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is compofei of a great Tuft or Bufh of Fibres or 
Threads, fpr coding plentifully in the Ground, and 
perijhing in the Winter Seafon , even in hot , or its 
Native Countries, after its Fruit dr Cod's are ripen- 
ed-, and with us, upon the fir It fharp Brofi it meets 
with. The Plant it Jelf rifes tip, with an upright 
Pepper, Guinny or Indian. 
firm round Stalk, having a certain Pith with in it, and 
m our Country about two Feet high, and not above 
three in its Native places of Growth -, [[reading 
it fe'lf out into many Branches on all fides, even 
from the very bottom-, which divide them/ 'elves 
again , intoother f mailer Branches: at each joint 
of which come forth two long Leaves upon fhort joot 
Stalks, fomewhat bigger than thofe of Night-fhade ^ 
elfe very like, with divers Feins in them , not at 
all dented about the edges , and of a very fad green 
color. The Flowers ft and fever ally at the Joints, 
with the Leaves -, very like unto the Flowers of 
Night-fhade, confifiing moji ufually of jive, yet 
fometimes of fix white fmall pointed Leaves, Jtand- 
ing open like a Star, with a few yellow Threads in 
the middle : After which comes the Fruit, ( either 
great or fmall, long or fhort, round or fquare, as 
the Kind is -, and ft ending either upright or hang- 
ing down, as their Flowers fhe w themfelves, either 
of this or that form, as jhall be Jhewed in the 
following Defer iptions : ) In this it is fomewhat 
great and long , about three Inches in length, thick 
and round at the Stalk, but [mailer towards the 
end, which is not very fharp, but roundijh pointed j 
green at the firji, but being full ripe , of a very 
deep crimfon fhining red color on tbe out fide, 
which is like a thick Skin , and white on the infi.de, 
fuelling toller ably well and f meet-, having many flat 
yellowijh white Seeds therein, cleaving to certain 
thin Skins within it, which are broader at the up- 
per end, and f mailer at the lower • leaving the end 
or point empty, as not reaching fo far-, the 
whole Husk :r Cod, but efpe dally the Seed, being 
°[ fo hot and fiery a Tape, that it enflames and 
bunts the 'Mouth and. Throat vehemently , and for 
a long time after it has been chewed , with fitch 
an extremity^ almoft to hazard Choaking. Tile 
Defcnption ot this firfl Kind , is propofed as a 
pattern for all the reft following, and by which 
yon may frame at large all their Defcriptions, 
the chief difference confining in the form of the 
fruit, whether Husks or Cods , as (hall be more 
demonltrated in every one of them in their before 
named order. 
V 4 K'ojocond, or Great upright Spire falhioned 
bumny Pepper. This is much alike , or very lit- 
tle differing from the former. The difference of 
the Fruit is, that this fiends upright -, is great be- 
/utv, and f mailer ana ; taller to the point, which 
is Jharper than in the firfl, elfe it might feem the 
fame invert ed,tbat is, either that turned upwards, or 
this turned downwards , of as brave and orient a 
fhining Coral color, ns that other is. 
„ Y- Tbe third, or Leffer upright Spire fafhioned 
Cminnv Pepper. The Fruit of tins Kind is leffer by 
half than the left, and not fo fharp or fmall at the 
end but fomewhat round: and the green Leaves 
alfo are fmaller and narrower. The Stalk like- 
wjfe is fmaller , and not fo high. The Flowers of 
this as of all the reft, which bear their Fruit up- 
i ight, fond upright hkewife -, which is a certain 
ru e to know, what Fruit will be pendulous and 
what upright. 
VI. The fourth, or the very fmall or fmatleft 
ryramidal Guinny Pepper. The Bruit of this is 
fmall and. grows upright-, the Cods beins, fhort and 
round, an Inch long at leaf, and of a i blackijh red, 
before they be thro ripe, but zoben per fiddly ripe 
ate cts red as the refi. Tins Plant grows taller, 
fuller of Branches , and more fiored, both with 
Blowers and Fruit , which make tbe goodlier 
profpetf. The Leaves are no fmaller than thofe of 
the lajl beforegoing ■ and of the fame dark green 
color with the reft. 
V II. The fifth, or Greater upright Heart fafhi- 
oned Guinny Pepper. This Plant grows to be but 
of a mean height , not fo high as any of the former : 
its Leaves are large , but not fo Jmall, at the ends. 
I he Fruit is not hanging downwards, but [landing 
upright, being fomething great, fattijh, and as it 
locre bunched out at the upper end, next unto the 
Stalk, and fmaller below, fhort and round pointed 
fomething refcmbling the form of a Mads Heart. ’ 
J 4 , Tbe fixth , or Leffer upright Heart faflii- 
oned Guinny Pepper. This differs not from the 
left, but in the fma/lncfs of the iruit, funding alfo 
upright, and being fmaller by a third part, or near a 
half, and Jhorter alfo. 
IX. The feventh, or Pendulous or hanging 
Heart Falhioned Guinny Pepper. The form of this 
is fomething like to the fifth, or greater upright 
Heart falhioned Pepper, being near of the Jame 
bignefs, but a little more uneven, and not fo round 
and full as red being ripe : it is pendulous, or hang- 
ing down, not ft an ding upright as the other. There 
is another fort of the fe Pendulous Peppers, ralte- 
rum minus) differing in nothing from the greater 
but in being fmaller. 
X. The eighth or Hanging Olive falhioned 
Guinny Pepper This has Jmall, long, and round 
tods , J mailer below than above , being very like 
unto an Olive Plum, of full as red a color be, ng 
ripe as any of the reft, and hanging from its foot 
Stalk downwards. 
XI. The ninth or Upright Olive falhioned 
Guinny Pepper. This differs from the left, but in 
being greater than it, and in its Fruit ft ending up- 
right, and not in any thing efe. 
5 0. 2 XII. The 
