FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 

 Lepidium sativum. Linn. Common Cress. 



Linn. Syst Tetradynamia Siliculosa. 



The young leaf, used as small salad. 



Vernacular. Aleverie, Beng. Haleem, Beng. and Dec. Ahreo, 

 Sindh. Adala vitala, Tel. Half, Arab. 



Habitat. Persia ; widely cultivated. 



Remarks. The ndpSapov of Hippocrates and perhaps of Dioscorides, and 

 the Nasturtium and Dittander of Pliny. Alleeveraij is the Tamil for 

 Linseed. See also " Drugs," and " Condiments and Spices." 



KaphanUS caudatus. Linn. Long-podded Radish. 



Linn. Syst. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. 



The root, used as a salad. 

 Vernacular. ? 

 Habitat. Java. 



Raphanus sativUS. Linn. Common Radish. 



a. radicula. DeC. Long Radish. 

 /3. oblonga. DeC. Turnip Radish. 



Linn. St/st. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. 



Vernacular. Moolu&a, Sans. Moola, Hind. Beng. Muli, Hind. 

 Dec. Muri t Sindh. Mura, Guz. Moolinghie, Tarn. Mullanyi, 

 Tel. Rabu, Cey. Fioyl, Bokel, Arab. Turb, Pers. Fidjel, 

 Egypt. Lobak, Malaya. 



Habitat. China. Cultivated over the world. 



Remarks. The pcxpavls and p<xpavls dypia of Theophra'stus and Dios- 

 corides, and Raphanus of Pliny. 



Sinapis sps. Linn. Species of Mustard. 



Linn. Sijst. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. 



The young leaf, used as small salad. 



Vernacular. Raji&a, Sarshapa, Tav erica, Sans. Surson, Rai, Kali- 

 sursoon, Tooria, Bunga-surson, Hind, and Dec. Race, JBun-raee, 

 Bul-raee, Shwet-raee t Sada-raee, Jooni-raee, Sanchi-sursoon, Beng. 

 Suray-bij, Sindh. Kadaghoo, Tarn. Avaloo y Tel. Gan-aba, Rata- 

 aba, Cey. Kurdal t Kubbr, Arab. Sirshuf, Pers. 



Habitat. The temperate zones : widely cultivated. 

 Remarks. The vdirv of the Greeks. In India are cultivated chiefly S. 

 ramosa, Raee ; S. glauca, Toria ; S. dichotoma, Kalie-surson ; and S. 

 juncea, Bunga-surson y the Khar del or Kubbr of Arabia and Egypt. 

 Besides the Crucifers above catalogued, the following might be introduced 

 into Bombay, and some have already been on a small scale : 

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