PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR FRUITS. 241 



nally from the Malay Peninsula. Lastly, Brandis says 

 it is wild in Sikkim, to the north of Bengal. Its natural 

 area probably extends from the islands of the Malay 

 Archipelago to Cochin-China, and even to the north-east 

 of India, where, however, it is probably naturalized from 

 cultivation and by the agency of birds. Naturalization 

 has also taken place elsewhere at Hong-kong, for in- 

 stance, in the Seychelles, Mauritius, and Rodriguez, and 

 in several of the West India Islands. 1 



Malay Apple Eugenia malaccensis, Linnseus ; Jam- 

 bosa malaccensis, de Candolle. 



A species allied to Eugenia jambos, but differing 

 from it in the arrangement of its flowers, and in its 

 fruit, of an obovoid instead of ovoid form ; that is to say, 

 the smaller end is attached to the stalk. The fruit is 

 more fleshy and is also rose-scented, but it is much 2 

 or little 3 esteemed according to the country and varieties. 

 These are numerous, differing in the red or pink colour of 

 the flowers, and in the size, shape, and colour of the fruit. 



The numerous varieties show an ancient cultivation 

 in the Malay Archipelago, where the species is indigenous. 

 In confirmation, it must be noted that Forster found it 

 established in the Pacific Islands, from Otahiti to the 

 Sandwich Isles, at the time of Cook's voyages. 4 The 

 Malay apple grows wild in the forests of the Malay 

 Archipelago, and in the peninsula of Malacca. 5 



Tussac says that it was brought to Jamaica from 

 Otahiti in 1793. It has spread and become naturalized 

 in several of the West India Islands, also in Mauritius 

 and the Seychelles. 6 



Guava Psidium guayava, Kaddi. 



Ancient authors, Linnaeus, and some later botanists, 



1 Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 474 ; Baker, Fl. of Maurit., etc., p. 115 j 

 Grisebach, Fl. of Brit. W. Ind. Isles, p. 235. 



2 Rumphius, Amboin, i. p. 121, t. 37. 



3 Tussac, Flore des Antilles, iii. p. 89, pi. 25. 



4 Forster, Plantis Esculentis, p. 36. 



5 Blume, Museum Lugd..Bat., i. p. 91; Miqnel, Fl. Indice-Batav., i 

 p. 411 ; Hooker, Flora of British India, ii. p. 472. 



6 Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. Indies, p. 235 ; Baker, Fl. of Mauritius, 

 p. 115. 



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