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CAPSICUM USTULATUM. 
(burning capsicum, or true chili.) 
class. order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
SOLANACE^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx permanent, five-toothed. Corolla rotate, limb plicate, five-cleft. Anthers 
connivent, two-celled, dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma obtuse. Berry dry, inflated, and hollow, of 
a papery consistence, two to four-celled, many-seeded, naked. Placentce adnate to the dissepiment. 
— DorCs Gard. and Botany. 
Specific Character. — Plant frutescent, much branched. Branches flexuose, divaricate, angular. 
Leaves very large, ovate, acuminate, glabrous, as well as the petioles. Calyx entire. Peduncles 
usually solitary. Fruit angular, pendulous, from one and a half to two and a half inches long, 
covered with irregular protuberances, bright red. 
Seeds of this very distinct and handsome si3ecies of Capsicum were originally 
received by us from J. Bateman, Esq., of Knypersly, and as it is new, valuable, 
and by no means unornamental, we have pleasure in introducing it to more general 
notice by the accompanying plate. The brilliant colour of the pods will render it 
an acceptable feature in the greenhouse during the winter months, as, by a little 
attention to the time of sowing, they may be induced to ripen at the above season, 
and will continue in this interesting state a considerable time. 
It may appear inconsistent with the character of a botanical work to allude to 
the cultivation of an esculent vegetable, but the very ornamental appearance of this 
species, combined with its excellent qualities as a condiment, will excuse our notice 
of it ; and we have no doubt that the few following hints will be generally well 
received by our readers. 
The seeds should be preserved in the pods till they are required for sowing, and 
about the month of March they should be taken out and sown in shallow pans, 
covered with about a quarter of an inch of soil, and placed in a cucumber or other 
hot-bed frame, plunging the pots in the soil or bark which is usually spread over 
