Tuesday, May 24, 2005

A found Spice Bestiary #3

Cayenne


Branches
angular, usually
enlarged &
slightly purple
at the
nodes; petioles
medium; peduncles
slender, often
in pairs, & longer
than the fruit;
calyx cup-
shaped, clasping
base of fruit
which is red, ovate
& long; seeds
small & flat,
from ten to
twenty-nine.
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