384 PHYSIOLOGY AT THE FARM. 



1. Crysobalanece. Crysobalanus Icaco, the cocoa-plum, 

 West Indies. Crysobalanus luteus, a similar fruit, Sierra 

 Leone. 



2. Amygdalece or Drupacece. Amygdalus communis, the 

 sweet and bitter almond, south of Europe. Amygdalus Persica, 

 the peach. Cerasus serotina, black cherry, improperly called 

 Prunus Virginiana. Primus Virginiana, choke-cherry. The 

 kernels of species of cerasus impart flavour to kirschenwasser, 

 noyau, ratafia, cherry-brandy, and maraschino. Prunus com- 

 munis, the common plum. P. Armeniaca, the apricot. 



3. Roseau. Under Rosece come the strawberry, the rasp- 

 berry, the black bramble. 



4. Pomeoe. The apple, the pear, the medlar, the quince, the 

 hawthorn, the service-tree, the quicken or rowan-tree, impro- 

 perly called mountain-ash, the loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica), 

 with fruit the size of a gooseberry. 



Calycanthacece. Calycanthus floridus, Carolina allspice; 

 the bark a substitute for cinnamon. 



Rhizophoracece, Mangrove order. Rliizophora mangle, 

 mangrove-tree. It covers immense tracts of coast within the 

 tropics, rooting and vegetating even as far as low-water mark. 

 The fruit of the plant is edible. 



Combretacece, Myrobalan order. Terminalia belerica yields 

 the edible fruit myrobalan. T. chebula, a like fruit. T. catappa 

 has edible seeds, East India species. 



Melastomaceoe, Melastoma order. Melastoma : several spe- 

 cies produce edible fruits, which dye the mouth black. Mour- 

 iria puse, an edible fruit, the size of a plum. 



Myrtacece, Myrtle order. Caryophyllus aromaticus, the 

 clove. Eugenia pimenta, allspice, or Jamaica pepper. Eu- 

 genia cauliflora, the edible fruit termed in Brazil jaboticaba, 

 Punica granalum, the pomegranate. Psidium, of which the 

 species P. pyriferum, P.pomij'erum, and P. cattleyanum, afford 



