FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Vernacular. Pnpeya, Papaya, Beng. Hind. Dec. Pappoia, Umboa- 

 lay, Mai. Puppali, Tarn. Bopai, Madanaanapa, Madhurnakam, 

 Boppayi, Tel. Pcepol, Cey. Papa, Malaya. Gadang-castila, 

 Bali. 



Habitat. East Indies, Confederate States of America, Brazil. 



N. O. 95. PASSIFLORACE^E. PASSIONWORTS. 

 Passiflora quadrangularis. W. Square-stalked Passion-flower. 



Linn. Syst. Monadelphia Pentandria. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Habitat. Jamaica. Cultivated in Bombay. 



Remarks. This is the Granadilla of the West Indies, but has not yet 

 fruited in Bombay. P. maliformis, P. edulis t and P. laurifolia, all 

 furnish dessert fruits, as also do Tacsonia mollissima, T. tripartita, and 

 Paropsia edulis. 



N. O. 97. PORTULACACE^E. PURSLANES. 

 Portulaca oleracea. H. S. Small Purslain. 



Linn. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. Lonika, Loonia, Sans. Mooncha, Loonia> Khursa> 

 Kurfa y Hind. Moonya, Hind, and Beng. Buro-loonia, Beng. 

 Karie-cheera, Mai. Dooda-gorai, Can. Caril-keeray, Puropoo- 

 keeray, Tarn. Peda-pail-kuru, Boddu-pavili-kura, Ganja-pavili 

 kura y Tel. Genda-kola, Cey. Buklut-ul-hukema t Arab. Turuck, 

 Kherefeh, Pers. 



Habitat. The temperate zone. 



Remarks. The avdpdxvr) of Theophrastus and Dioscorides and Porcilaca 

 of Pliny. The dv&pdxvr) of Theophrastus, or dv$pdx\rj as it is, sometimes 

 called, is the drbutus Andrachne according to bprengel, and has been 

 confounded by ancients and moderns with Purslain. Andrachne telephi- 

 oides, N. O. Euphorbiacese, is so called merely from resembling Purslain. 

 Between this order, and- the next furnishing our Indian fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, there are three deserving of notice. 



N. O. 100. Ficoidese, of which Mesembryanthemum edule affords an 

 edible leaf, and M. aloides, an edible root at the Cape; N. O. 102. 

 Cactacese, of which Cactus Opuntia has a fruit often eaten ; and N. O. 

 103. Grossulariacese which includes 



Ribes Grossularia. W. Rough Gooseberry. 



Ribes Uva-crispa. W. Smooth Gooseberry. 



Ribes nigrum. W. Black Currant. 



Ribes rubrum. W. Red Currant. 



. a album, White Currant. 



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