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most arid soil; requiring no particular treatment; it is seen 
abundantly in the southern districts of the island, as the Black 
River, at the place called Tamarind, at the Pampelmousses, 
and in the very town and suburbs of St. Louis. The fruits 
present some differences in the form of the pericarp and 
kernel, and in the adherence or non-adherence of the 
sarcocarp to the seed, and I have discriminated six varieties 
cultivated on my own property of Pampelmousses. 
I. Flesh adhering to the nut. 
Fig. 1. Fruit roundish, rather compressed, with a small 
Cavity at the base, it turns to a yellow colour when ripening, 
and is sometimes spotted with purple. Flavour acid: the pulp 
becomes farinaceous and sweetish when it has attained the 
utmost degree of maturity. "This variety, one of the com- 
monest, is probably the type of the species, and the plant 
_ Which Rumphius has figured and described in the Herbarium 
. Amboynense under the name of Malus Indica. (Herb. Amb. 
t. ii. £ 36.) 
Fig. 9. Fruit oblong, terminated by a small point, and 
assuming a beautiful lemon-yellow when ripe. This variety 
is larger in all its parts, the fruit frequently attaining the 
Size of a pigeon's egg. The taste is sharp, but agreeable 
When perfectly mature. 
Fig. 3. Fruit much like the preceding variety ; but smaller 
—— and with scarcely any point. The flavour is highly pleasant, 
and this variety, which is in all respects to be preferred, 
deserves general culture and wide diffusion. 
Fig. 4. Fruit roundish, terminated by a very small point 
and remarkable for having a: longitudinal furrow, which 
divides it into two slightly elevated projections ; it turns, in 
ripening, to yellow, marked with small purple spots: the 
taste is very unpleasant. 
Fig. 5. Fruit rounded, umbilicate, often marked by slight 
ribs, as in the preceding variety. Pulp sweetish and agree- 
ably tasted; kernel very large, and terminated by a small 
sharp point. Branches spreading widely, and loaded with 
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