FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Habitat. South America ? Extensively cultivated in India. 

 Remarks. I find no earlier reference to it than that of Van Rheede* 



Annona squamosa. Linn. Sweet-sop. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Polygynia. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. Gunda-gutra, Sans. Ata, Beng. Hind. Loona, Meba r 

 Beng. Seetaphul, Dec. Anta-cheecha, Mai. Sitapullam, Tarn. 

 Sitapundoo, Sitaphulam, Tel. Atta, Cey. Shurifa, Arab. Manua- 

 papuwa, Sri/cay a, Malaya. Seeree-cayoo, Sumatra. 



Habitat. South America. Extensively cultivated throughout the 

 East. 



Remarks. Van Rheede, so far as I can say, is the first to describe this 

 plant. The Ate of the Philippines appears to be another species. A. 

 Cherimolia, Mill, the Cherimoyer of South America, has been tried, but 

 without success both at Bombay and Poona. It is considered one of the 

 finest fruits in the world. Annona senegalensis is worth introducing. 

 Between N. O.'s 4 and 10 we have N. O. 8, Berberidacese, species of 

 which yield Barberries, which probably could not be acclimatized in 

 Bombay. 



N. O. 10. NYMPILEACE.E. WATER-LILIES. 

 Nymphaea Lotus. Linn. 



Linn. Sytt. Polyandria Monogynia. 



The root, stalk, leaf, and flower, used as vegetables ; and the seed as 

 a nut. 



Vernacular. The red variety : Huluka, Ructa-sinduka, Sans. Ructa- 

 kumbala, Beng. Rukta-chunduna, Hind. Kumul, By. Yerra- 

 kulwa, Tel. Ruta-cBt-olu, Cey. The white variety : 'Koomooda, 

 Sans. Shalook, Jiyrob, Beug. Bhamber, Bhambul, Sarong, 

 Nilofar, Kuwulgotta, Hind. Koonee, Poonee, Napa (seeds), 

 Lorhee (root), Sindh. Koee, Kumul, By. Tella-kulwa, Tel. 

 Suda-(zt-olu, Cey. Nilofer, Naufar (quasi, Nymphaea Nili), 

 Beshnm, Egypt. Nenuphar, Thibet. 



Habitat. Egypt, about the marshes of Rosetta and Damietta : East 

 Indies. 



Remarks. This species includes N. rubra, W. et A., and N. 

 pubescens, W. et A. Does it include A", ccerulea, Savigny ? It is 

 said to be the Xwroy described by Theophrastus, Hist. Plant, iv. 10., 

 and the 6 Xwros h alyvirTu of Dioscorides, iv. 114. It is mentioned by 

 Herodotus, Bk. ii. 92, where, describing the customs of the marsh- 

 men of the Nile, he writes : " They gather the blossoms of a certain 

 water-lily, which grows in great abundance all over the flat country 

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