FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Nasturtium officinale, R. Br. Water Cress. Loot-putiah, Dec. 

 Crambe maritima, Linn. Sea-kail. 

 Cocltlearia officinalis, Linn. Common Scurvy grass. 

 Cochlearia Armoracia, Linn. Horse-radish. 

 Brassica Eruca, Linn. Garden, or Stripe-flowered Rocket. 

 Barb area precox, R. Br. American Cress, or Belleisle Cress* 

 Barbarea vulyaris, R. Br. Common Winter Cress. 

 See also <f Condiments and Spices," and " Oils and Oil-seeds." 



N. O. 16. CAPPARIDACE^E. CAPPARIDS. 

 Capparis aphylla. Rox. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 



The berry, used as a pickle. 



Yerneacular. Keril, Hind. Kirrur, Kureel, Doro (unripe fruit), 

 Pukko (ripe), Pusse (flower), Sindh. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. With the buds of Capparis decasncei, the Paneero of Sindh 

 would make a good succedaneum for the ordinary Capers of commerce, 

 xvhich are the buds of C. rupestris, Greece, C. fontanesii, Barbary, and 

 C. cegyptiaca, Egypt. This last has been thought the Esobh of Scripture. 



N. O. 18. FLACOURTIACE^. BIXADS. 

 Flacourtia montana. J. Graham. 



Linn. Syst. E^cecia Polyandria. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. ? 



Habitat. Western Indies. 



Flaccurtia sapida. W. Esculent Flacourtia. 



Linn. Syst. Dicecia Polyandria. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. Swadoo-kuntuka, Sans. Panawla, Bowchee, By. Pud- 



da-kanrew, Nakka-neredu, Pedda-kana-reau t Tel. 

 Habitat. Hindoostan. 



Remarks. Bowchee is also the Ahmedabad name of a cereal not yet 

 identified in the Museum Catalogue. Flacourtia inermis, Rox. the Tmni- 

 tomi of the Moluccas might be introduced ; as also of N. O. 28, Cary- 

 ophyllacese, Silene inflata, Inflated Catchfly, or Bladder Campion, the 

 young shoots of which combine the flavour of Asparagus, and Peas. 

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