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Show e 356 = Cuar. i nlikeaftarre, ‘ : : ? witha few yellowthreds in the middle ; after which comethefruite (either great or {mall, - - — Cuaru. 3 = cick Wanecdancd EekuyPieeensnaeSatie4, ce long or fhort, either aaa or {quare, as the kindeis, either {tanding upright or hanging downe, as their eel 2 : The Theater of Plants. Tris 3. Trine, Lheatrum Botanicum. Coppersate ~ a : Ape flowers faew themfelves, either ofthis orthat forme, as fhall be fhewed hereafter, ) in this fomewhat great and Jong,aboutthree inches in length, thicke and round at the ftalke,and fmaller toward theend, whichis not fharpe but round pointed, greenearthefirlt, butbeingfullripe, ofa very deepe, crimfon, fhining red colour on the outfide, whichislike athickeskinne, and white ontheinfide, {melling reafonable well, and fweete , having manyflat yellowifh white feedes therein, cleaving tocertaine thinneskinnes withinit,which are broader at the upperend, and finaller at the lower, leaving the end or point empty within not reaching fo farre, the whole huske but efpecially the feede, being of fo hot and fiery a tafte, thar it enflameth and burneth the mouth and throate, for along time after itis chewed, almoftready to choake one, that carelefly taketh much at a time thereof: the roote is compofed of agrear tuft, or buth of threds, {preadingplentifully in the ground,and perifhethevenin the hot Countryes, after ithathripened all his ftuite, and with us, opon the firlt fharpe froft it feeleth. : Re cunt roundfruite, of an exellentred colour when it isripe, like unto pollifhed Corral. An *)))ihpy _~ 3. Capficum rotundum majus furrecium, The gréater round upright Gizny Pepper, The chiefeft differencein this fort of Ginny Pepper, confifteth moft in the forme of the fruite, which ftans deth upright, as the lowersdoe, being great androundlike anapple, even the greateft of all the forts that beare “~<eTCCOUCTUUTECE A former, and indeede feldome beareth ripe fruite in our Country. Thofe which we hayehad from the Bermoudas where they are naturall, are ofa yellowifhred. 4. Capficum eretinm pyramidale majwe, Thegreat upright {pire fafhioned Ginuy Pepper. This is muchalike or very little differing from the firft, the difference ofthe frnite is chat this {tandeth upright, greatbelow, and {maller, and fmaller tothe point,whichis {harper thenin thefirft, elf€ it might feeme the fame being inverted, that is, either that turnedupward, or this turned downewards, of as brave an orienc €orall Capficum Longum, iy t Ut like colour asthelaft. (UM yellowcolour, enclining to red, andin another fort almoft blacke, having fuch like feede within them, but fomewhat {maller, no leffe hot and fiery thenthe former, and abideth the winter colds, ng otherwife then the a, 2. Capficum minus Brafilianum, Small round Ginny Pepper, This Ginny Peppet groweth in the fame mannerthatthe former doth, not differing therefrominany thing,bue in the leaves, which being of the {ame forme;~ are not fe great and large, and inthe fruire whichis {mall and round (ftanding fomeforthright, and fomeupright, but none pendulousor hanging downe, each of them upon along fooreitaike ) about the bigneffe ofa Barbery, but round and nothing fored, but ofa darkeor blackifh 3: Capficum majus valgatius oblongis fliquis, & alia due genera nempe quartum & quintum. The mot ordinary Ginney Pepper with ercatlong =~ huskes,and the fourthand fifth, : if ge ff = (r~ y > |) 5. Capficum ereElum pyramidale minus, The lefler upright {pyrefathioned Ginny Pepper. ¢ VR ‘ As thefiuite of this fore is leffer, by the halfé than the laft, and not fo fharpe or{mall at the end, but fomewhat round, fo the greene leaves alfo are {maller and narrower, and the G@alke {maller and not growing {o high: the flowers of this, as of all the reft, that beare their fruit upright, doe ftand uprightalfo, which is a certaine rile to knowwhatfruit will be pendulous and what will be upright, The figures of boththefe laft forts are fet on the fides of the formertable, 6. Capficumexiguum eretlum pyramidale, The léalt Spytetafhioned Ginny Pepper. The forme of this {mall Spyrefafhioned Ginny Pepper, commeth foneare unto the fecondforr, that many may foone be deceived, in thinking them bothone, that doe not heede thein moreprecifely ; for alchough they both agree in growing upright, and being {mall, yet thofe (of the fecond fort I meane) are fhort and roundlike tintoa wild Olive, and thefe are {maller and longer, of an inch long at the leaft, and ofa blackith red before they be thorough ripe, but then are as red as the reft: this growethtaller, fuller of branches, and more ftored both with flowers and fruite, which makethe goodlier profpect : the leaves alfo are nofmaller, than in any otherfort ne ia going before, and of the fame darke greene colour withthe reft. 7. Capficum Cordatum eretlummajus. The greater upright heart fafhioned Ginny Pepper. This fort of Ginny Pepper growethto be but of a meane height, thatis, not fo highas moft of the formér, has ving large leaves, but not fo fmall at the ends : thefruit isnot pendulous or hanging downewards, withhis footeftalke, but ftanding upright, being fomewhatgreat flattith, and as it were bun-hed outat the upper end next unto the ftalke, and fmaller below, fhortand round pointed, fomewhat refembling the forgie ofa mans heart, asit is intituled. 8. Capficum Cordarum erettum minus, The lefler upright heart fafhioned Ginay Pepper. This differethnotfrom thelaft, but inthe {mallneffe of the fruit, ftanding alfo upright. and being {maller bya third part, or neare an halfe, and fhorter alfo : the figure of this is omitted, becaufeit 1s the fame withthe next, but that this is upright and the other pendulous, 9. CapficumCordatum propendens. Pendulous heartfafhioned Ginny Pepper, The fafhionofthis fort of Pepper, is fomewhat like the greater upright heartfafhioned Pepper; being néate of the fame bigneffe, buta little more uneven and nor fo round, but is as red being ripe, and is pendulous hanging 4/terum downewards not ftanding upright as the other. There is another of this fort of pendulous Peppers differing in “+ nothing fromthe greater but in being {maller. ; : 10. Capficum filiqua Olivaria propendens. Pendulous Olivefafhioned Ginny Peppet. This Pepper hath {mall long and round cods,fmaller below than above, being very like unto an Olive berty; asred being ripe as anyof the reft, and withthe ftalke hanging downeward. 11, Capficumfiliqua Olivaria eretta, Vpright Olivefafhioned Ginny Peppers This differeth from thelaft but in being greater than it, and ftanding upright and not in anything elf. The figure of this is not fetin anyof the tables ; but this figure with eleven is next under the number twelve. 12. Capficum |