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Bolcmaceous Fruits ' 



C. annuum, Linn. Sp. PI. 188. Red Peppee. Biennial or per- 

 ennial, grown in gardens mostly as an annual, erect, 1 to 5 

 ft., branching, herbaceous or becoming woody at base, glabrous 

 or minutely pubescent : leaves alternate and often clustered, 

 simple and entire, .long-petioled, mostly acuminate at apex, 

 various in shape from broad-ovate to elliptical and short- 

 acuminate to lanceolate and long-acuminate : fls. white or 

 violet-tinted, solitary or 2 or 3 together, stout-peduncled in 



BeU pepper (X 1/6). 



the axils, usually decidedly inclined or declined but some- 

 times erect, % to IVi in. across; calyx short, shallowly 5- or 

 more-lobed ; corolla much exceeding calyx, expanding or rotate. 



