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TURNIPS. 



Turnips are occasionally grown, but they do not re- 

 Ward the cultivator so well as cabbages. 

 Brasica Rapa. 



RADDISH. 



Raddishes abound in vegetable gardens, and are almost 

 always in the bazars. 



Raphanus sativus. 



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MUSTARD. 



I have seen a species of mustard on the banks of the 

 Tenasserim, several days journey from any human habita- 

 tion, and which the Karens regarded as growing spontan- 

 eously, but it did not appear to differ from the species in 

 common culture on the Coast, and the seeds had probably 

 been dropped there by the passing traveller- 

 Sin apis. 



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WATER CRESS. 



Griffith says he found an indigenous species of nasturtium 

 in the Provinces, but he does not appear to have descri- 

 bed it. 



Nasturtium. 



GARDEN CRESS. 



Among the dried seeds sold in bazar for medicinal pur- 

 poses, are the seeds of the common garden cress. 

 Lepidum sativum. 



RED GOURD, OR SQUASH GOURD^ 



A species of large pumpkin or gourd, is a common vege- 

 table seen on the tables of Europeans. " When boiled,'* 

 says Wight, " it resembles in taste a fine tender carrel. 5 ' 

 Cucurbita maxima* 



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