 ; D. C. 464. 
Cultivated in gardens, both European and native. 
A shrubby herb. Vernac. Kaéphari mirich. Spanish 
Pepper. 
