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LUSSOIfS WITH PLANTS 



Fig. 274. 



The curious behavior 

 of the blue cohosh. 



325. The red peppers or capsicums are mem- 

 bers of the Solanacese, as determined by the char- 

 acters of the flowers and by- 

 other features. The fruits are 

 long in the Cayenne or Chili 

 sorts (Fig. 113), but heart-like 

 in the sweet peppers (Fig. 114), 

 and tomato -shaped in other va- 

 rieties. They are all more or 

 less dry and firm ui texture, 

 especially the long forms. The 

 Chili peppers would pass for 



capsules except that they are indehiscent; and they 



are commonly described as dry 



berries. There is reason to 



believe that the dryness or 



the fleshiness of these fruits 



can be much intensified by 



the plant-breeder (Obs. Ixxxi). 



326. The hepatica is one of 

 the RanunculaccEe. So is the clem- 

 atis. These are akene- bearing 

 plants. The columbine, larkspur, 

 marsh -marigold and pseony are 

 of the same family, but are fol- 

 licle-bearing plants. The nigella 

 (Obs. 1.) has the carpels united, fig. 275. 

 or is capsular. The bapeberry or com-cockie. 



