CAPSICUM, OR RED PEPPER 



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are bright glistening yellow, and usually very hot 

 in flavour, seldom more than 4 in. long, slender 

 in shape, and often slightly curved. 



Long Black Mexican Pepper.— Seed-vessel 

 thin, straight or slightly undulated, 7 to 9 in. in 

 length, shining black, as pungent as the Cayenne 

 Pepper. Quite distinct from the other sorts of 

 Capsicums. 



Long Yellow Pepper. 



Long Black Mexican Pepper 



Chili Pepper, or Chillies. — The appearance of this variety is 

 very distinct from that of the other kinds, as it has a very 

 branching, rather low- 

 growing stem, the spread- 

 ing branches of which 

 form a dwarf broad bush, 

 seldom more than 16 to 

 20 in. high. Leaves small, 

 narrow, and numerous ; 

 flowers small and white, 

 succeeded by slender and 

 long-pointed seed-vessels 

 about 2 in. long and 

 scarcely f in. in diameter, 

 very often growing erect, 

 very bright scarlet when 



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Chili Pepper, or Chillies. 



