. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. CAY ANNE PEPFEK. 491 cultivated in England until 1769. This species is very similar in appearance to the fii-st, and is only cliaracterised by the different shape of the pods, which take somewhat the form of a cherry; sometimes heart-shaped, bell-shaped, or angular; their colour is the same as the preceding. Both these species are annuals.
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. CAY ANNE PEPFEK. 491 cultivated in England until 1769. This species is very similar in appearance to the fii-st, and is only cliaracterised by the different shape of the pods, which take somewhat the form of a cherry; sometimes heart-shaped, bell-shaped, or angular; their colour is the same as the preceding. Both these species are annuals. The Bell Pepper (capsicum grosswm), is a biennial, a native of India; it produces larger pods than either of the others. It may be trans- planted with safety in the open garden, on the arrival of summer, requiring a place in the stove during the winter season. The green pods of all these varieties are used for pickling; those of the last are generally pre- ferred, being not only larger, but having the skin more pulpy and tender. Cayannb Pepper (c. haccatum), commonly called bird pepper, is gathered when ripe, dried in the sun, pounded and mixed with salt; it is then kept stopt in bottles, and is known under the name of cayanne. There are many other species of this genus, differing from each other in bearing fruit of various size, shape, and colour; but they all have, in a certain degree, the same pungent qualities; the smallest possess- ing them with the greatest intensity. They are natives of most of the tropical regions, but are most abundant, and most used in the western hemisphere. In the West Indies, and in some parts of South America, they form, either in substance or in powder, an ingredient to almost every dish. A mixture of sliced cucumbers, shallots, or onions, cut very small, a little lime juice, and Madeira wine, with a few pods of bird pepper well mashed, and mixed with the liquor, is reckoned an imfailing stimulant to the appetite in the "West Indies, and is
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