Ch a p. 11, Thsatrum 'Botamcum. T r i b e„;> : 
openlikeaftarre, with a tew yellow thrcds in the middle; after whi*h come the fruite (either great or fmall. 
either long or fhort, either round or fquare, as the kindeis, either (landing uprighcor hanging downe, astheir 
flowers (hew themfelve-', cither of this or that fortne, as fiiall be (hewed hereafter,) in this fomewhat great and 
long,about three inches in length, thicke and round at the ftalke,and fmaller toward the end, which is not fhafpe 
but round pointed, greene at the full, but beingfullripe, of a very deepe, crimfon, (hilling red colour on the 
outfide, which is like a thicke skinne, and white on the infide, lmelling reafonable well, and fweete , having 
many flat yellowifh white feedes therein, cleaving to certaine thinne skinnes within it, which are broader at the 
upper end, and fmaller at the lower, leaving the end or point empty within not reaching fo farre, the whole 
liuskcbutefpecially thefeede, being of fo hot and fiery a caffe, that it enflameth and burnethtlie mouth and 
throate, for a long time after it is chewed, almoft ready to choake one, chat carelefly raketh much at a time 
thereof: the rooteis compofedof a great tuft, orbufh of threds,fprcading plentifully in the ground,and perifh- 
etheveninthehotCountryes, after it hath ripened all his fruire, and with us, upon the firft fliarpe trofl it 
feeleth. 
2. CapficummixM SrafiltMum, Small round Ginny Pepper. 
This ginny Pepper groweth in the fame manner that the former doth, not differing therefrom in any thing,but 
in the leaves, which being ot the fame forme, are not f» great and large, and in the fruite which is fmall and 
round ((landing fomc forthright, and fome upright, but none pendulous or hanging downe, each of them up¬ 
on a long footciialke ) about thebigneffe of a Barbery, but round and nothing fored, butofadarke orblackifh 
yellow colour, outlining to red, and in another fort almoll blacke, having luch like feede within them, but 
fomewhat fmaller, no lelfe hot and fiery then the former, and abideth the winter colds, no otlierwifethen the 
former, and indeede feldome beareth ripe fruite in our Country. Thole which we have had from the Bermouilu 
where they are natural!, arc of a yellowifti red. 
3. Capfictim rottmdttm maptu [urreBum. The greater round upright Ginny Pepper. 
The chiefeft'difference in this fort of Ginny Pepper, conhlleth mod in the forme of the fruite, which flan- 
deth upright, as the flowers doe, being great and round like an apple, eventhegrcateftofall the forts that beats 
roundlruitc, of anexellent red colour“when it is ripe, like untoa pollifhcdCorrall. 
4. CapficHm crett'tm pyramidaLc mttjtu . The great upright fpire fafliioned ginny Pepper. 
This is much alike or very little differing from the firft, the difference of the fruite is that this ftandeth upright) 
great below, and fmaller, and fmaller to the point,which is fharperthen in the firft, elfe ic might feeme the lame 
being inverted, that is, either that turned upward, or this turned downewards, of as brave an orient Gorall 
like colour as thelaff. 
Capfcum Lori’um. j. capficum majut no’gatm ohlongu filiquu.& t alia duo 
genera nempe quartwi 1 6' quintum. The molt 
ordinary Cimey Pepper with great long 
huskcsyind che fourth and fifth. 
s '. Capfitm 
