FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Remarks. The /u/Xca irepo-tidj of Theophrastus and Dioscorides and 

 Persica of Pliny. See " Drugs," N. O. 62. Balaniles ceyyptiaca. 



Eriobotry a japonica. Lind. Common Loquat. 



Linn. Syst. Icosandria di Pentagynia. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 

 Vernacular. Loquat, China, By. 

 Habitat. China. 

 Remarks. Well established about Belgaum. 



elatior. Ehrn. Hautboy Strawberry. 

 Fragaria vesca. Linn. Wood Straivberry. 



Linn. Syst. Icosandria Polyg~nia. 



The succulent receptacle, used as a fruit. 

 Vernacular. ? 

 Habitat. Britain. 



Remarks. Well established in all first-rate Deccan gardens. This 

 is a most profitable fruit to rear; a bed of a few square yards brings in 

 from 15 to 20 the season. F. vesca is the Fraga of the Romans. 



Parinarium excelsum. Sals. Guinea Plum. 



Linn. Syst. Heptandria Monogynia. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. 



Habitat. Sierra Leone ? 



Remarks. Naturalized in Goa. 



Pyrus Mains. Apple. 



Linn. Syst. Icosandria di Pentagynia. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. Seba, Sans. Seb, Seo, Hind. Titffah> Arab. Seeb, 



Habitat. Britain. 



Remarks. The /i7?Ae'a of Homer and Theophrastus. Pliny describes 

 several varieties. It is very widely naturalized in India, but does not 

 bear well. Besides the above the following Roseworts deserve attention, 

 many of them being familiar importations from Persia and elsewhere : . 

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