FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Amygdalus Persica, W. var. /3 Nectarina, the Nectarine. Vernacular. 



S fiuft aloo, Moondla aroo, Pers. 

 Chrysobalanus Icaco, Cocoa-plum of West Indies. 

 Chrysobalanus luteus, Cocoa-plum of Sierra Leone. 

 Cydonia chinensis, Thouin, Chinese Quince. 

 Cydonia vulgaris, Common Quince. See " Drugs." 



Mespilus germanica, Common Eatable Medlar. Vernacular. Ukuj, 

 Shejerut ul dub, Arab. Keel, Pers. Laroos, Vulg. To /Meo-TriAo^ 

 ev 'iraXta of Dioscorides ; and Mespilus, var. Setania of Pliny. 



Poterium Sanguisorba, W. y Common Burnet of Britain. 



Primus Armeniaca, Common Apricot. Vernacular. Khoobanee, 

 Hind. Zurd-aloo, Chooloo, Chinaroo, Badam-kohee (the kernel), 

 Himalayas. Pistah? By. Burkook, Arab. Mishmish, Pers. 

 Bakur-kohanee, Bokhara. M^Ae'a dp^viaKr) of Dioscorides ; and 

 Praecocia niinora and Malus Armeniaca of Pliny. 



Prunus Cerasus. Common Cherry. See " Drugs." 



Prunus domestica, W. Common Plum. Vernacular. Aroo, Hind. 

 Bargug, Ejass (a var.), Idrick (a var.), Shahlooj (a yellow var.), 

 Arab. Aloo, Aloo-cheh (a small var.), Shah-aloo (a yellow var.), 

 Konar? (Zizyphus Jujuba?), Pers. The npovvr} of Theophrastus ; 

 o-vpiaKr) KOKKup/Ae'a of Dioscorides ; and Prunus of Pliny. 



Pyrus communis. Common Pear. Vernacular. Umrood, Kumusra, 

 Arab. Kummitri, Egypt. Nashpatee, Pers. The oyxvy of Homel- 

 and Theophrastus ; twrios of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, and 

 Pyrus of Pliny. 



Pyrus domestica. True Service Apple. The ofy and ova of the 



Greeks, and Sorbus of Pliny. 

 Rubusfruticosus. Common Bramble. 



Rubus Idceus. Raspberry. The /3dro? opdotyvrjs of Theophrastus ; 

 paras ISaia of Dioscorides j and " Rubus called by the Greeks 

 Idseus" of Pliny. 



Rubus rotundifolius (Zurd-anchoo), P. fruticosus, R. lasiocarpus 

 (Kul-anchoo), and R. concolor, are all found in Cashmere and yield 

 good fruit. Fragaria nubicola, Wall, cf the Himalayas resembles 

 the European Strawberry. The Bissehur Peach (Bhemee) is 

 Royle's Persica saligna. Cerasus Puddam of the Himalayas (the 

 source of Pudmak bark) is used, to flavour brandy. The Aloo- 

 bokhara cultivated about Guznee is referred by Lindley to Prunus 

 bokhariensisy Royle. Royle states Kokamalis (KOKK.V^\^I) is its 

 Yonanee synonyme in Persian works on Materia Medica. The 

 plum of Irki, Royle referred to P. Aioocha, and the plum of Ladak 

 is Roxburgh's P. trifolia. Pyrus sinica, the Sand Pear of China, 

 is cultivated in Northern India, and the indigenous species of the 

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