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Canthardlus edulis, Persoon. {C. dbarius, Fries.) 



Various part® of Europe. Dr. Goeppert mentions this among 

 the many mushrooms admitted under Government super- 

 vision for sale in Silesia. 



Capparis sepiaria, Linn6. 



Prom India to the Philippine Islands, avscending to cool eleva- 

 tions and living in arid soil. A prickly bush, excellent for 

 hedges. Dr. Cleghorn mentions also as hedge plants C. 

 horrida (L. fil), C. aphylla (Roth), C. Roxburghii (Cand.), 

 some of which yield also capers. 



Capparis spinosa, Linn^. 



The Caper Bush. South Europe and North Africa, South Asia 

 and North Austi-alia. A somewhat shrubby and trailing plant, 

 deserving, even for the sake of its handsome flowers, a place in 

 any garden. It sustains its life in the most arid deserts. Light 

 frosts do not destroy this plant. The flower-buds and young 

 berries preserved in vinegar with some salt form the capers 

 of commeixje. Samples of capers, prepared from plants of 

 the Botanic Gai-den of Melbourne, are placed in our Industrial 

 Museum, together with many other industrial products eman- 

 ating from the writer's laboratory. The caper plant is pro- 

 pagated either from seeds or suckers; it is well able to 

 withstand either heat or drought. The buds after their first 

 immersion into slightly salted vinegar are strained and after- 

 wards preserved in bottles with fresh vinegar. Chemical 

 principle : rutin. 



GapsicTun annumn, Linne. 



Central America. An annual herb, which yields the chillies, 

 and thus also the material for cayenne pepper. Chemical 

 principle : capsicin, an acrid, soft, resinous sul^tance. 



Capdcnm baccatnin, Linng. 



The Cherry Capsicum. A perennial plant. Prom Brazil 

 brought to tropical Africa and Asia, where now other pepper 

 capsicums are likewise naturalised. 



Capsicam fintescens, Linn£. {C.fasUgiat»m, Blume.) 



Tropical America. The berries of this shrubby species are 

 likewise converted into cayeime pepper. 



CapsicTun longiun, Candolle. 



Some of the hottest parts of America. An annual herb, also 



