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The ninth fort grows naturally in moft of the iflattds 
in the Weft Indies ; it hath a ftrong Voody ftem, 
twenty-five or thirty feet high, dividing into many 
branches, covered with an Afh-coloured bark, and 
garniftied with oblong oval leaves, downy on their 
under fide, but fmooth on their upper, placed with- 
out order-, the flowers are produced in loofe panicles 
at the extremity of the branches thefe confift of four 
pretty large -concave petals, of a purple colour, in- 
cluding eight long purple ftamina, with 'a very long 
ftyle crowned by an obtufe ftigma ; the germen af- 
terward turns to an oblong fleftiy pod, containing four 
or five feeds. 
The tenth fort hath flender fhrubby ftalks, which 
rife leven or eight feet high,. fending out many lig- 
neous branches, garniftied with very long, nervous, 
lpear-fhaped leaves. The flowers come out at the 
end of the branches, three Handing upon each foot- 
ftalk thefe are lmall, white, and are fucceeded by 
oval fruit. 
Thefe laft nine forts are natives of warm countries, 
fo will not live through the winter in England, with- 
out the affiftance of a'ftove. They are propagated by 
feeds, which muft be procured from the countries 
where they grow naturally, for they do not produce 
any in England ; thefe muft be fown in fmall pots, 
filled with light fandy earth, and plunged into a hot- 
bed of tanners bark which Ihould be now and then 
refreflied with water, but by no means fliould have 
it given in too great plenty : thefe feeds frequently 
remain in the ground a year before they vegetate, 
therefore the pots in which they are fown ihould be 
protected in winter and the fpring following muft 
be plunged into a frefii hot-bed of tanners bark, 
which will bring up the plants if the feeds were good ; 
when the plants appear they muft have but little wet, 
and a good fhare of air in warm weather ; but when 
they are large enough to remove, they muft be each 
tranfplanted into a feparate fmall pot, filled with the 
fame earth, and then plunged into the hot-bed again, 
obferving to fhade them until they have taken frefh 
root after which they ihould have frefh air admitted 
to them every day, in proportion to the warmth of 
the feafon. In the autumn they muft be removed into 
the ftove, and plunged into the bark-bed, where 
they ihould conftantly remain, and will require the 
fame treatment as other tender exotic plants from the 
fame countries -, with this difference only, that they 
require but little water, efpecially during the winter, 
for the roots of thefe plants are very fubjed to rot 
with wet. 
If the feeds are brought over in their capfules, they 
will keep much better than without them ; but thefe 
fliould be fecured from infeds, by wrapping them in 
Tobacco leaves which are well dried ; without this 
precaution, the feeds will . be deftroyed before they 
arrive. 
CAPER [BEAN.] See Zygophyllum. 
CAPRARIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 686. Sweet Weed. 
The Characters are, 
It hath a permanent empalement of one leaf cut into five 
cblong narrow fegmenis , which are erebl and fiand a funder-, 
the flower is bell-fapeo. I, of one leaf, divided at the iop 
into five equal parts , the two upper ftanding erect it 
hath four ftamina, which are infer ted in the bafe of the 
petal, and but little more than half fo long , two of the 
under being ftoorter than the other, and terminated by 
heart-jhaped fummits -, it hath a conical germen fupport- 
ing a fender Jlyle, longer than the ftamina, crowned by a 
bivalve heart-jhaped ftigma. The germen afterward be- 
comes an oblong conical capfule, comprefi’ed at the point, 
having two cells , divided by a partition filled with roundifio 
feeds. 
This <?enus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedion 
of Linnaeus’s fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia 
Angiofpermia, the flower having two long and two 
fhort ftamina, and the feeds being included in a cap- 
fule. 
We have but ohe Species of this genus, viz. 
Capraria ( Biflora ) foliis alternis floribus geminis. Jacq. 
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tab. 15. Capraria with alternate leaves, and foot ft a!h 
with two flowers. Capraria Curaflavica. Par. Bat. 1 10. 
This plant grows naturally in the warm parts of 
America, where it is often a troublefome weed in the 
plantations ; it rifes with an angular green ftalk about 
a foot and a half high, fending out branches at every 
joint, v/hich fome times come out by pairs oppofite, 
but generally there are three at a joint ftanding round 
the ftalk ; the leaves are alfo placed round the 
brandies by threes thefe Hand upon ihort foot-ftalks, 
are oval, hairy, and a little indented on their edges. 
The flowers are produced at the wings of the leaves, 
coming out on each lide the ftalk, each root-italic 
fuftaining two flowers ; they are white, and fucceeded 
by conical capfules comprefled at the top, opening 
in two parts, and filled with lmall feeds. 
This plant is prelerved in botanic gardens for the fake 
of variety ; but as it hath no great beauty, fo is 
feldom admitted into other gardens. 
It is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown upon 
a hot-bed in the fpring of the year, and the plants 
muft be brought forward by planting them upon a 
fecond hot-bed ; and about the middle or latter end 
of June they may be tranfplanted either into pots of 
rich earth, or a warm border, and may then be ex- 
poled to the open air, where they will perfed their 
feeds in autumn. 
C APREOLATE plants [of capreolus, Lat. the 
tendril of a Vine,] fuch plants as twift and climb upon 
others, by means of tendrils. 
CAPRIFOLIUM. See Periclymenum. 
C A P S I C U M. Lin. Gen. Plant. 225. [takes its name 
of capfa, Lat. a cheft ; becaufe the feeds of this plant 
are included, as it were, in a little cheft or elfe of 
xIttIco, to bite, becaufe it is a burning pungent plant.] 
Guinea Pepper; in French, Poivre d’Inde ou de 
Guinee. 
The Characters are, 
Lhe flower hath a permanent empalement of one leaf, di- 
vided into five parts , which are eredt. ft hath but one 
petal, which is wheel-ftoaped, having a very fhort tube, 
fipread open above , and divided into jive parts it hath 
five fmall ftamina, terminated by oblong fummits, which 
are connected. It hath an oval germen, fupporting a /lender 
ftyle, longer than the ftamina, and crowned by cm obtufe 
ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a ftoft fndfi or 
capfule, of an indeterminate figure , having two or more 
cells , divided by intermediate partitions , to which adhere 
many comprejfied kidney-Jhaped feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 
the flower having five ftamina and but one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Capsicum {Annuum) caule herbaceo, frudu oblongo 
propendente. Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk, and an 
oblong fruit hanging downward. Capficum fiiiquis Ion- 
gis propendentibus. Tourn. Infix 152. 
2. Capsicum ( Cor diforme ) caule herbaceo, frudu cor- 
diformi. Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk, and an heart - 
ftoaped fruit. This is the Capficum filiq.ua propen- 
dente oblonga & cordiformi. Tourn. Inft. 152. 
3. Capsicum ( Tetragonum ) caule herbaceo, frudu max- 
imo angulofo obtufo. Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk , 
and a large angular obtufe fruit. Capficum frudu 
longo, ventre tumido, per fummum tetragon©. Tourn. 
Inft. 153. Bell Pepper. 
4. Capsicum ( Angulofum ) caule herbaceo, frudu cor- 
diformi angulofo. Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk , 
and an angular heart-jhaped fruit. Capficum fiiiquis 
furredis cordiformibus angulatis. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 
153 - 
5 Capsicum ( Cerafiforme ) caule herbaceo, frudu ro- 
tundo glabro. Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk,, and a 
round fmooth frui$. Capficum fiiiquis furredis Cerafi 
forma. Tourn. Inft. 153. 
6. Capsicum ( Olivaforme ) caule herbaceo, frudu ovato. 
Capficum with an herbaceous ftalk, and an oval-jhaped 
fruit. Capficum filiqua olivae forma. Tourn. Inft. 
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A a a 7. Capsicum 
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