288 PLANTS CULTIVATED AT CARACAS 
Chry sopliyllum Cainilo. c Caimito.'— Rare, as it requires a hotter 
climate. 
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erroneously stated in the third volume of this Journal, p. 313), 
c Garci Gonzalez.'— The description in the c Prodromus' (viii. p. 168, 
n. 15)' agrees very well with our plant; but the leaves are generally 
larger. The seed of L. Bivicoa, Gaertn., as described in the ' Prodromus 5 
(viii. p. 169, n. 21) is either quite as large as that of L. pauci/Iora, 
or that description is taken from seeds belonging to the latter species. 
The fruit of the Garci Gonzalez is from 1" to 1\" in diameter, com- 
pressed spherical, and crowned with the persistent pistil. W hen ripe 
it contains a yellow mealy pulp, resembling very much the boiled yolk 
of an egg, and having a sweet taste, like the pulp of Ilyrnenaa Cour- 
bariL Bats are exceedingly fond of it. 
Sapota Acliras,lsY\\\. < Nispero' (from c Mespilus').— Common. 
Solarium esculent um 9 Dun. ' Berenjena,' from the Asiatic roots men- 
tioned by Alph. De Candolle (Geogr. Bot. p. 915).— Common. 
Lycopenicum esculentum, Mill. 'Tomate/ from the Aztec 'Tomatl. 
— Common. 
Cyphomandra betacea, Sendtn. c To mate Prances.' — Cultivated as 
an ornamental plant ; the fruit is eatable. 
Persea gratmlma, Ga3rtn. ' Aguacate,' from the Aztec c Ahuacatl. 
Common. 
Papaya vulgaris, DC. ' Lechoso,' i. e. milky.— The original name 
'Papaya,' having an obscene meaning in Caracas, is never used. 
Common. 
Flctis Carica, L. ' Higuera' (the plant); < higo' (the fruit).— Not 
verv common. 
Artocarpus incisa, L. 'Fruta de Pan.' — Rare in the valley of Ca- 
racas, but frequently cultivated in the Tierra Calrente. 
Phoenix dactylifera, L. " Palma de Datiles.' — Rare. 
Musa. — The species generally cultivated in the valley of Caracas 
is Musa mpientutn, L. ? but M. paradlsiaca, L., would grow as well. 
It is not cultivated, but not as Humboldt (Ess. Pol. Nouv. Esp. 1811, 
torn. iii. p. 26) supposes, on account of unfavourable climatica 
causes.* It is true that it thrives more luxuriantly in the Tierra 
Or was Humboldt right in hi* time, as there certainly has been a most re- 
markable change of climate in fche valley of Caracas ? 
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