FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



following Umbellifers might also be naturalized in India, many of them 

 being already cultivated by amateurs. 



Angelica Archangelica. W. Garden Angelica. 

 Arracacha esculenta. The Arracacha of Peru. 

 Bunium Bulbocastanum. W. Great Earth Nut. 

 Chcerophyllum sativum. P. S. Garden Chervil. 



Crithmum maritimum. W. Sea Samphire. The KpiB^ov of Hip- 

 pocrates and Dioscorides, and Baticula of JPliny. 



Erynyium campestre. W. Field Eryngo. 



Eryngium fcetidum. W. Stinking Eryngo, the Culantra of 

 Panama. 



Ligusticum Levisticum. W. Common Lovage. The Atyvo-riKov of 

 Dioscorides according to Sprengel ; and Ligusticum of Pliny. 



Ligusticum scoticum. W. Scotch Lovage. 



Myrrhis odorata. P. S. Sweet-scented Myrrh. 9 The pvppls of 

 Dioscorides ; and Myrrhis of Pliny. 



Pastinaca sativa. W. Garden Parsnip. The a-la-apov of Dioscorides 

 according to Sprengel, and his eXa<o/3oo-Koi> according to Fraas ; 

 and the Pastinaca of Pliny. 



Sium Sisarum. W. Skirret. The vio-apov of Dioscorides according 

 to Fraas, and his eAa<o/3oo-Ko? according to Sprengel; and the 

 Siser of Pliny. 



Smyrnium Olusatrum. W. Common Alexanders. The iTnroa-eXivov 

 of Hippocrates, Theophrastus, and Dioscorides ; and Olusatrum, 

 Smyrnium, and Hipposelinum of Pliny. 



Besides these. Anise, Common Cumin, Common Dill, Common and 

 Sweet Fennel might also be cultivated as garnishing herbs. The Yampa 

 of North America, a much esteemed vegetable, is the root of Common 

 Dill. See "Drugs" and " Condiments and Spices." The three follow- 

 ing orders present edible species not indigenous to India : 



N. O. 111. ARALIACE^E. Casimiroa edulis, Zapote bianco of Mexico. 

 N. O. 112. CORNACEJE. Cornus mascula, Cornelian Cherry. 

 N. 0. 113. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. Sambucus nigra, Common Elder ; 

 and S. nigra var. a, viridis, Green fruited Elder. 



N.O.I 15. CINCHONACE^E. CINCHONADS. 

 Mussaenda frondosa. Linn. 



Linn. Sygt. Pentandria Monogynia. 



The white leaf of the calyx, used as a vegetable. 

 Vernacular. Bebina> Hind. Sarwud, Bhootcase, Lanchout, By. 

 BeWa, Mai. Fella^llay, Tarn. 



