BOTANY. 



OTAHEITE GOOSEBERRY. 



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This tree, which is larger than the jujube, is planted by 

 the Burmese all over the Provinces, who value its fruit 

 highly. It bears some resemblance to a gooseberry both 

 in appearance and taste ; and I have heard it called 

 " the Otaheite gooseberry." The tree here is dioecious, 



Cicca disticha. 

 Phyllanthus longifolius. 



CARAMBOLA. 



The carambola tree bears a sour fruit which makes a 

 good tart, and there is a variety which bears a sweet fruit. 

 The tree, though originally, it is said, from the Moluccas, 

 flourishes well on this Coast, and is quite naturalized. 



Averrhoa Carambola. 



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BIL1MBI. 



The bilimbi.tree, another species of the same genus, has 

 been introduced into a few of our gardens, where it bears 

 profusely, and its fruit is used like that of the carambola. 

 Averrhoa Bilimbi. 



BRAZIL GOOSEBERRY. 



A species of physalis which bears a berry, sometimes 

 called the " Brazil gooseberry," is occasionally seen in 

 gardens, and the fruit in tarts has much the taste of the 

 gooseberry. 



Physalis peruviana. 



SAPODILLX PLUM. 



In a few European gardens may be found the tree 

 which produces the sapodilla plum ; whose " fruit, in 

 appearance like an old decayed potatoe, is yet the most 

 luscious in the West Indies." 

 Achras Sapota. 



