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— Ann. or per. herbs rarely suffrut. L. soft, entire or repan dly 
lobecl. Fk ocliroleucous ; ped. 1-fld. simple exarticulate 
solitary extraaxillary or in tlie forks of the branches. Fr. 
red or y. drooping-. 
B. Orthembryonece ; embryo straight, 
ttf Tribe III. CESTREJE. 
The Oestrum Tribe. 
Cal. small simple equally 5-toothed or lobed, not leafy or 
enlarged in fr. Cor. hypocrateriform more or less infundibuli- 
form. Anth. short free erect bursting longitudinally. Fr. 
fleshy berry-like. Seeds mostly few compressed. — Shr. or tree 
unarmed. L. simple. FI. mostly small and greenish y., w. or 
cream-col., sometimes or., red or purple, often fragrant. 
ftfC. Oestrum. Cal. short tubular subcyathiform or sub- 
campanulate 5-toothed or 5-fid. Cor. hypocrateriform or 
tubular-infundibuliform, tube slender filiform or clavate, 
limb short 5-fid, lobes induplicato-valvate. Stam. 5 in- 
cluded, fil. tootlied or simple, anth. globose or obcordate 
bursting longitudinally. Ov. 2-celled few- or many-ovu- 
late shortly stipitate, with or without an liypogynous disk ; 
stigma capitate or clavate. Fr. u berry -like 2-1-celled 
few-seeded. Seeds compressed ; embryo straight ; cot. 
leafy small orbicular.” — Shr. or small tr. often fetid. L. 
simple entire. FI. or their pedic. articulated to the rachis 
small in axillary and terminal cymes or fascicles, mostly 
yellowish gr. or w., often deliciously fragrant especially at 
night; edge or margin of cor.-limb pubescent. Fr. “black 
or b., atropurpureous or v., rarely w.” 
A. Gyrembryonece. 
Tribe I. Salaried!. 
ttfl. Capsicum L. 
§ 1. Fr. erect or suberect, oblong 
tttl* C. FRUTESCENS L. Cayenne or Chili Pepper. Pimento, 
encarnada ; (tr. ) Pimenteira. 
Shr. erect smooth or glabrescent stiffly and subflexuously 
fork -branched, younger branches gr. hard angular subpuberulous 
glabrescent ; 1. single or binate elliptic-ovate or lanceolate acu- 
